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compiling for Windows

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From: Jay Weber
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 23:30
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Can someone tell me what stops me (if anything) from using Microsoft
Quick C or even Turbo C for compiling Microsoft Windows applications?
My Developer's Kit says that the full Microsoft C compiler is required,
but it is a bit overpriced.

While I have the attention of Windows gurus, does anyone know if Windows
Excel has the requisite hooks for using DDE to request and poke cell
entries from another application?

Thanks,

Jay Weber
jay@icsi.berkeley.edu
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Subject: compiling for Windows
Keywords: windows compilers
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