Win32 System Programming

Johnson M. Hart is a software trainer and consultant specializing in Windows, L inux, and UNIX application development, enhancement, and maintenance. John develops and delivers professional training courses and seminars to clients worldwide, and he is the author of numerous technical articles.

Preface.


1. Getting Started with Win32 and Win64.


Operating System Essentials.



Win32 and Windows 2000, NT, 9x, and CE.



Win32, Standards, and Open Systems.



Win32 Principles.



Getting Ready for Win64.



The Standard C Library: When to Use It for File Processing.



What You Need to Use This Book.



Example: A Simple Sequential File Copy.



Summary.



Exercises.



2. Using the Win32 File System and Character I/O.


The Win32 File Systems.



File Naming.



Opening, Reading, Writing, and Closing Files.



Interlude: Unicode and Generic Characters.



Unicode Strategies.



Standard Devices and Console I/O.



Example: Printing and Prompting.



Example: Error Processing.



Example: Copying Multiple Files to Standard Output.



Example: ASCII to Unicode Conversion.



File and Directory Management.



Example: Printing the Current Directory.



Summary.



Exercises.



3. Advanced File and Directory Processing, and the Registry.


The 64-Bit File System.



File Pointers.



Getting the File Size.



Example: Viewing the Tail of a File.



File Attributes and Directory Processing.



Example: Listing File Attributes.



Example: Setting File Times.



File Processing Strategies.



File Locking.



The Registry.



Registry Management.



Example: Listing Registry Keys and Contents.



Summary.



Exercises.



4. Structured Exception Handling.


Exceptions and Their Handlers.



Floating-Point Exceptions.



Errors and Exceptions.



Example: Treating Errors as Exceptions.



Termination Handlers.



Example: Using Termination Handlers to Improve Program Quality.



Example: Using a Filter Function.



Console Control Handlers.



Example: A Console Control Handler.



Summary.



Exercises.



5. Securing Win32 Objects.


Security Attributes.



Security Overview: The Security Descriptor.



Security Identifiers.



Managing ACLs.



Example: UNIX-Style Permission for NTFS Files.



Example: Initializing Security Attributes.



Reading and Changing Security Descriptors.



Example: Reading File Permissions.



Example: Changing File Permissions.



Overview of Additional Security Features.



Summary.



Exercises.



6. Memory Management, Memory-Mapped Files, and DLLs.


Win32 Memory Management Architecture.



Heaps.



Managing Heap Memory.



Example: Sorting Files with a Binary Search Tree.



Memory-Mapped Files.



Example: Sequential File Processing with Mapped Files.



Example: Sorting a Memory-Mapped File.



Example: Using Based Pointers.



Dynamic Link Libraries.



Example: Explicitly Linking a File Conversion Function.



The DLL Entry Point.



Summary.



Exercises.



7. Process Management.


Windows Processes and Threads.



Process Creation.



Process Identities.



Duplicating Handles.



Exiting and Terminating a Process.



Waiting for a Process to Terminate.



Environment Blocks and Strings.



Example: Parallel Pattern Searching.



Process Execution Times.



Example: Process Execution Times.



Generating Console Control Events.



Example: Simple Job Management.



Job Objects.



Summary.



Exercises.



8. Threads and Scheduling.


Thread Overview.



Thread Basics.



Thread Management.



Using the C Library in Threads.



Example: Multithreaded Pattern Searching.



The Boss/Worker and Other Threading Models.



Example: Merge-Sort - Divide and Conquer to Exploit SMP.



Thread Local Storage.



Process and Thread Priority and Scheduling.



Thread States.



Pitfalls and Common Mistakes.



Timed Waits.



Fibers.



Summary.



Exercises.



9. Thread Synchronization.


The Need for Thread Synchronization.



Thread Synchronization Objects.



The CRITICAL_SECTION Object.



A CRITICAL_SECTION for Protecting Shared Variables.



Example: A Simple Producer/Consumer System.



Mutexes.



Semaphores.



Events.



Example: A Producer/Consumer System.



Example: Synchronization Performance Impact.



More Mutex and CRITICAL_SECTION Guidelines.



More Interlocked Functions.



Memory Management Performance Considerations.



Summary.



Exercises.



10. Advanced Thread Synchronization.


Mutexes, Events, and the Condition Variable Model.



Example: A Threshold Barrier Object.



A Queue Object.



Example: Using Queues in a Multistage Pipeline.



Hints for Designing, Debugging, and Testing.



Summary.



Exercises.



11. Interprocess Communication.


Anonymous Pipes.



Example: I/O Redirection Using an Anonymous Pipe.



Named Pipes.



Named Pipe Transaction Functions.



Example: A Client/Server Command Line Processor.



Comments on the Client/Server Command Line Processor.



Mailslots.



Pipe and Mailslot Creation, Connection, and Naming.



Example: A Server That Clients Can Locate.



Comments on Thread Models.



Summary.



Exercises.



12. Network Programming with Windows Sockets.


Windows Sockets.



Socket Server Functions.



Socket Client Functions.



Comparing Named Pipes and Sockets.



Example: A Socket Message Receive Function.



Example: A Socket-Based Client.



Example: A Socket-Based Server with New Features.



In-Process Services.



Line-Oriented Messages, DLL Entry Points, and TLS.



Example: A Thread-Safe DLL for Socket Messages.



Example: An Alternative Thread-Safe DLL Strategy.



Datagrams.



Berkeley vs. Windows Sockets.



Overlapped I/O with Windows Sockets.



Windows Sockets 2.



Summary.



Exercises.



13. NT Services.


Writing NT Services - Overview.



The Main Function.



The ServiceMain Functions.



The Service Control Handler.



Example: A Service "Wrapper".



Managing Windows NT Services.



Summary: Service Operation and Management.



Example: A Service Control Shell.



Sharing Kernel Objects with a Service.



Event Logging.



Notes on Debugging a Service.



Summary.



Exercises.



14. Asynchronous Input/Output and Completion Ports.


Overview of Win32 Asynchronous I/O.



Overlapped I/O.



Example: Synchronizing on a File Handle.



Example: File Conversion with Overlapped I/O and Multiple Buffers.



Extended I/O with Completion Routines.



Example: File Conversion with Extended I/O.



Asynchronous I/O with Threads.



Waitable Timers.



Example: Using a Waitable Timer.



I/O Completion Ports.



Example: A Server Using I/O Completion Ports.



Summary.



Exercises.



15. Remote Procedure Calls and COM Overview.


Remote Procedure Calls.



Basic RPC Architecture.



RPC Interface Definitions.



Example: An Interface Definition.



Example: An RPC Client.



Example: An RPC Server.



A Brief COM and DCOM Overview.



Summary.



Exercises.



16. Win64 Programming.


64-Bit Architecture Overview.



The Win64 Programming Model.



The Data Types.



The Three Win64 Programming Models.



Legacy Code Migration.



Appendix A: Using the Sample Programs.


Disc Organization.



Include File Listings.



Additional Utility Programs.



Appendix B: Win32, UNIX, and C Library Comparisons.


Chapters 2 and 3: File and Directory Management.



Chapter 4: Structured Exception Handling.



Chapter 5: Securing Win32 Objects.



Chapter 6: Memory Management, Memory-Mapped Files, and DLLs.



Chapter 7: Process Management.



Chapter 8: Threads and Scheduling.



Chapters 9 and 10: Thread Synchronization.



Chapter 11: Interprocess Communication.



Chapter 14: Asynchronous I/O.



Appendix C: Performance Results.


Test Configurations.



Performance Measurements.



Running the Tests.



Bibliography.


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