WIndows API Tutorials


ĄĄ		Win32

		Winnie

		Generic

		Controls

		Dialog-bsd App

		Generic Dialog

		Canvas

		Pens/Brushes

		Threads

		Folder Watcher

		Shell API

		OLE/COM

		Smart OLE

		OLE Automation

		Splitter Bar

		Bitmaps

		Direct Draw

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Windows API Tutorials

The tutorials start with the most basic Windows program, the Windows equivalent of "Hello World!", . Then we move on to a more program, which serves as a skeleton for a simple Windows application. Then we discuss various . Using these controls one can build a complete application, whose main window is a dialog. We are then ready to discuss a , a framework with which one can quickly build specific dialogs.

To do some simple graphics one needs a Canvas object. You use Pens and Brushes to paint on the canvas.

More advanced topics include programming with Threads with a practical example of a Folder Watcher--a program that watches directories for changes.

Modern Windows programming requires some knowledge of the Shell API, which leads us to the discussion of OLE and COM. We show how one can encapsulate OLE in C++ to create Smart OLE. OLE is also used in Automation, which lets your application talk to other applications.

Controls are nothing but specialized windows. You can easily create your own controls, as evidenced by the Splitter Bar tutorial.

For graphics programmer, we give a short introduction on using Bitmaps for animation and a more advanced tutorial on using Direct Draw.

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