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Due to a few rogue sites pirating illegal copies of this Windows API Guide, it has become necessary to include the following copyright information. If you are considering publishing a duplication of this site, please don't. You are free to link to it from you site if you wish (preferably to the main index page, but duplication of these pages is unacceptable.

All of the pages making up the Windows API Guide are copyright © 1999-2000 Paul Kuliniewicz. All information contained in these pages is also copyright © 1999-2000 Paul Kuliniewicz, except for cases where that information is covered by another copyright (see below).

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All code examples on this site are licensed according to the following conditions:

  1. There is no guarantee that the code samples on this site work. Use them at your own risk. Naturally I try to make sure that they work properly, but there is always the risk of typos or incomplete testing of the code. By using the examples, you agree not to hold me liable for any damage caused by their use or misuse.
  2. You are allowed to edit the code samples and use them in your own programs. However, you are required to put a notice of my authorship of parts of your code in such a manner so that the user of the program is able to read it. For example, a mention along the lines of "Portions of this program written by Paul Kuliniewicz" and a reference to http://www.vbapi.com. A comment in the code should also be made to the same effect.
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