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Chapter
2
Using the API
Introduction
This chapter describes the API and how to use its components. For
more information about developing applications using the API, see
chapter 3.
Getting Started
To use the API, make sure you have copied the following files to your
development directories. The sample files are optional.
Your application must link to the appropriate library (
ocapil.lib
for
DOS or
ocapi.lib
for Windows NT) and include
ocapi.h
. You can
copy the sample files and adapt them for your application.
This file:
Contains:
ocapil.lib
API functions that you link to your application (DOS only)
ocapi.lib
Import library in Microsoft COFF format (Windows NT
only)
ocapi.h
API header file that contains API-referenced structures
ocapi.dll
API DLL (Windows NT only)
sample.c
Sample application program calling the API functions
sampleb.mak
Sample MAKE file for the Borland C compiler
samplem.mak
Sample MAKE file for the Microsoft C compiler