API & Controls, Windows NT

Win32 System Services

Name: Win32 System Services
Author: Marshall Brain,Ronald D. Reeves Ph.D.
ISBN: 9780133247329

by Marshall Brain, Ronald D. Reeves Ph.D.

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Overview

As you approach Windows NT and Windows 95, you will find that they are modern, robust and extremely rich operating systems that let application developers exploit a wealth of cutting-edge features, and capabilities. Both operating systems are based on the Win32 API, an immense collection of C level functions that provides access to all available system services. You may have heard about many of these cutting edge features multiple application threads, remote procedure calls (RPCs), network communications, file mapping, compressed file access, serial communications, object and file security, synchronization, event logging, TCP/IP networking, interprocess communication, network drive and printer sharing, services (background processing), and registry entries. Win32 System Services: The Heart of Windows 95 and Windows NT helps you rapidly master these capabilities so that you can use them effectively in your own applications. Now in its second edition, Win32 System Services provides the road map you need to explore Windows NT and Windows 95 with confidence. The book's many useful features include over 9,000 lines of source code, a complete on-line index, and compatibility notes in each chapter to help you quickly understand the differences between the Windows NT version of Win32 and the Windows 95 subset.

Updated and revised to include new information on Windows 95 and the changes that have occurred in Windows NT, this book details the nitty-gritty of this popular environment. It covers the internal workings of Windows NT and Windows 95. The accompanying disk contains the source code for all the examples in the book and an online index to every word in the book.

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A book/disk package showing programmers how to use Win32 system services such as synchronization, event logging, and network communications in their own programs. Organized by functional categories such as file I/O, disk drives, and directories, chapters offer general overviews, describe subsets of functions, and offer examples combining different capabilities from several chapters to create larger applications. The accompanying disk contains source code for examples and an on-line index. Assumes knowledge of C language. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)