Windows via C/C++ (Developer Reference)

Master the intricacies of application development with unmanaged C++ code—straight from the experts. Jeffrey Richter’s classic book is now fully revised for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. You get in-depth, comprehensive guidance, advanced techniques, and extensive code samples to help you program Windows–based applications. Discover how to: Architect and implement your applications for both 32-bit and 64-bit WindowsCreate and manipulate processes and jobsSchedule, manage, synchronize and destroy threadsPerform asynchronous and synchronous device I/O operations with the I/O completion portAllocate memory using various techniques including virtual memory, memory-mapped files, and heapsManipulate the default committed physical storage of thread stacksBuild DLLs for delay-loading, API hooking, and process injectionUsing structured exception handling, Windows Error Recovery, and Application Restart services Read more