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.NET Framework Solutions: In Search of the Lost Win32 API
Author(s): John Paul Mueller (Author)
- Publisher: Sybex
- Publication Date: 8 Oct. 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 562 pages
- ISBN-10: 078214134X
- ISBN-13: 9780782141344
Book Description
.NET Framework Solutions: In Search of the Lost Win32 API is one more thing you can′t do without: a complete guide to your options for dealing with the functionality missing from .NET. As you′ll learn, some functions are handily situated within Visual Basic or C#. In most cases, however, you′ll need to access the old Win32 API from the .NET Framework. This is demanding work, but this book makes it easy, walking you through every step and paying special attention to the work of managing memory manually––the most error–prone part of the process.
The topics covered inside are as varied as the missing functionality: direct hardware access, low–level security control, certain aspects of OS access, support for multimedia and utilities, and DirectX. You also get hard–to–find information on COM access, plus a collection of examples––dealing with DirectX and the MMC Snap–ins––that unite COM and Win32 access in especially illuminating ways.
Over time, you can expect to see the .NET Framework expanded to include much of what it now lacks. But your programming tasks can′t wait, and .NET Framework Solutions makes you productive––today.
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.NET Framework Solutions: In Search of the Lost Win32 API is one more thing you can t do without: a complete guide to your options for dealing with the functionality missing from .NET. As you ll learn, some functions are handily situated within Visual Basic or C#. In most cases, however, you ll need to access the old Win32 API from the .NET Framework. This is demanding work, but this book makes it easy, walking you through every step and paying special attention to the work of managing memory manually the most error–prone part of the process.
The topics covered inside are as varied as the missing functionality: direct hardware access, low–level security control, certain aspects of OS access, support for multimedia and utilities, and DirectX. You also get hard–to–find information on COM access, plus a collection of examples dealing with DirectX and the MMC Snap–ins that unite COM and Win32 access in especially illuminating ways.
Over time, you can expect to see the .NET Framework expanded to include much of what it now lacks. But your programming tasks can t wait, and .NET Framework Solutions makes you productive today.
