Advanced Windows Programing

Advanced Windows Programming with C++

1. Kernel Objects
   • What Is a Kernel Object?
   • SA Process's Kernel Object Handle Table
   • Haring Kernel Objects Across Process Boundaries
2. Thread Basics
   • When to Create a Thread
   • When Not to Create a Thread
   • Writing Your First Thread Function
   • The CreateThread Function
   • Terminating a Thread
   • Some Thread Internals
   • C/C++ Run-Time Library Considerations
3. Thread Scheduling, Priorities, and Affinities
   • Suspending and Resuming a Thread
   • Suspending and Resuming a Process
   • Sleeping
   • Switching to Another Thread
   • A Thread's Execution Times
   • Putting the Context in Context
   • Thread Priorities
   • An Abstract View of Priorities
   • Programming Priorities
   • Affinities
4. Thread Synchronization in User Mode
   • Atomic Access: The Interlocked Family of Functions
   • Cache Lines
   • Advanced Thread Synchronization
   • Critical Sections
5. Thread Synchronization With Kernel Objects
   • Wait Functions
   • Successful Wait Side Effects
   • Event Kernel Objects
   • Waitable Timer Kernel Objects
   • Semaphore Kernel Objects
   • Mutex Kernel Objects
   • A Handy Thread Synchronization Object Chart
   • Other Thread Synchronization Functions
   • Other Thread Synchronization Functions
6. DLL Basics
   • DLLs and a Process's Address Space
   • The Overall Picture
   • Building the DLL Module
   • Building the Executable Module
   • Running the Executable Module
7. DLL Advanced Techniques
   • Explicit DLL Module Loading and Symbol Linking
   • The DLL's Entry-Point Function
   • Delay-Loading a DLL
   • Function Forwarders
   • Known DLLs
   • DLL Redirection
   • Rebasing Modules
   • Binding Modules
8. Thread-Local Storage
   • Dynamic TLS
   • Static TLS
9. Window Messaging
   • A Thread's Message Queue
   • Posting Messages to a Thread's Message Queue
   • Sending Messages to a Window
   • Waking a Thread
   • Sending Data with Messages
   • How Windows Handle ANSI/Unicode Characters and Strings
10. The Hardware Input Model and Local Input State
    • The Raw Input Thread
    • Local Input State
    • Attaching Virtualized Input Queues and Local Input State Together