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theForger's Win32 API Programming Tutorial

Home                         Welcome to theForger's Win32 API
                             Tutorial
Basics
                             This tutorial attempts to get you
 1. Getting Started          started developing with the Win32 API as
 2. A Simple Window          quickly and clearly as possible.
 3. Handling Messages
 4. The Message Loop         Download Full Example Code
 5. Using Resources              The tutorial text does not include
 6. Menus and Icons              full source code listings, you will
 7. Dialog Boxes                 need to download this .zip if you
 8. Modeless Dialogs             want to compile the completed
 9. Standard Controls            examples.
10. Dialog FAQ
                             This tutorial is meant to be read as a
Creating a simple            whole
application
                             Please read it from beginning to end
 1. Creating controls at     before asking questions... most of them
    runtime                  will probably be answered. Each section
 2. Files and the common     builds on the sections before it. I have
    dialogs                  also added some solutions to common
 3. Tool and Status bars     errors in Appendix A. If you ask me a
 4. Multiple Document        question that is answered on this page,
    Interface                you will look very silly.

Graphics Device Interface    If you are viewing this locally or on
                             another website, visit the #winprog
 1. Bitmaps and Device       website for the current official copy.
    Contexts
 2. Transparency               * Versi n en Espa ol
 3. Timers and Animation       * Italian Translation
 4. Text, Fonts and Colours    * Chinese Translation
                               * Chinese Translation PDF
Tools and Documentation        * Arabic Translation PDF
                               * English PDF
 1. References
 2. Free Visual C++          The translation and PDF versions are
                             unfortunately difficult to update, and
Appendices                   are based on older versions of the
                             tutorial. Most of the content should be
 A. Solutions to Common      the same, but they are missing recent
    Errors                   updates and bug fixes.
 B. API vs. MFC
 C. Resource file notes

              

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