Windows System Programming Course

Microsoft Certified Partner

Microsoft Windows System Programming

Duration: 5 days | Price: $2695 | Class Dates:

Students Will Learn:

Handling Virtual Memory
Controlling Processes
Unicode & Internationalization
Using Threads

Synchronizing Resources
Controlling the Registry
Creating Services

Description: This hands on Windows system programming class covers programming for the Windows system environment using current Microsoft tools and technologies, with emphasis on the Win32 API. Visual Studio is used throughout the course as the development environment. Focusing on sophisticated design issues within the context of the Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems, the course emphasizes inter-process communication and synchronization techniques as well as explaining advanced memory management, file handling and asynchronous I/O, multi-threaded processes, and techniques applicable to high-performance and large-scale software systems. The attendee will create various types of Windows system programs, such as services and dynamic-link libraries. Code optimization and portability issues, particularly to 64-bit platforms, are stressed throughout.

Prerequisites: C Programming experience. Previous experience building applications in a Microsoft Windows environment is helpful but not required.

Microsoft Windows System Programming Course Overview:

Windows Programming Overview Windows System Architecture Kernel Components and their Relationship to System Programming Object and Handles Memory Management Windows Processes Windows Programming Resources Visual Studio Win32 SDK/DDK MFC API Interface Issues 64-bit API Interface Issues and planning for 64-bit transition Writing 32/64-bit compatible programs Visual Studio/Console Apps/GUI Apps Executable Files and DLLs		Handling Virtual Memory Memory allocation Paging and Working Sets Heap Control Creating and Destroying Heaps Heap Allocation and Deallocation Thread-safe and Thread-Unsafe Heaps and their Uses Committing Memory vs. Reserving Memory Raw Allocation Optimizing Issues in allocation Repairing Access Violations Reserving Memory without Committing Memory Memory Mapped Files Processor Shared Memory Based Pointers 64-bit address space issues 32-bit apps running on 64-bit Windows
Handling Processes and Pipes Kernel Objects and Handles Command Lines, Environment Variables Spawning Processes Passing Inherited Handles to Processes Terminating Processes Creating and communicating with pipes Named Pipes Anonymous pipes		Exception Handling Structured Exception Handling (SEH) Exception Handling Keywords Exception Filters
Serializing Windows Data File Systems Directories and Files Pipes File and Directory Manipulation Asynchronous File I/O File Attributes		Unicode and Character Internationalization Purpose of Unicode Data Types Function Prototypes Basic Conversion Steps Messages
Creating and Using Threads Effective Use of Threads Worker Threads vs. User Interface (UI) Threads The Thread Stack Thread Communication Thread Synchronization Thread Local Variables Asynchronous I/O with Threads Fibers		Handling Synchronized Resources Locks Events, Semaphores, Mutexes, and Critical Sections Synchronizing Data vs. Synchronizing Methods
Using Named Pipes and Mail Slots Overlapped vs. Synchronous Named Pipes: Server, Client, Data Exchange Multithreading Named Pipes Mailslots		Dynamic Link Libraries DLL Architectural Overview Memory Model Thread Local Storage DLL Entry and Exit Point Building a DLL Using a DLL Issues with 64-bit DLLs System Wide Event Hooks
Using The Registry Concepts The Registry API Registry compared to Environment Variables and .INI Files Win64 Registry Issues Environment Variables and .INI Files		Creating Windows NT Services Overview of Service Concepts Service Manager Integration Service Startup Handling Service Messages Interacting with the Service
Windows Concepts Simple dialog-based applications Introduction to simple Windows controls Control management		The Event Log Concepts Event Log API Event Viewer MESSAGETABLE Resources The mc Compiler Automating the Compilation

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