> > No they don't. Each has their own version. e.g. Linux has > shared libraries
> (.ao files I think). Microsoft Win32 has > DLL (.dll)
> > It wouldn't be portable. If if was don't you think we
> > would have done it a LONG time ago?
>
> Yes, but I didn't find any discution about this features. Now I know. But i'm
> sure that this is possible.
> Btw: The DLLs should be build on each platform of course.

Er yes, thus "not portable".


> This would produce a lot of file and makefile, I think this is the real reason
>
> > Thanks for the tip!
> > Where's the GAPI manual by the way - I couldn't see one, only examples?
>
> see http://www.gapidraw.com

Unfortunatley that's a manual for 'GapiDraw', not GAPI itself. GapiDraw is a wrapper for GAPI, apparently made by someone in Sweden. Very nice, but hardly the official word on things.
Microsoft's Pocket PC site has some examples.


> > *update* - are you sure about SHFullScreen? I searched for it at MSDN and
> strangely even though it appears in other articles it's not in MSDN itself?
>
> See:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q266244

Yes, as I said: even though it appears in other articles it's not in MSDN itself, which is strange.
In fact none of the SH* function appear in MSDN, very very strange.