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Sadique
Sadique

Reputation: 22821

Regarding Windows Programming Using C++

There are many functions available in Windows API for usage, is there any book which would act as a comprehensive reference for the APIs available in windows? I mean the books i have been reading give a basic idea of there usage. I would need something comprehensive, like we have The Standard C library by Plauger. I need something like a manual (appropriately) or a book (preferably) which would divide the Windows APIs on basis of its features,etc and give the names of available functions.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 166

Answers (2)

anon
anon

Reputation:

That would be one hell of a big book - the Windows API is huge, and the C Standard library is tiny in comparison. Is there some reason that MSDN does not work for you?

Upvotes: 0

Hernán
Hernán

Reputation: 4587

Altough a bit old, Programming Windows by Charles Petzold is the bible of the Windows API. The last edition covers up to Windows 98 and NT 4.0. However it's C only.

To program in C++ with the API, you can build up your own framework, use MFC or, as I would recommend, use Qt, where you can mix API and Qt programming freely, depending on what portability to other platforms you want to achieve.

The online reference of the WinAPI is in MSDN, here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663300(v=VS.85).aspx

Upvotes: 1

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