From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer) Subject: Re: Info on libraries? 12 Jun 1997 09:48:03 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199706120308.UAA14540.cygnus.gnu-win32@rtl.cygnus.com> Content-Type: text Original-To: george AT troot DOT demon DOT co DOT uk Original-Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <866063209.1021616.0@troot.demon.co.uk> from "george@troot.demon.co.uk" at Jun 11, 97 10:06:14 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com george AT troot DOT demon DOT co DOT uk wrote: [...] > The only problem is that I haven't had experience writing for MS > Windows and I can't find any information on the Windows libraries. > I've looked through the list archives and generally searched around > without any success, and as I haven't downloaded the source code I > wonder if someone could point me to some info on libkernel32, > libuser32, libole32, etc. I'd be very grateful. I would suggest purchasing a good Win32 API book. I've been quite happy with: 1) _Win32_Programming_ by Brent Rector and Joseph Newcomer. Published by Addison-Wesley. A big hardback with lots of pages. A good general reference that contains information not available elsewhere. 2) _Advanced_Windows_ by Jeffrey Richter. Published by Microsoft Press. Unlike the previous book, you will want to read whole chapters at a time. Each chapter is a detailed overview of each piece of the Win32 API, covering everything from kernel objects to process management, threads, dlls, exception handling and the like. And I'm sure there are lots of others worth looking at... Having a subscription to the Microsoft Developer's Network (MSDN) is pretty useful. The library CDs have the canonical docs on the Win32 API, archived journal articles pertaining to Windows programming, and a whole lot more. There are different subscription levels that get you different things at a range of prices. -- Geoffrey Noer noer AT cygnus DOT com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".