Version 4 of Win32

Updated 2008-11-11 15:13:01 by dkf

Win32 is defined as a 32 bit interface to Microsoft Windows. It superceeds Win16. Is the newest (unreleased) 64 bit version Win64 or just .NET?

Tk and Tcl use the Win32 API to access OS functions and draw on the screen. [elaborate on how it can be used for many other purposes and how Tcl uses it]

In the Microsoft newsgroups news://news.microsoft.com I (GPS) have noticed several people refer to Win32 as obsolete. Is it really obsolete now? Have they rewritten the core of Windows with C#? Should Tk be modified to use the new API?

Benny Riefenstahl: As I understand it, Win32 is still the basis of Windows programming. The new thing is .NET (see there for elaboration).