The functions provided by the Windows API can be grouped into eight categories:
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The Windows API is defined in the C programming language. Its functions and data structures are defined in C syntax (see windows.h). However, the API may be consumed via any programming language that can int… See more

Many Microsoft technologies use the Windows API -- as most software running on Windows does. As middle-ware between Windows API and an application, these technologies provide some access to Windows A… See more

The Windows API has always exposed a large part of the underlying structure of the Windows systems to programmers. This had the advantage of giving them much flexibility and power over their applications, but also cre… See more

Each version of Microsoft Windows contains a version of Windows API, and almost every new version of Microsoft Windows has introduced additions and changes to the Windows API.
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The Wine project provides a Win32 API compatibility layer for Unix-like platforms, between Linux kernel API and programs written for the Windows API. ReactOS goes a step further and aims to implement the full Windows o… See more

To develop software that uses the Windows API, a compiler must be able to use the Microsoft-specific DLLs listed above (COM-objects are outside Win32 and assume a certain vtable layout). The compiler must either hand… See more