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      • PRB: OutputDebugString() Comments Section Documentation Error
      • PRB: OpenFile Function Documented Incorrectly
      • INF: Authoring Windows Help Files for Performance
      • INF: Processing WM_PALETTECHANGED and WM_QUERYNEWPALETTE
      • PRWIN9110013: HPPCL5A ExtDeviceMode Limitations
      • INF: Printing In Windows Without Form Feeds
      • INF: How to Get a Pointer to the Stack
      • INF: How Windows Resolves Far Calls When Movable Flag Is Used
      • INF: Shared Memory in Future Versions of Windows
      • INF: Getting Code Segment Names in HEAPWALK
      • INF: Menu Operations When MDI Child Maximized
      • INF: Windows Programs Require Default PWB Stack Size Setting
      • INF: Nesting Quotation Marks Inside Windows Help Macros
      • INF: Using Quoted Strings with Profile String Functions
      • PRWIN9109001: WM_CTLCOLOR Message Not Sent to Combo Box
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      • PRWIN9110014: PostScript Driver Draws PS_INSIDEFRAME Pen Wrong
      • INF: Global Lock Count Changes in Windows 3.x
      • PRWIN9106002: HP ThinkJet Driver Shifting Graphics Output
      • INF: Maximum Brush Size
      • INF: Customizing a Pop-Up Menu
      • INF: Placing Captions on Control Windows
      • INF: How to Change a Window's Parent
      • INF: Use of Interrupt 3F with Windows Dynamic-Link Libraries
      • PRB: Encountering an INT 01 with WDEB386
      • PRB: GP Fault Playing META_SCALEWINDOWEXT Metafile Record
      • INF: Using SendMessage() As Opposed to SendDlgItemMessage()
      • INF: Creating a List Box Without a Scroll Bar
      • INF: Determining Visible Window Area When Windows Overlap
      • INF: WINMEM32 Not Version Dependent
      • INF: Heap Placement in Memory
      • INF: Overview of How to Share Memory Between Applications
      • PRB: Vertical Scroll Bars Missing from Windows Help
      • INF: Differences Between Task Handles and Instance Handles
      • PRB: Documentation Error on the Use of NEWFRAME and NEXTBAND
      • INF: Accessing Physical Memory Using Kernel Exported Selectors
      • INF: WM_DDE_EXECUTE Message Must Be Posted to a Window
      • INF: Process WM_GETMINMAXINFO to Constrain Window Size
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      • INF: MACROS.INC Not Included with Windows 3.00 SDK
      • INF: WINSDK: Split Scrolling Using Two Windows
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      • PRB: Complex Printing Region Printed Incorrectly
      • INF: How to Use a DIB Stored as a Windows Resource
      • INF: The Microsoft Windows Printers and Fonts Kit
      • INF: Modifying the System Menu of an MDI Child Window
      • PRB: Causes of Help Compiler
      • PRB: SetClipboardData Function Documentation Incomplete
      • PRWIN9012020: Problem Adding Horizontal Scroll Bar to List Box
      • INF: Swap Tool Not Included with Windows SDK 3.1
      • INF: Using _export Keyword or DEF File EXPORTS Statement
      • INF: Debugging GP Faults with WDEB386
      • INF: Printing Monochrome and Color Bitmaps from Windows
      • INF: Using a Fixed-Pitch Font in a Dialog Box
      • PRB: WinSDK: Printing Strings of Mixed Fonts
      • Developing Localized Applications for the Far East
      • INF: Proper Installation of the Redistributable DLLs
      • PRB: Help Compiler Warning
      • INF: Introduction to Nonpreemptive Multitasking in Windows
      • INF: Limiting the Number of Entries in a List Box
      • INF: Help Does Not Support Side-by-Side Paragraphs
      • INF: Use of GetInputState() Is Faster Than Using PeekMessage()
      • INF: Minimizing Lock and Unlock Calls in Protected Mode
      • INF: Freeing Resources Used by a Multiline Edit Control
      • PRB: PostScript Printer Driver Unrecoverable Application Error
      • INF: Using WriteProfileString to Delete WIN.INI Entries
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      • PRWIN9012011: Edit Notification Codes Never Received
