windows.h
Sign in to saveis a source code header file that Microsoft provides for the development of programs that access the Windows API (WinAPI) via C language. It declares the WinAPI functions, associated data types and common macros.
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- Instance of
- header file
- Part of
- Windows API
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
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- programmed in
- C
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Included header files
- Standard C
- Basic
- Extra
- OLE and COM
- Macros
- Other languages
- See also
- References
is a source code header file that Microsoft provides for the development of programs that access the Windows API (WinAPI) via C language. It declares the WinAPI functions, associated data types and common macros.
Access to WinAPI can be enabled for a C or C++ program by including it into a source file:
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