Windows Programming Annotated Archives

Bestselling computer author Herb Schildt's Windows Programming: Annotated Archives delivers useful (and even entertaining) code samples for Windows C/C++ programmers using Win32 C APIs. Illustrated with short, effective programs that show off basic (and several advanced) concepts, this book provides a worthwhile guide to some essential aspects of Windows Win32 C programming, with particularly good coverage of 2D graphics.

It is the simple and useful code examples that make up the heart of this book. Early sections cover working with menus and 2D graphics, text output in Windows (including a clever Windows version of a printf() function), animation, more efficient screen repainting, and screensavers. Other topics include working with Windows hooks and using threads and basic Microsoft Telephony API (TAPI) programming. The author's well-known clarity of presentation is in ample evidence in this book, with easy-to-follow explanations of using Windows C API functions for these various programming tasks. Each chapter also closes with hints on using the same APIs and techniques with MFC (which will make this book useful to C++ programmers too).

For any beginning or intermediate Windows programmer who wants to learn more about Win32 C API essentials, Windows Programming: Annotated Archives can be a useful and fun title for exploring new facets of Windows development. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Win32 C API programming, basic and advanced menus, advanced text output, optimizing Windows graphics, double-buffering, 2D animation and sprites, multithreading, mouse and keyboard programming, Windows hooks, printing, screensavers, TAPI, creating DLLs, and using Win32 C APIs with MFC.