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      • INF: WritePrivateProfileString Documented Incorrectly
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      • INF: Detecting EGA.SYS
      • INF: Shrinking Heap Space
      • INF: Changing How Pop-Up Menus Respond to Mouse Actions
      • INF: Large Model and Windows 3.0 Protected Mode
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      • INF: Ownership of Global Memory Allocated by a DLL
      • INF: Retrieving DOS Environment Variables from a Windows DLL
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      • INF: Using a Different Hardware Font Instead of the Default
      • INF: Windows DEVICEDATA Escape Usage
      • INF: Windows Does Not Implement INT 15H to Handle Multitasking
      • INF: Speed Differences Between WIN /3, WIN /2, and WIN /R
      • PRB: Windows Applications Cannot Share File Handles
      • INF: Determining the Number of Visible Items in a List Box
      • INF: Size Limits for a Multiline Edit Control
      • INF: wsprintf Buffer Limit in Windows
      • INF: Creating Messages From Windows Library Using MessageBox
      • INF: Zooming Other Applications in Windows
      • PRWIN9012016: Cannot Change Single-Line Edit Control Color
      • CreatePatternBrush Function Must Have 8-by-8 Bitmap Brush
      • INF: SETALLJUSTVALUES Print Escape Documented Incorrectly
      • INF: Overcoming the 64 Kilobyte Limit for List Box Data
      • PRB: DLL Is Not Unloaded When Using LINK from C 6.00
      • INF: Fatal Exit 0x04FF: Unable to Load Code Segment Error
      • INF: Windows Cardfile File Format
      • INF: Windows Version 3.00 Drag and Drop Protocol
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      • INF: Windows Program Manager Edits GRP Files
      • INF: Drawing Transparent Bitmaps
      • INF: The Parts of a Windows Combo Box and How They Relate
      • INF: Subclassing the Desktop and Windows of Other Applications
      • INF: Information About Clipping, GetDeviceCaps() and GDI
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      • INF: Windows Paintbrush File Format
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      • INF: Windows Exit Procedure (WEP) for a Dynamic-Link Library
      • INF: Information on SetMetaFileBits()
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      • PRB: Dialog Procedure Cannot Change Cursor of Control
      • INF: Specifying a System Icon in a Dialog Box
      • PRB: Embedded Objects Not Activated by Excel
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      • INF: Description of the DDEML Error Codes
      • INF: CBN_SELCHANGE Documented Incorrectly
      • INF: How Dialog Box Functions Return Values Indicate Failure
      • INF: Retrieving the Names of Simultaneous Tasks Under Windows
      • INF: Terminating the Creation of an MDI Child Window
      • INF: Obtaining an Application's Instance Handle
      • PRWIN9012024: GlobalReAlloc() Fails in Enhanced Mode
      • INF: Using EndPaint() and BeginPaint()
      • INF: Window Handles of Global Objects
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      • PRWIN9107001: Topic Title Changes in Win Help Print Topic Box
      • INF: Definition of a Region
      • INF: Heap and Stack Usage Within Windows
      • PRWIN9102002: sopen Fails When Called from a Windows DLL
      • INF: MS-DOS Application Characteristics Under Windows
      • PRB: Combining Multiple Compiled Resource Files Fails
      • INF: Using CVW on an IBM PS/2 or Other 8514/a System
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      • INF: Accessing Physical Memory in Windows 3.0
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      • INF: A Discussion on Windows Fonts
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      • PRB: Out of Memory Building Compressed Help File
      • INF: How to Use PeekMessage Correctly in Windows
      • PRB: Exchanging Window Handles Between 2 Cooperating Programs
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      • INF: Changing Window Colors with Control Panel
