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Incorrect API Listings

Incorrect API Listings

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APILOD16.EXE and APILOD32.EXE access the file WIN32API.TXT toallow the programmer to paste the TYPE declarations needed tocall the Win32 API.

The file WIN32API.TXT incorrectly allots a LONG field to eachbit field the API requires. A misalignment in parameters results,rendering those TYPEs somewhere between dangerous and useless.This could be very difficult to debug.

WIN32API.TXT (incorrectly) shows: 

 Type COMSTAT        fCtsHold As Long                ' wrong!        fDsrHold As Long                ' wrong!        fRlsdHold As Long               ' wrong!        fXoffHold As Long               ' wrong!        fXoffSent As Long               ' wrong!        fEof As Long                    ' wrong!        fTxim As Long                   ' wrong!        fReserved As Long               ' wrong!        cbInQue As Long        cbOutQue As LongEnd Type

The WIN31API.TXT correctly says:

 Type COMSTAT        bunch_Of_Bits As Long        cbInQue As Long        cbOutQue As LongEnd Type
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