Microsoft Windows 2000 API SuperBible

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. About the Author
3. Acknowledgments
4. Tell Us What You Think!
5. Introduction
6. WINDOWS 2000 PROGRAMMING
   1. User Interface Features
   2. Minimum Requirements
   3. Style Guide
7. THE WIN32 API
   1. Advantages of Win32
   2. Sample Program
8. CREATING WINDOWS
   1. Creating the Main Window
   2. Creating Windows Using Existing Classes
   3. Messages When Creating Windows
   4. Creating Windows Function Descriptions
9. WINDOWS SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
   1. Window Class Data
   2. Attaching Data to a Window
   3. Changing the Appearance of Windows
   4. Windows Support Function Descriptions
10. MESSAGE PROCESSING
    1. Message Flow
    2. Message Hook Functions
    3. Message-Processing Function Descriptions
11. MENUS
    1. Main Menus and Pop-up Menus
    2. Menu Support Function Descriptions
12. RESOURCES
    1. The Resource Script File
    2. Resource Function Descriptions
13. DIALOG BOXES
    1. Types of Dialog Boxes
    2. The Dialog Box Keyboard Interface
    3. Dynamic Dialog Boxes
    4. Dialog Template Statement Descriptions
    5. Dialog Box Control Statements
    6. Dialog Box Function Descriptions
14. USER INPUT FUNCTIONS
    1. Mouse Messages
    2. Keyboard Messages
    3. Virtual Keys
    4. User Input Function Descriptions
15. SCROLLBARS
    1. Scrollbar Basics
    2. Scrollbar Position and Range
    3. Scrollbar Messages
    4. Scrollbar Function Descriptions
16. MEMORY MANAGEMENT
    1. Memory Architecture
    2. Global Memory
    3. Virtual Memory
    4. Heaps
    5. Memory Management Function Descriptions
17. THE GRAPHICS DEVICE INTERFACE
    1. The Device Context
    2. Selecting Objects into a Device Context
    3. Private Device Contexts
    4. Origins and Extents
    5. GDI Function Descriptions
18. BITMAPS, ICONS, AND METAFILES
    1. Bitmaps
    2. Icons
    3. Metafiles
    4. Bitmap, Icon, and Metafile Function Descriptions
19. PRINTING AND TEXT OUTPUT
    1. Printer Support
    2. Printer Information
    3. Text Characteristics
    4. Printing and Text Output Function Descriptions
20. PAINTING AND DRAWING
    1. Pens, Brushes, and Other Logical Tools
    2. Specifying an Area for Drawing
    3. Invalidation, Clipping, and the WM_PAINT Message
    4. Painting and Drawing Function Descriptions
21. PALETTES AND COLOR MATCHING
    1. Hardware Palettes
    2. Color Palettes in Windows
    3. The Logical Palette
    4. Image Color Matching
    5. Color Spaces
    6. Color Profiles
    7. Palettes and Color Matching Function Descriptions
22. I/O WITH FILES
    1. Creating and Opening Files
    2. Reading and Writing
    3. Sharing Data with File Mapping
    4. File I/O Function Descriptions
23. THE CLIPBOARD
    1. Clipboard Formats
    2. Windows Management of Clipboard Data
    3. Delayed Rendering of Clipboard Data
    4. CF_OWNERDISPLAY Format
    5. Using Private Clipboard Formats
    6. Clipboard Viewers
    7. Clipboard Function Descriptions
24. THE REGISTRY
    1. The Registry Architecture
    2. Placing Data in the Registry
    3. The Windows Registry Structure
    4. Registry Function Descriptions
25. INITIALIZATION FILES
    1. Initialization File Structure
    2. Accessing Initialization Files
    3. Mapping Private INI Files
    4. Initialization File Function Descriptions
26. SYSTEM INFORMATION
    1. Process Environment Information
    2. Local Time and System Time
    3. Locale and Language Support
    4. System Information Function Descriptions
27. STRING MANIPULATION AND CHARACTER SETS
    1. Windows Character Set Translations
    2. Locales
    3. String Manipulation and Character Set Function Descriptions
28. ATOMS
    1. Working with Atom Tables
    2. Using Global Atoms for Data Exchange
    3. Integer Atoms
    4. Atom Function Descriptions
29. TIMERS
    1. Using Timers
    2. Windows Time
    3. Performance Monitor Counters
    4. Timer Function Descriptions
30. PROCESSES, THREADS, AND FIBERS
    1. Creating Processes and Threads
    2. Fibers
    3. Synchronization Objects
    4. Protecting Nonreentrant Code of a Process
    5. Process, Thread, and Fiber Function Descriptions
31. ERROR AND EXCEPTION PROCESSING
    1. Writing Exception Handlers and Filters
    2. Win32 API for Exception Handling
    3. Error and Exception Processing Function Descriptions
32. MULTIPLE-DOCUMENT INTERFACE (MDI)
    1. Creating an MDI Application
    2. The MDI Frame Window
    3. The MDI Child Window
    4. Menus in MDI Applications
    5. MDI Function and Message Descriptions
33. INTERFACING WITH HELP FILES
    1. Providing User Access to the Help File
    2. Providing Context-Sensitive Help
    3. Using Training Card Help
    4. Help Files Function and Message Descriptions
34. FILE DECOMPRESSION AND INSTALLATION
    1. File Installation Overview
    2. Installing the Proper Version
    3. The Version Resource
    4. File Decompression
    5. File Decompression and Installation Function Descriptions
35. DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARIES
    1. Loadtime Dynamic Linking
    2. Runtime Dynamic Linking
    3. Creating Dynamic Link Libraries
    4. Accessing Data Within a DLL
    5. Using the DLL Notification Entry Point
    6. Dynamic Link Libraries Function Descriptions
36. Index