      • INF: Windows: Nonpreemptive vs. Preemptive Scheduling
      • INF: C Run-Time Functions Can Use Far Pointers in Medium Model
      • PRB: Dialog Box and Parent Window Disabled
      • PRWIN9101002: GetSystemPaletteUse Function Parameters Warning
      • INF: Using GlobalDosAlloc() and GlobalDosFree()
      • INF: Reference Counts for Windows Dynamic Libraries
      • INF: Preventing Screen Flash During List Box Multiple Update
      • INF: Possible Causes of Dialog Box Creation Failure
      • INF: Group File Format for Windows Program Manager Version 3.0
      • INF: Changing the Color of an Edit Control
      • INF: Logical and Physical Coordinate Relationship
      • INF: Translating Client Coordinates to Screen Coordinates
      • INF: Windows Dialog-Box Style DS_ABSALIGN
      • INF: Use of NULL_PEN, NULL_BRUSH, and HOLLOW_BRUSH
      • INF: Validating Local Handles
      • INF: Specifying a Dialog Box Font in the Dialog Editor
      • INF: Definition of Different Types of Libraries in Windows
      • PRB: Two Builds of Same Windows Help File Not Identical
      • INF: General Information Regarding Dynamic-Link Libraries
      • PRB: Windows CodeView Displays ????:???? for Memory Values
      • PRWIN9012013: Data Segment Changes for DATA NONE DLL Function
      • INF: Creating a Multiple Line Message Box
      • INF: Using Device-Independent Bitmaps and Palettes
      • INF: Icon and Cursor Size Determined by Display Driver
      • INF: Panning and Scrolling in Windows
      • PRB: Passing and Discarding Handles in Windows
      • INF: Obtaining Index of Focused Item in Multi-Select List Box
      • INF: Using #include Directive with Windows Resource Compiler
      • INF: Allocation Limit on WINMEM32 Global32Alloc() Function
      • INF: Installed Language, Character Set, and Code Page
      • INF: Microsoft Drag-Drop Server Strategy
      • INF: How to Create a Topmost Window
      • INF: Custom Control Documentation Errors
      • PRB: INCLUDE Path Longer Than 71 Bytes Causes RC EXEC Failure
      • INF: An Annotated Dr. Watson Log File
      • INF: Get/SetCommEventMask Functions Documented Incorrectly
      • INF: Creating Autosized Tables with Windows Help
      • PRWIN9012014: No Focus Rect on List Box at Dialog Creation
      • INF: Accurately Showing on the Screen What Will Print
      • INF: Open File Dialog Features
      • Applications Must Delete Files Created with GetTempFileName()
      • INF: Active Application, Active Window, Input Focus Definition
      • INF: Using UnregisterClass When Removing Custom Control Class
      • INF: Changing the Palette of Colors on NonPalette Devices
      • INF: Using Window Extra Bytes in Custom Controls
      • INF: Some CTRL Accelerator Keys Conflict with Edit Controls
      • PRWIN9012017: GetTextMetrics Returns Reversed Font Data
      • PRB: Dotted Line Displays as Solid Line
      • PRB: Segment Was Discardable Under 3.0 Notification
      • INF: DDEML CONVINFO Structure, wConvst Field Description
      • INF: GetCodeInfo() Documented Incorrectly
      • INF: Limits on the Number of Open Files
      • INF: Changing/Setting the Default Push Button in a Dialog Box
      • PRB: VGA Monitor Loses Sync on 8514 Dual Monitor System
      • INF: Reading List for Windows Developers
      • INF: Using WinExec() with Non-Windows Applications
      • INF: How to Determine When Another Application Has Finished
      • INF: WM_CTLCOLOR Processing for Combo Boxes of all Styles
      • INF: Creating Applications that Task Manager Does Not Tile
      • INF: Implementing Linked Lists with Handles in Windows
      • INF: Access to the Windows Clipboard by DOS Applications
      • INF: How to Correctly Set Up a Raster Display Device Driver
      • INF: Windows 3.0 Does Not Support Static Data Segments
      • INF: Combo Box w/Edit Control
      • INF: DeviceCapabilities(DC_BINNAMES) Data Format
      • INF: Using Windows USER, KERNEL, and GDI Symbols in CodeView
      • INF: CreateCompatibleBitmap Parameters Documented Incorrectly
      • INF: Printer Page Area in Windows
