Re: Source Code?

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From: Ed McCreary
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 15:04

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Dennis Jarvis wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know if the source code for the Windows Write program is available
> or the specs for the .WRI file structure?  Is it public domain?  Is there a
> phone, email or other where I could get this info from Microsoft?
> 
> I need to build a new application and this simple WP would be a great place to
> start without re-inventing the wheel.

The file format is detailed in the online help that comes with your compiler.
Look under "File Formats".

The source code is not available, and from what I hear it's probably just
as well.  It's supposed to be a programmer's worst nightmare.

But, the source to wordpad does ship with VC++ 4.0.  You may want to look at
that.

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