Author: David Kipping

Publisher: Premier Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 856

ISBN-13: 9781559585460

Windows 95 is totally new in design, concept, and implementation from Windows 3.1. For the Windows application programmer, the most noticeable difference is a complete change in the memory-addressing model. And that is only the beginning. Windows programming expert David Kipping helps you migrate smoothly and easily to this new environment. Concentrating on how you can best transform your current applications to the Windows 95 operating system, Kipping provides you with a detailed, hands-on, and practical examination of approaches and techniques for porting from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95; the four Microsoft APIs and the three operating systems; the changes from a 16-bit segmented memory-addressing model to a 32-bit flat memory-addressing model, including heap management and virtual memory; taking advantage of true multitasking operations with independent threads of execution and synchronizing primitiveswhich enable the construction of programs with features not previously possible; the revamped and upgraded file system, induding memory-mapped files and anonymous pipes; using DDE for client-server applications; the internal structure of Windows 95, including memory management, process scheduling, and the virtual machine architecture. This book is an essential reference for beginning programmers and experienced developers alike.