      • INF: Owner-Draw Buttons with Bitmaps on Non-Standard Displays
      • INF: Information About Windows Catch and Throw Functions
      • INF: File Manager's Mechanism for Sensing File System Changes
      • INF: The Purpose of WINSTUB in Windows SDK
      • PRWIN9012018: Single-Line Edit Controls and Fonts
      • PRB: BITMAPINFOHEADER Field Documented Incorrectly
      • PRB:
      • PRB: PaintRgn Fills Incorrectly with Hatched Brushes
      • INF: How to Transparently Intercept Procedure Calls in Windows
      • PRB: CVW Loads and Immediately Exits Debugging App and DLL
      • INF: Managing Per-Window Accelerator Tables
      • PRWIN9012021: Format Bleeding in Windows Help Files
      • PRWIN9107009: FatalExit 0x0200
      • INF: CopyMetaFile Creates Incorrectly Sized Destination
      • INF: Using NetBIOS Interrupts Under Windows
      • INF: BeginPaint() Invalid Rectangle in Client Coordinates
      • INF: Windows 3.1 Standard Mode and the VCPI
      • INF: Changing the Controls in a Common Dialog Box
      • INF: Win 3.0 Icon WM_GETTEXT and WM_SETTEXT Docs Incomplete
      • INF: Windows 3.0 SDK Includes Only One PIF File
      • INF: Windows Enhanced Mode Allocation Limit 16 MB Minus 64K
      • PRB: Area Around Text and Remainder of Window Different Colors
      • PRB: Device and TrueType Fonts Rotate Inconsistently
      • INF: EMS Calls Under Windows 3.1
      • INF: Creating a Single Import Library for Multiple DLLs
      • PRB: Common Dialog GP-Fault on ESC Key with Mouse Button Down
      • INF: Using a Fixed-Pitch Font as the System Default
      • INF: Creating a List Box with No Vertical Scroll Bar
      • INF: Creating a List Box That Does Not Sort
      • INF: DrawText() Is Not Valid in a Windows Metafile
      • INF: Suggested Changes to Petzold's MDIDEMO Program
      • INF: Controlling the Windows Printer Settings
      • PRWIN9101001: PlayMetaFile Function Offsets Clipping Region
      • INF: OLE Methods and Callbacks Must Not Call OLE Functions
      • INF: Redistribute Both OLE Libraries with Applications
      • PRB: WM_GETTEXT Documentation Error in SDK Reference Volume 1
      • INF: Semicolons Cannot Separate Macros in .HPJ File
      • PRWIN9101006: Edit Control and List Box Tabs Inconsistent
      • INF: Reasons to Block an OLE Server
      • PRB: Colons (:) Missing from Compiled Windows Help Files
      • INF: Using RLE Bitmaps for Animation Applications In Windows
      • INF: Windows 3.x Metafiles Support DeleteObject
      • INF: Microsoft Applications That Support OLE
      • INF: Using TOOLHELP to Determine Free System Resources
      • INF: Creating Metafiles to Use with OLE Applications
      • PRWIN9206001: GlobalPageLock Moves Memory Fixed by GlobalFix
      • DLL Remains in Memory After Calling Application Terminates
      • PRWIN9204001: Data Errors on 14400 Baud Serial Communications
      • PRWIN9101003: PaintRgn with Hatch Brush Always Fills Opaque
      • INF: Control Panel Doesn't Respond to WM WININICHANGE Messages
      • PRB: Pointer Functions in MASM Can Hang Real Mode
      • PRB: Cannot Exit Windows with DLL-Instanced Windows Open
      • INF: Creating Dynamic-Linked Libraries Without Data Segments
      • INF: Retrieving Application Exit Code in MS-DOS Window
      • INF: Default/Private Dialog Classes, Procedures, DefDlgProc
      • INF: Using the WM_GETDLGCODE Message
      • INF: Windows OpenFile Function vs. C Run-Time
      • INF: Performance Differences Between LineTo() and Polyline()
      • INF: Classifications of Messages Monitored by Spy
      • INF: Changing a List Box from Single-Column to Multicolumn
      • PRWIN9101007: Cannot Use CVW to Set a Breakpoint in a WEP
      • INF: Cases Where
      • INF: Subclassing Warning in Windows SDK Reference Volume 1
      • INF: How to Simulate Changing the Font in a Message Box
      • INF: Profiling Time Between OutputDebugString and FatalExit
      • INF: Creating a Nonscrollable Region in Windows Help 3.1
      • INF: Freeing Memory in a DDEML Server Application
