ARTICULOS CON INFORMACION Y CODIGOS DE VISUAL BASIC (VB6)
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Microsoft Windows XP is the latest version of Windows. It includes many new features and updates to the Common Controls Library. One of the main features is the Windows XP Themes. This allows you to select a theme, and the entire look and feel of Windows, as you know it will change.

The API programming series is a set of articles dealing with a common theme: API programming in Visual Basic.

API (Application Program Interface) is a set of predefined Windows functions used to control the appearance and behavior of every Windows element (from the outlook of the desktop window to the allocation of memory for a new process).

Sub-Classing has two definitions. In the object-oriented sense, a sub-class is derived from a base class to extend or change its functionality. In the Non-object oriented sense, Sub-classing is used to refer to a technique in which you intercept a window's default message queue.

DirectDraw allows you to perform advanced graphics tasks, such as blitting or accessing transparency capabilities, without hardware dependency.

We cover some basic concepts and other issues you'll need to be familiar with if you're interested in animation or game design.

Microsoft Office XP's MS-Excel was used for the examples in this article.

If you are planning to expose your components to the service level demands of the Internet, then Microsoft's Message Queue (MSMQ) should be high on your list of things to master.