| Here's definitive instruction for advancing
the next generation of Windows®-based applications-faster, sleeker,
and more potent than ever! This fully updated expansion of the bestselling
ADVANCED WINDOWS digs even deeper into the advanced features and state-of-the-art
techniques you can exploit for more robust Windows development-including
authoritative insights on the new Windows 2000 platform.
COVERAGE INCLUDES:
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Understanding Windows 2000 features-such as
jobs, thread-pooling APIs, Address Windowing extensions, Toolhelp functions,
and sparse files
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Mastering DLL basics and applying advanced
techniques-including API hooking, DLL Injection, function forwarders, delay
loading, redirection, rebasing, and binding
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Solving common thread-synchronization problems
with a toolkit of packaged, reusable code
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Building high-performance, scalable applications
by understanding data alignment, cache-line boundaries, cross-process critical
sections, NUMA architectures, and processor affinity
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Using structured exception handling to create
memory-efficient applications
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Transitioning to 64-bit development-see what's
ahead by studying a full cache of code built and tested on Windows 2000
Two hundred thousand developers-and counting-have
advanced their expertise with Windows under author Jeffrey Richter's skillful
tutelage. Packed now with even more expertly rendered examples and pragmatic
insights, PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS FOR MICROSOFT® WINDOWS®, Fourth
Edition, extends this legacy to a new generation of developers-and the
next generation of Windows.
INCLUDED ON CD-ROM:
You get a fully searchable electronic version
of the book, plus source code and executables for all sample programs and
utilities, including:
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ProcessInfo-shows which processes are running
on the system and which DLSS are being used by that module
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VMMap-shows memory usage in an address space
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SysInfo-provides architecture information
about the host machine
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VMStat-indicates system memory usage
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DIPS-Desktop Icon Position Saver
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LISWatch-monitors systemwide and thread-specific
window input changes
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