      • INF: Querying and Modifying the States of System Menu Items
      • INF: Meaning of OLE Notifications
      • PRB: Windows REQUEST Function Not Working With Excel
      • INF: Handle Limits and Protected Mode Windows
      • PRWIN9101004: Windows Help Does Not Support Symbol Font
      • PRB: HEAPWALK Displays
      • INF: Introduction to STRICT and Message Crackers
      • INF: OLE Data Structures and Structure Allocation
      • INF: Determining Available RGB Values of an Output Device
      • INF: BITMAPCOREINFO Reference Manual Vol 2 Documentation Error
      • INF: Shorthand Notation for Memory Allocation Flags
      • INF: Windows Help PositionWindow Macro Documented Incorrectly
      • INF: Using the GetWindow Function
      • INF: Scope of Window Classes
      • Common Installation Problems with the Windows 3.00 SDK
      • INF: Defining the Term
      • INF: Extended Characters Different Under Windows
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      • PRWIN9012002: No Title for First MDI Child Window Icon
      • INF: Compiler Switch Options for Windows Protected Mode Apps
      • INF: Obtaining Support for Adobe Type Manager (ATM)
      • INF: OLE Keys and Values in the Registration Database
      • INF: Appropriate Uses of WINMEM32
      • INF: Guide to Programming Get Printer Information Code Wrong
      • INF: PostScript Fonts Have Two Font Names
      • INF: Tracking Unrecoverable Application Errors Without CVW
      • INF: Multiple Document Interface Enhancements in Windows 3.1
      • INF: OLE Clipboard Formats and Conventions
      • INF: Updating Cached Private Profiles (.INI Files)
      • Setting Multiple Module Breakpoints in SYMDEB
      • CreateIcon() and CreateCursor() Documentation Incomplete
      • INF: Handling Critical Errors in a Windows Application
      • Windows SDK: DDE Protocol for Initiate and Acknowledge
      • INF: Meanings and Uses of OLE Rendering Options
      • INF: Writing a Driver for a Custom Hardware Device
      • INF: Initiating DDE Conversation w/ Instance of Windows Excel
      • INF: Drawing a Different Icon for Each Application Instance
      • INF: Clearing a Message Box
      • INF: Freeing Memory for Transactions in a DDEML Client App
      • How to Give a 3-D Effect to Windows Controls
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      • INF: Multiple References to the Same Resource
      • INF: CONVINFO Data Structure wStatus Field Description
      • PRB: Binding Resources to Executable Increases File Size
      • INF: Height and Width Limitations with Windows SDK Font Editor
      • INF: Copying Individual Components from the Win SDK 3.1 Disks
      • PRB: No Files Copied Installing Windows SDK 3.1
      • INF: SHOWHITS Limited To 5000 Hits
      • PRB: Installing C 6.0 Header Files from CD-ROM Windows SDK
      • INF: Windows Software Development Kit Installation Procedure
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      • INF: Expanded BANDINFO Documentation
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      • PW0287: Windows Programmer's Reference (Advisor Format)
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      • PRB: GDI Functions Do Not Affect Printer Device Context
      • INF: Opening Files from a Shared Library
      • INF: Specifying Windows
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      • INF: Windows SDK Not Designed for Server Installation
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      • INF: Windows SDK 3.1 Includes Run-time Libraries for MS C 6.0
      • INF: The Clipboard and the WM_RENDERFORMAT Message
      • INF: Retrieving the Style String for a TrueType Font
      • INF: Avoid Low-Level Operations in Windows Programs: Use DLLs
      • INF: Changing the Mouse Cursor for a Window
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      • PRB: Setting the Focus to the Active MDI Child Window
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      • PRWIN9012003: Destroy Icon MDI Child Window, Title Remains
