Re: Win32 filetype problem

["David Botton" <David@Botton.com>]

> Even if you don't use the POSIX binding directly, it's a good
> source for seeing how to use the Window's API.

I would also suggest looking at the body of GWindows packages
(http://www.adapower.com/gwindows) for an alternative style to using the
Win32 bindings. It is easier to roll your own and take advantage of Ada's
superior ability to interface with C over a raw translated binding. Although
GWindows does not include support for most file related functions since GNAT
has very good packages for handling that already:

I _HIGHLY_ recommend looking at

GNAT.OS_Lib (take a look at
/GNAT/lib/gcc-lib/pentium-mingw32msv/2.8.1/adainclude/g-os_lib.ads)

and

GNAT.Directory_Operations
(/GNAT/lib/gcc-lib/pentium-mingw32msv/2.8.1/adainclude/g-dirope.ads)

I highly recommend spending time looking through the directory above at all
the g-* files for a lot of "goodies". Also, look at
http://www.adapower.com/lang there is a section of examples on using some of
the GNAT packages there.

David Botton