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Related Documentation
You may find the following documentation helpful while programming in
LabWindows/CVI:
•Microsoft Developer Network CD, Microsoft Corporation,
Redmond WA
•Programmer’s Guide to Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Press,
Redmond WA, 1995
• Harbison, Samuel P. and Guy L. Steele, Jr., C: A Reference Manual,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1995
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