      • Windows Help (.HLP) File Format Is Not Available
      • INF: Spooler Limit of 20 Print Jobs
      • INF: Opening Files, Compatibility Mode and Windows
      • INF: Differences Between PostAppMessage and PostMessage Funcs
      • INF: Using OpenFile with Sharing and Inheritance Bits
      • INF: GetCurrentTime and GetTickCount Functions Identical
      • INF: Additional Documentation for CodeView for Windows
      • INF: Passing METAFILEPICT Structures Through DDE
      • INF: WM_SIZECLIPBOARD Must Be Sent by Clipboard Viewer App
      • INF: Adjusting Mouse Acceleration Within a Driver
      • PRB: Dialog Editor Does Not Modify RC File Dialog Box Resource
      • INF: Dangers of Uninitialized Data Structures
      • INF: SPY Utility Reports Application Name, Not Module Name
      • PRWIN9103007: Program Execution Halted Until Key Press
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      • INF: SetBkColor Function Does Not Support Dithered Colors
      • Fatal Exit Code 0x0506 Definition
      • INF: Memory Use Limitations in Microsoft Windows
      • Sources of Information Regarding Windows DDE
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      • PRB: ExtDeviceMode Function Documentation Error
      • INF: Using SetClassLong Function to Subclass a Window Class
      • PRB: Loading Metafile Causes
      • INF: Font Metrics and the Use of Negative lfHeight
      • PRB: PostScript ExtDeviceMode(DM MODIFY) Problem
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      • INF: Using the WM_CTLCOLOR Message
      • INF: Placing Text in an Edit Control
      • INF: Asynchronous Operations in OLE Applications
      • PRWIN9107002: Demo Engine Setup Bad for Serial Logitech Mouse
      • INF: List of Functions That Are Valid in Metafiles
      • PRB: Windows 3.0 Printer Driver and PrintDlg Common Dialog Box
      • INF: Default Edit Control Entry Validation Done by Windows
      • PRB: Using IDABORT with GetOpenFileName and GetSaveFileName
      • PRB: DEF File Exports Statement Documentation Error
      • PRB: Guide to Programming LIBENTRY.ASM Documentation Error
      • INF: Drawing Outside a Window's Client Area
      • PRWIN9206002: GetModuleFileName Returns Relative File Path
      • PRB: Activating Full-Screen DOS App from Icon in Enhanced Mode
      • PRB: Multikey Help Code Incorrect in Windows Tools Manual
      • Using Variable Argument Lists in DLL Functions
      • PRB: C Run-Time locking Function Causes Sharing Violations
      • PRB: Petzold's COLORS1 Sample Application Consumes Resources
      • PRB: LoadLibrary() Returns Error 6
      • INF: Overcoming
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      • CVPACK Can Cause CVW to Display
      • Owner-Draw Menus Do Not Support Top-Level Menu Items
      • INF: Getting an Application Ready for Retail Release
      • PRB: LB_GETCURSEL Function Documentation Incorrect
      • PRWIN9206003: System Menu Wrong for CS_NOCLOSE-Style MDI Child
      • Corrupt RES File May Crash Dialog Editor
      • INF: Reactivating First (and Only) Instance of an Application
      • Forcing CVW to Find Source Files in Another Directory
      • Using MoveWindow() to Move an Iconic MDI Child and Its Title
      • Creating a Hidden MDI Child Window
      • PRWIN9103008: One Cause of FatalExit in Debug Enhanced Mode
      • PRWIN9103009: Possible Cause of Cached Profile File Corruption
      • PRWIN9103010: LoadBitmap UAE Under Low Memory Conditions
      • PRWIN9103011: EGAHWBW
      • PRWIN9103012: Improper Arguments to stat Function Cause UAE
      • PRWIN9103013: UAE at App Load Time Caused by Preload Area Size
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      • PRWIN9103024: CVW Does Not Properly Resolve C 6 Based Handles
      • PRWIN9103025: Display of Huge Object Truncated by Heap Walker
      • PRWIN9103001: Dialog Editor: No WM_SETFONT to Custom Controls
      • PRWIN9103002: GlobalReAlloc Shrinks
      • PRWIN9103003: One Cause of Dynamic-Link Library WEP UAEs
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