這是一本以Visual Basic討論Microsoft Windows API進階應用程式設計的書。本書以Microsoft Windows特殊API為主軸,討論其進階應用的技術。本書包括下列重要之Windows API:
Windows Shell32 API(SHELL32.DLL)/ Windows Shell32 API(Microsoft未公開)
與Internet Explorer瀏覽器有關之API(SHDOCVW.DLL,SHLWAPI.DLL)
Messaging API(MAPI32.DLL)/CDO(Collaboration Data Object)
遠端存取撥號網路服務Remote Access Service(RASAPI32.DLL)
Windows Networking API(MPR.DLL)/Microsoft Win32 Internet API(Wininet.DLL)
Microsoft Windows Sockets API(WSOCK32.DLL,WS_32.DLL)