Obsolete Programming Elements
The following
table provides a list of function calls and messages that required
implementation changes in the Win32 API.
|
Element |
Support |
Win32
API Comment |
|
AccessResource |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
AllocDSToCSAlias |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
AllocResource |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
AllocSelector |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
ChangeSelector |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
CloseSound |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
CountVoiceNotes |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
DefineHandleTable |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
DeviceMode |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable DocumentProperties. |
|
DlgDirSelect |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable DlgDirSelectEx. |
|
DlgDirSelectComboBox |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable DlgDirSelectComboBoxEx. |
|
DOS3Call |
Dropped |
Replaced by
named, portable function. |
|
ExtDeviceMode |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable DocumentProperties. |
|
FlushComm |
Dropped |
Replaced by
PurgeComm. |
|
FreeSelector |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GetAspectRatioFilter |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetAspectRatioFilterEx. |
|
GetBitmapDimension |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetBitmapDimensionEx. |
|
GetBrushOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetBrushOrgEx. |
|
GetCodeHandle |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GetCodeInfo |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GetCommError |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GetCommState. |
|
GetCurrentPDB |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GetCurrentPosition |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetCurrentPositionEx. |
|
GetDCOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetDCOrgEx. |
|
GetDOSEnvironment |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GetEnvironment |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GetFreeSpace |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GlobalMemoryStatus. |
|
GetFreeSystemResources |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GlobalMemoryStatus.
|
|
GetInstanceData |
Dropped |
No
equivalent; use alternative supported IPC mechanism. |
|
GetKBCodePage |
Dropped |
No function
equivalent. |
|
GetMetaFileBits |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetEnhMetaFileBits. |
|
GetSystemDebugState |
Dropped |
No function
equivalent. |
|
GetTempDrive |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetTempPath. |
|
GetTextExtent |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetTextExtentPoint32. |
|
GetTextExtentEx |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetTextExtentExPoint. |
|
GetThresholdEvent |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
GetThresholdStatus |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
GetViewportExt |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetViewportExtEx. |
|
GetViewportOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetViewportOrgEx. |
|
GetWindowExt |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetWindowExtEx. |
|
GetWindowOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable GetWindowOrgEx. |
|
GetWinFlags |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalCompact |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalDosAlloc |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalDosFree |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalFix |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalLRUNewest |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalLRUOldest |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalNotify |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalPageLock |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalPageUnlock |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalUnfix |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalUnwire |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
GlobalWire |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
IsGDIObject |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
LimitEmsPages |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
LocalCompact |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
LocalInit |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
LocalNotify |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
LocalShrink |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
LockInput |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
LockSegment |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
MoveTo |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable MoveToEx. |
|
NetBIOSCall |
Dropped |
Replaced by
named, portable function. |
|
OffsetViewportOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable OffsetViewportOrgEx. |
|
OffsetWindowOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable OffsetWindowOrgEx. |
|
OpenComm |
Dropped |
Replaced by
CreateFile. |
|
OpenSound |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
ProfClear |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ProfFinish |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ProfFlush |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ProfInsChk |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ProfSampRate |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ProfSetup |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ProfStart |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ProfStop |
Dropped |
Replaced by
profile-string function. |
|
ReadComm |
Dropped |
Replaced by
ReadFile. |
|
ScaleViewportExt |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable ScaleViewportExtEx. |
|
ScaleWindowExt |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable ScaleWindowExtEx. |
|
SetBitmapDimension |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable SetBitmapDimensionEx. |
|
SetCommEventMask |
Dropped |
Replaced by
SetCommMask. |
|
SetEnvironment |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
SetMetaFileBits |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable SetEnhMetaFileBits. |
|
SetResourceHandler |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
SetSoundNoise |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SetSwapAreaSize |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
SetViewportExt |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable SetViewportExtEx. |
|
SetViewportOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable SetViewportOrgEx. |
|
SetVoiceAccent |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SetVoiceEnvelope |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SetVoiceNote |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SetVoiceQueueSize |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SetVoiceSound |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SetVoiceThreshold |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SetWindowExt |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable SetWindowExtEx. |
|
SetWindowOrg |
Dropped |
Replaced by
portable SetWindowOrgEx. |
|
StartSound |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
StopSound |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
SwitchStackBack |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
SwitchStackTo |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
SyncAllVoices |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
UngetCommChar |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
UnlockSegment |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
ValidateCodeSegments |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
ValidateFreeSpaces |
Dropped |
No
equivalent. |
|
WaitSoundState |
Dropped |
Replaced by
multimedia sound support. |
|
WriteComm |
Dropped |
Replaced by
WriteFile. |
|
WM_CTLCOLOR |
Dropped |
Replaced by
WM_CTLCOLOR<type> messages. |
|
GCW_HCURSOR |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GCL_HCURSOR. |
|
GCW_HBRBACKGROUND |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GCL_HBRBACKGROUND. |
|
GCW_HICON |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GCL_HICON. |
|
GWW_HINSTANCE |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GWL_HINSTANCE. |
|
GWW_HWNDPARENT |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GWL_HWNDPARENT. |
|
GWW_ID |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GWL_ID. |
|
GWW_USERDATA |
Dropped |
Replaced by
GWL_USERDATA. |
|
READ |
Dropped |
Replaced by
OF_READ. |
|
WRITE |
Dropped |
Replaced by
OF_WRITE. |
|
READ_WRITE |
Dropped |
Replaced by
OF_READ_WRITE. |
|
MAKEPOINT |
Dropped |
Replaced by
LONG2POINT. |