Question

I am a newbie to API calls in .NET.

I am looking at the documentation for a method I want to call here

EDIT The method is a Windows Mobile API call.

To call it, I need to know what dll it is in and what the values are for any parameter flags (and other stuff but this is just an example).

So where do I find this out? It’s not on the page. It tells me the header file and the names of the flag values but that doesn’t help me. Searching MSDN brings back references to Windows API methods instead of Windows Mobile API methods.

Sure, I can guess that it’s in coredll.dll. I can google to find code someone else has written and see how they’ve done it. I have in fact done that and it is indeed in coredll.dll.

I can’t guess the flag values. So I’m stuck there unless I can find someone elses code which may or may not be right.

So my question is: Surely the containing dll and the flag values are key info? So I should be able to find this info somewhere in MSDN?

If I was looking at a page about an FCL class, it would tell me what dll the class is defined in, the namespace and a whole lot of other info and links I need to be able to use it.

The info must be there as I don’t see any other questions like this around the net?

Answer 1

You should check out PInvoke, it’ll detail most WinAPI calls.

The specific flags you’re looking for can be found here.