Windows Graphics Programming

Win32 GDI and DirectDraw

Feng Yuan

830 pages, parution le 15/06/2000

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Résumé

The world's most complete guide to Windows graphics programming!

Win32 GDI and DirectDraw: Accurate, under the hood, and in depth
Beyond the API: Internals, restrictions, performance, and real-life problems
Complete: Pixel, lines, curves, filled area, bitmap, image processing, fonts, text, metafile, printing, and more
Up to date: Windows 2000 and Windows 98 graphics enhancements
CD-ROM: Exclusive and professional quality generic C++ classes, reusable functions, demonstration programs, kernel mode drivers, GDI exploration tools, and more!

Hewlett-Packard Professional Books

To deliver high-performance Windows applications, you need an in-depth understanding of the Win32 GDI and DirectDraw—but until now, it's been virtually impossible to discover what's going on "behind" Microsoft's API calls. This book rips away the veil, giving experienced Windows programmers all the information and techniques they need to maximize performance, efficiency, and reliability! You'll discover how to make the most of Microsoft's Windows graphics APIs—including the important new graphics capabilities built into Windows 2000. Coverage includes:

Uncovering the Windows system architecture and graphics system internal data structure
Building graphics API "spies" that show what's going on "under the hood"
Detecting GDI resource leaks and other powerful troubleshooting techniques
Expert techniques for working with the Win32 GDI and DirectDraw APIs
Device context, coordinate space and transformation, pixels, lines, curves, and area fills
Bitmaps, image processing, fonts, text, enhanced metafiles, printing, and more

Windows Graphics Programming delivers extensive code, practical techniques, and unprecedented insight—plus an exclusive CD-ROM containing original system-level tools, kernel mode drivers, sample code, and generic C++ classes for Windows graphics programming without MFC. If you want to build Windows graphics applications that deliver breakthrough performance and reliability, you'll find this book indispensable.

Contents

Preface
Basic techniques and knowledge
Windows graphics systems architecture
GDI/DirectDraw international data structures
Spying in the Windows graphics system
Graphics device abstraction
Coordinate spaces and transformation
Pixels
Lines and curves
Areas
Bitmap basics
Advanced bitmap graphics
Image processing using Windows bitmaps
Palettes
Fonts
Text
Metafile
Printing
DirectDraw and Direct 3D immediate mode
Index

L'auteur - Feng Yuan

Feng Yuan is a Software Design Engineer for Hewlett Packard in Vancouver, WA. He holds a Ph.D. in Software Engineering from Nanjing University. For the past four years, he has specialized in creating drivers for HP DeskJet printers?giving him a burning motivation and a unique opportunity to understand Windows graphics programming inside and out.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Prentice Hall
Auteur(s)	Feng Yuan
Parution	15/06/2000
Nb. de pages	830
Format	18 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	2049g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780130869852
ISBN13	978-0-13-086985-2