Programming Windows™ 3.1 ^{3rd Ed.}

This new edition of PROGRAMMING WINDOWS — completely updated and revised to highlight version 3.1 capabilities — is once again packed with keen insights, tried-and-true programming techniques, scores of complete sample programs written in C (on disk too!) and straightforward explanations of the Microsoft^® Windows operating system.

New in this edition:

• All programs are compatible with either Microsoft or Borland^® C/C++ compilers and in both C and C++ mode.
• Programs now take advantage of version 3.1 running in protected mode.
• TrueType^® scalable outline font technology is examined.
• The DDE Management Library is discussed.

PROGRAMMING WINDOWS 3.1. The most authorative, example-packed, and thorough resources for programmers writing applications for the Microsoft Windows operating systems.

• Section I: Getting Started
1. Hello, Windows
• A Brief History of Windows
• The User's Perspective
• The Programmer's Perspective
• Your First Windows Program
• The Windows Programming Hurdles
2. Painting with Text
• Painting and Repainting
• An Introduction to GDI
• Scroll Bars
• Section II: Reading Input
3. The Keyboard
• Keyboard Basics
• Keystroke Messages
• Enhancing SYSMETS: Adding a Keyboard Interface
• Character Messages
• Looking at Keyboard Messages
• The Caret (Not the Cursor)
• The Windows Character Sets
• Internationalization Concerns
4. The Mouse
• Mouse Basics
• Client-Are Mouse Messages
• Non-client-Area Mouse Messages
• Hit-Testing in Your Program
• Capturing the Mouse
5. The Timer
• Timer Basics
• Using the Timer: Three Methods
• Using the Timer for a Status Report
• Using the Timer for a Clock
• Windows Standard Time
6. Child Window Controls
• The Button Class
• Controls and Colors
• The Static Class
• The Scroll Bar Class
• The Edit Class
• The Listbox Class
• Section III: Using Resources
7. Memory Management
• Microprocessor and Memory
• Memory Organization in Windows
• Code and Data Segments
• Allocating Memory Within a Program
8. Icons, Cursors, Bitmaps, and Strings
• Compiling Resources
• Icons and Cursors
• Resources and Memory
• Character Strings
• User-Defined Resources
9. Menus and Accelerators
• Menus
• Using Bitmaps in Menus
• Keyboard Accelerators
10. Dialog Boxes
• Modal Dialog Boxes
• Message Boxes
• Modeless Dialog Boxes
• Working with Files: POPPAD Revisited
• The One Function Call Windows Program
• Section IV: The Graphic Device Interface
11. An Introduction to GDI
• The GDI Philosophy
• The Mapping Mode
12. Drawing Graphics
• Drawing Points
• Drawing Lines
• Drawing Filled Areas
• Rectangles, Regions, and Clipping
• Some Miscellaneous GDI Functions
• Programs That Draw Forever
13. Bits, Bits, and Metafiles
• Color and Bitmaps
• The Device-Independent Bitmap (DIB)
• The GDI Bitmap Object
• The Memory Device Context
• The Mighty BLT
• Metafiles
14. Text and Fonts
• Simple Text Output
• Background on Fonts
• Creating, Selecting, and Deleting Logical Fonts
• Enumerating the Fonts
• Formatting Text
• POPPAD with Fonts
15. Using the Printer
• Printing, Spooling, and Escapes
• The Printer Device Context
• Printing Fundamentals
• Printing Graphics and Text
• The Technique of Banding
• The Printer and Fonts
• Section V: Data Exchange and Links
16. The Clipboard
• Simple use of the Clipboard
• Beyond Simple Clipboard Use
• Becoming a Clipboard Viewer
17. Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
• Basic Concepts
• A DDE Server Program
• A DDE Client Program
• The DDE Management Library
18. The Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
• The Elements of MDI
• Windows 3 and MDI
• The Sample Program
• Creating the Children
• More Frame Window Message Processing
• The Child Docuemnt Windows
• Cleaning Up
• The Power of Windows Procedure
19. Dynamic Link Libraries
• Library Basics
• STRPROG and STRLIB
• The DS!= SS Issue
• Other Library Restrictions
• Different Methods for Specifying Links
• Using Import Libraries
• Dynamic Linking Without Imports
• Resource-Only Libraries

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