Advanced Windows

Richter, Jeffrey

ISBN 10: 1572315482 / ISBN 13: 9781572315488

Published by Microsoft Press, 1997

Seller Inventory # mon0000708235

Synopsis:

Contains all the necessary information on programming for Win32. Unveils important recent enhancements, including support for Windows NT 4.0. Demonstrates how to deploy the capabilities of the 32-bit API: exploring virtual memory, understanding kernel objects, managing processes and threads, taking advantage of fibers, developing software for international markets, writing applications and DLLs, sharing code and data, porting, and performing synchronous I/O. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Review: Jeffrey Richter's Advanced Windows, third edition is a useful guide to system programming in Win32 in C. The book starts out with advanced topics such as working with Win32 processes and threads, and then moves on to other Win32 kernel objects such as heaps and memory-mapped files. The book then explores thread synchronisation (and how threads can be made to work effectively in parallel) and explores how to create responsive programs that process messages asynchronously. Chapters on file I/O and device I/O are especially useful for those who need access to the advanced functionality available in Win32. This book presents hard-to-find material clearly, including information on the structured exception handling model used in Win32 operating systems and completion ports (which also allow I/O operations to run in the background). An appendix on Win32 fibres will be useful to UNIX system programmers who want to bring their code quickly to Windows. Though the source code is written in C here for the widest available audience, the programming strategies and technical information are applicable to C++ programming as well. All in all, this new edition of Advanced Windows is a very useful, readable book that presents in-depth information on several valuable Win32 programming topics. It's worth noting that many of these advanced API calls and features are not easily available to MFC programmers. --Jake Bond

Bibliographic Details

Title: Advanced Windows
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 3rd Edition