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Unit 1: Windows Programming Basics

Notes
Figure 1.2: Steps in Creating a Windows Program

Source code Module definition Resource file
(EXAMPLE.C) File (EXAMPLE.DEF) (EXAMPLE.RC)

Resource
C Compiler
compiler

Objective file Resource data
(EXAMPLE.OBJ) (EXAMPLE.RES)

Linker

Unfinished.EXE
(EXAMPLE.EXE)

Resource
compiler

Finished
program
(EXAMPLE.EXE)

Self Assessment

Fill in the blank:

15. The ........................ button triggers the Command event, which unloads the dialog.

1.10 Summary

 Microsoft Windows is a multi-tasking operating system that permits numerous
applications, pointed to here on out as processes.

 An integrated Windows server utilizes disk storage, which is usually more dependable
than PC server hard disks.

 All Win32 programs chiefly appear the same and act the same but, just like C++ programs,
there are small differences in terms of forming a program, relying on the compiler you
are utilizing.
 A computer application is prepared with Windows controls that permit the user to
interrelate with the computer. Each control generates messages and sends them to the
operating system.
 To supervise the messages, they are managed by a function pointer known as a Windows
procedure.

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