Re: local to screen

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:22:47 -0500, Jamie
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Maarten Wiltink wrote:

"Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The Vcl is just a simple wrapper for API calls in windows ...


It most certainly is not. That's the Windows unit.

The VCL is a class library that organises wrapper classes, original
controls, and supporting classes into a consistent hierarchy that
was very much not inherent in the original WinAPI calls and Windows
messages.

Groetjes,
Maarten Wiltink


excuse me!
The VCL are wrappers for Windows API's
how they are organize makes no differences, at the end, anything
that requires your PC to display, accept input, access hardware requires
you to call API's.
The VCL is just a pile of over head that simply ends up communicating
with the API system.
The term wrapper has nothing to do with what type of code is being
used to perform this. It simply means the API code that is being used
in the background is not forcing the coder to deal directly with it and
most likely is aiding in it's use of it.

Jamie, you wrote:

The Vcl is just a simple wrapper for API calls in windows ...

It is a heck of lot more than that
- I might buy the statement that the VCL is a hefty wrapper for
Windows APIs

Your statement is a bit like:
16 Bit MSDOS is a simple wrapper for the BIOS


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