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I would say you don't need to know ANY windows programming to write
progs in java. You will need to know the java VM API though - swing
and awt and the like.

You do need to know enough about windows to:
1) install and maintain the java runtime
2) install and maintain JBuilder
3) install and maintain browsers for applets

None of these activities involve programming to the API. Java code
cannot directly access the windows API - use swing/AWT for your GUI.

Steve.
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William Barker wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i've presented a few starter questions regarding java basics but i have
> another..
> do i need to know windows programming the API and like... for a better
> understanding to apply to my learning of java, as i will hopefully be
> writing applications as well as applets and these applications will mainly
> involve the windows enviroment.
> 
> The book i've sourced is "windows programming 4th edition by Charles
> Petzold" as they say that the 5th edition skips quite alot of the basics...
> 
> thanks,
> 
> William Barker,