Chapter 14. Win32 API Functional Areas

by Paul Gustavson

The Windows 32-bit (Win32) Application Programming Interface (API) provides a wide set of C-language functions and structures for developing and deploying Windows-compliant applications. API calls often perform various services for a Windows application such as providing a common dialog box for opening and saving files or sending a document to the printer.

In this chapter, we will examine the functional areas of the Win32 API as identified in Figure 14.1. Examining these functional areas provides the ...

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