Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming

• Provides Windows programmers with details of and deep insights into the inner system functions of Microsoft Windows
  
• Essential for Win95 and other advanced Windows programmers
  
• Ideal for software developers who are moving applications from Windows 3.x to Windows 95
  
• Includes disk of example programs, source code, documentation, and utilities
  

For programmers new to Windows, this book demystifies assembly language programming for Microsoft Windows. Kauler thoroughly examines the basic concepts of Windows, and reveals systems programming tips and tricks. He explains the architec
tures of the microprocessor hardware, and how these features affect programming; introduces object-oriented programming from a nuts-and-bolts perspective; demonstrates how to write complete object-oriented assembly language programs in as little as nine lines; shows how to interface C++ and assembly code; takes readers "inside" Windows to learn the architectural details that Microsoft never publicly documented; explains how to move between Real and Protected modes; illustrates the art of thunking from 16 bits to 32 bits and back again; and provides detailed, hard-to-find reference information.

Plus, Kauler's companion disk is a treasure trove of example programs, useful source code, further documentation, and powerful utilities.

Table of contents

• Chapter 1 - CPU Architecture
  
• Chapter 2 - Basic Assembly Language
  
• Chapter 3 - Opening Windows
  
• Chapter 4 - The Bare Bones
  
• Chapter 5 - High-Level Assembly
  
• Chapter 6 - Program Design
  
• Chapter 7 - PC Hardware
  
• Chapter 8 - BIOS, DOS, & Windows Low-Level Services
  
• Chapter 9 - Direct Hardware Access
  
• Chapter 10 - Real-Time Events
  
• Chapter 11 - Real Mode Access
  
• Chapter 12 - 32-Bit Ring 0
  
• Chapter 13 - 32-Bit Ring 3
  
• Chapter 14 - DOS-Win Transitions
  
• Chapter 15 - Advanced Systems Programming
  
• Appendix A - Instruction Summary
  
• Appendix B - Keyboard Tables
  
• Appendix C - DPMI Services
  
• Appendix D - INT-2F Extensions
  
• Index