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Where can we download it?: answer an old thread. hope I ain't late
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:according to the article, they are in built in to windows. Just find a compiler that supports them i think. that is normally the case with API's i believe. 12:01, 7 May 2008 (UTC) <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Oxinabox|Oxinabox]] ([[User talk:Oxinabox|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Oxinabox|contribs]]) </small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
 
:The API is built right into Windows, so if you have Windows, you already got it. But to have compilers you need, you need the headers and associated tools that describe the API to the compiler. This is available as a part of the [[Windows SDK]] ( [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=47&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=a55b6b43-e24f-4ea3-a93e-40c0ec4f68e5&u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dE6E1C3DF-A74F-4207-8586-711EBE331CDC%26displaylang%3den] ). You can use that with the [[Visual C++]] line of compilers and [[Microsoft Visual Studio]] IDE (including VC++ Express [http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/]). [http://blogs.msdn.com/windowssdk/archive/2008/02/22/using-visual-c-2008-express-with-the-windows-sdk-detailed-version.aspx This blog post] explains how to use Windows SDK with VC++ Express 2008. The Windows SDK, however, won't allow you to use MinGW or GCC compilers. Use the MinGW Windows runtime/api for an analogous functionality. --[[User:Soumyasch|soum]] <sup>[[User talk:Soumyasch|talk]]</sup> 12:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)