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Win32 System Services The Heart of Windows 98 and Windows 2000

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ISBN-10: 0130225576

ISBN-13: 9780130225573

Edition: 3rd 2001

Authors: Marshall Brain, Ron Reeves

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Fully updated to reflect Win32 enhancements in Windows 2000 and Windows 98, Marshall Brain's classic guide remains the most effective way for developers to master Win32 services in real-world application development. Brain introduces Win32 files, directory and drive structure, NT processes and threads, synchronization mechanisms, network communications, Remote Procedure Calls, NT services, NT security, consoles, communications ports, accessing system information, and using DLLs to modularize programs. Each self-contained chapter covers a different API service, with functions demonstrated clearly in code examples (all included on an accompanying CD-ROM). Brain also shows how multiple…    
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Book details

List price: $49.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/1/2000
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 720
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English

Introduction
One Hundred and Twenty-one Questions About Windows 2000 and 98
Compiling Code
Terminology
Error Handling
Handles and Objects
Using the Microsoft Documentation
Bugs in the 32-Bit API
Differences Between Windows 98 and Windows 2000
Files
The Possibilities
Overview
Opening and Reading from a File
Getting and Setting File Information
File Operations
Temporary Files
File Reading and Writing
Asynchronous File Operations
File Locking
Compressed Files
File Mapping
Conclusion
Drives
The Possibilities
Getting Volume Information
Getting Drive Types
Getting Free Space
Getting Logical Drives and Drive Strings
Setting the Volume Label
WNet Functions
Conclusion
Directories
The Possibilities
Creating and Deleting Directories
Getting and Setting the Current Directory
Searching for a File
Traversing Directory Trees
Combining Capabilities
Detecting Changes to Directories and Files
Conclusion
Active Directory
The Possibilities
Introduction to Active Directory
Active Directory Architecture
Frequently Asked Questions
Conclusion
Process and Threads
The Possibilities
Introduction
Simple Examples
Using Threads in GUI Applications
Matching the Number of Threads to the Number of CPU's
Using Thread Local Storage
Thread Priorities
Other Thread Functions
Processes
Inheriting Handles
Interprocess Communication
Jobs
Conclusion
Synchronization
Understanding the Problem
Four Different Synchronization Methods
Deadlocks, Starvation, and Other Synchronization Bugs
Wait Functions
Overlapped I/O
Change Functions
Integrating Synchronization into MFC Programs
Conclusion
Network Communications
The Possibilities
Understanding Your Options
Mailslots
Named Pipes
Named Pipe Client/Server Systems
Connection with UNIX and Other TCP/IP Machines
UDP Connections
TCP Connections
Conclusion
Remote Procedure Calls
The Possibilities
The Basic Idea
Design Issues
Creating RPCs
Understanding RPCs at a High Level
Parameter Passing
Understanding the Code
Setting up a Name Server in the Registry
Manual Binding with Implicit Handles
An RPC Server for Mandelbrot Sets
Improving the Mandelbrot RPC Server
Explicit Handles
Context Handles
Common Questions
Conclusion
Distribute COM (DCOM)
DCOM Architecture
Components and Reuse
Location Independence
Connection Management
Scalability
Conclusion
Communications
The Possibilities
Understanding Serial Communications
A Simple Communications Application
Getting Communications Events
A Simple Bulletin Board System
Flow Control
A Simple TTY Terminal Program
Other Communications Functions
Conclusion
Windows 2000 Services
The Possibilities
Understanding Services
S ervice Choreography
The Simplest Service
Installing and Removing a Service
Displaying Dialogs from within a Service
Multiple Services in an Executable
Getting and Setting Configuration Information
Controlling Services
Enumerating Services
Placing an RPC Server in a Server
Conclusion
Security
The Possibilities
-Understanding the Terminology and Concepts of the Windows 2000 Security _System
Windows 2000 Security Vocabulary
Simple Examples
Securable Objects and Access Rights
Examining Existing Access Tokens and Security Descriptors
Privileges
Adding and Deleting ACEs
Impersonation
Conclusion
Consoles
The Possibilities
Raw versus Cooked Input
Simple Examples
Raw Input
Other Input Events
Other Capabilities
Conclusion
Microsoft Management Console