I've been using Perl for quite some time now and have used half a dozen languages before it. Of course Perl is by far the best 8-}

Unfortunately, I have to do some work on Win32 systems, particularly using the Windows API. I'm at home in Unix but totally lost when it comes to the Win32::API...

I just read through the Win32::API pod and there just isn't a whole lot there. I don't understand how you *know* which API function you are going to use for a particular task. Is there *any* logic behind how this stuff is divided up? I only plan on accessing the Windows API from Perl, so what sources of information would you recommend to really get an understanding of:

• How/why a particular API function is stored in a given module (dll)
• How/where to find the parameters that are passed to the function and returned from the function.
• How do the Microsoft Foundation Classes relate to the Win32 API and are the MFC's useable/useful from Perl?

Thanks 8-}

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