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MicrosoftÒ WindowsÔ

Version 3.1

Programmer's Reference Volume 2: Functions

For the Microsoft Windows Operating System

Microsoft Corporation

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Arial and Times New Roman fonts. Copyright Ó1991 Monotype Corporation PLC. All rights reserved.

Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS, QuickC, and CodeView are registered trademarks, and Windows and QuickBasic are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

U.S. Patent No. 4974159

Adobe and PostScript are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc.

The Symbol fonts provided with Windows version 3.1 are based on the CG Times font, a product of AGFA Compugraphic Division of Agfa Corporation.

Apple, Macintosh, and TrueType are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

PANOSE is a trademark of ElseWare Corporation.

Epson and FX are registered trademarks of Epson America, Inc.

Hewlett-Packard, HP, LaserJet, and PCL are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

Intel is a registered trademark, and i486 is a trademark of Intel Corporation.

AT and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

Helvetica, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino, Times, and Times Roman are registered trademarks of Linotype AG and/or its subsidiaries.

Arial and Times New Roman are registered trademarks of the Monotype Corporation PLC.

Nokia is a registered trademark of Nokia Corporation.

Okidata is a registered trademark of Oki America, Inc.

Olivetti is a registered trademark of Ing. C. Olivetti.

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