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Here's definitive instruction for advancing the next generation of Windows-based applications-faster, sleeker, and more potent than ever! This fully updated expansion of the best-selling Advanced Windows digs even deeper into the advanced features and state-of-the-art techniques you can exploit for more robust Windows development - including authoritative insights on the Windows 2000 operating system. Coverage includes: Understanding Windows 2000 features—such as jobs, thread- pooling APIs, Address Windowing extensions, Tool help functions, and sparse files. Mastering DLL basics and applying advanced techniques— including API hooking, DLL Injection, function forwarders, delay loading, redirection, rebasing. and binding. Solving common thread-synchronization problems with a toolkit of packaged, reusable code. Building high-performance, scalable applications by understanding data alignment, cache-line boundaries, cross- process critical sections, NUMA architectures, and processor affinity. Using structured exception handling to create memory- efficient applications. Transitioning to 64-bit development—see what's ahead by studying a full cache of code built and tested on Windows 2000. Two hundred thousand developers—and counting—have advanced their expertise with Windows under author Jeffrey Richter's skillful tutelage. Packed now with even more expertly rendered examples and pragmatic insights, PROGRAMMING APPLICATIONS FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS, Fourth Edition, extends this legacy to a new generation of developers—and the next generation of Windows. Included on CD-ROM—E-Book Plus Code Samples You get source code and executables for all sample programs and utilities, including: ProcessInfo—shows which processes are running on the system and which DLLs are being used by that module. VMMap—shows memory usage in an address space Sysinfo—provides architecture information about the host machine VMStat—indicates system memory usage DIPS—Desktop Icon Position Saver USWatch—monitors systemwide and thread-specific window input changes Plus a fully searchable electronic version of the book. For System Requirements, see the introduction page. About the Author Jeffrey Richter is a well-known author, consultant, and trainer in the field of Windows programming. He writes the Win32 Q&A column for Microsoft Systems Journal and serves as a contributing editor. Jeff has been a consultant to many companies, including Microsoft, Intel, and Dream Works Interactive, and he regularly teaches on site Windows programming courses at major corporations worldwide.