Product Description

Get the preeminent guide to programming application for Windows with C++. Programming Applications for Microsoft Windows is a classic book (formerly titled Advanced Windows, Third Edition) and is now fully updated for Windows Vista, including the latest information about Windows XP. In-depth and comprehensive, this essential reference covers the Windows operating system and how to program at the API level. Recognized experts provide an inside view of how Windows works and how to use its features in Visual C++ development tasks. Topics covered include processes, thread pooling, virtual memory, DLLs, file I/O, and message crackers. For systems-level programmers, this is a must-have title. Includes code samples in Visual C++. 

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70334 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 900 pages

Customer Reviews

(C)ing through (WINDOWS) is believing (++)
I've always liked writing in machine code (PDP12 in 1971), so for a language to be able to do what I wanted, it had to able to get down and dirty with bits and masks.

I have used higher level language (ALGOL60, BCPL, B and C) to efficiently develop vast suites of software for a wide variety of hardware platforms, and now (C++, C#, Python and of course Powershell) are my recent play things.

If Windows is your operating system of choice or necessity (XP, VISTA and soon 7), this book has the newer nuances of Windows well covered. It assumes your knowledge of the C/C++ language and then extends it as a way of describing Windows, its interfaces and data structures.

Well presented with plenty of solid examples it is an excellent complement to Windows Internals 4th(XP) and 5th(Vista) editions for someone wanting to get to the bits that make Windows work.

Well done Jeff and Chris.