By reading MSDN Doc, i got info about windows api sets, what the relationship between win32api and Windows Api Sets ?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/apiindex/windows-apisets
the old question like this: Is the win32 api obsolete?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinWin – Hans Passant Apr 16 '19 at 17:52
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@HansPassant MinWin is start with vista, and then , How is it envolution ? ^_^ – jamlee Apr 17 '19 at 02:47
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It is a pure implementation detail that doesn't affect the way you program at all. The only reason they had to document it is because it might cause a very mystifying runtime error when you run the program on a minimal OS build that is missing stuff you need. – Hans Passant Apr 17 '19 at 18:32
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Think about API sets as namespaces containing individual Win32 APIs.
They are not wrappers, they only do their job while loading a DLL and binding these imported WinAPI functions.
With API sets, MS now able to move implementations of win32 APIs across DLLs, without breaking compatibility.
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@jamlee It can be regarded as the encapsulation of Win32 API and improve the portability of program. – Drake Wu May 02 '19 at 10:02