Subj : Re: borland equivalent of #pragma pack (2) is? To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : Jeff Kish Date : Fri Feb 13 2004 07:53 am On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:08:03 +0100, Gerhard Wolfstieg wrote: >Jeff Kish wrote: >> Thanks. I'll try it. Where did you find/get/see this information? Do >> you know anything else about it? > >My experience/opinion: if you want to keep track with new versions of >Windows or parts of it (SDKs ...) and as a result of your style of >developing for you BC5 IDE is the best with a certain distance to all other >IDEs (and/or you are forced to work with it), you have to do one thing. In >order to have access to system DLLs you have to update parts of your header >files. It's an awfull work you only have to do once and then it can be >automated. Afterwards you have had a look into several header files and >your necessary lexical knowledge has grown and you have a clue of what is >possible. Excuse me, but you did want to know it. > > Gerhard Sounds like a gold mine of actual useful experience. Thanks much. I'd love to hear more sometime. Jeff Kish .