Win 32 System Services: The Heart of Windows 95 and Windows NT

by Marshall Brain

A book/disk package showing programmers how to use Win32 system services such as synchronization, event logging, and network communications in their own programs. Organized by functional categories such as file I/O, disk drives, and directories, chapters offer general overviews, describe subsets of functions, and offer examples combining different capabilities from several chapters to create larger applications. The accompanying disk contains source code for examples and an on-line index. Assumes knowledge of C language. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Genres: Reference

896 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Marshall David Brain II was an enthusiastic American author, public speaker, futurist, entrepreneur, and professor, who specialized in making complex topics easier to understand for the general public. Brain was the founder of HowStuffWorks.com and the author of the How Stuff Works book series. He hosted the National Geographic channel's Factory Floor with Marshall Brain and Who Knew? With Marshall Brain.

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Win 32 System Services: The Heart of Windows 95 and Windows NT by Marshall Brain (1995)