Windows.h in C using Turbo-C

c winapi turbo-c
Jayesh picture Jayesh · Jun 28, 2010 · Viewed 7.9k times · Source

I cannot find windows.h in my include folder of Turbo C and hence cannot work with the Win32 api's

Can someone please suggest a workaround?

thanks

Answer

Yann Ramin picture Yann Ramin · Jun 28, 2010

Turbo C is a legacy product. I would suggest moving on.

However, the Windows libraries and header files are shipped with the Windows SDK, which you can find on MSDN.

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