diff -r d7142397bfb3 -r 216fb0a6ca77 windows-devel.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/windows-devel.rst Sun Nov 07 19:58:27 2010 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@ +-*- mode: outline -*- + +* Dependency Walker. + +Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows +module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of +all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that +are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being +called by other modules. Another view displays the minimum set of required +files, along with detailed information about each file including a full path +to the file, base address, version numbers, machine type, debug information, +and more. + +See + + http://www.dependencywalker.com/ + +* Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools. + + http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927229 + Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for administrative tasks + +* Sysinternals. + +TODO + +* Application verifier. + + http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=c4a25ab9-649d-4a1b-b4a7-c9d8b095df18 + download page + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms220948.aspx + Application Verifier + +* Running at startup. + + HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run + Launches a program automatically when a particular user logs + in. This key is used when you always want to launch a program + when a particular user is using a system. + HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce + Launches a program the next time the user logs in and removes + its value entry from the registry. This key is typically used + by installation programs. + HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run + Launches a program automatically at system startup. This key + is used when you always want to launch a program on a + particular system. + HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce + Launches a program the next time the system starts and removes + its value entry from the registry. This key is typically used + by installation programs. + HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices + Launches a service (a standard NT service or a background + process) automatically at startup. An example of a service is + a Web server such as Microsoft Internet Information Server. + HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce + Launches a service (a standard NT service or a background + process) the next time the system is started, then removes its + value entry from the registry. + +Values to registry on Windows XP can be added by: + + cmd> reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v run.bat /t REG_SZ /d "path\to\run.bat" + cmd> reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run <-- see what done + +* MFC. + +** Can I link to MFC statically. + +Yes. + + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f22wcbea%28VS.80%29.aspx + +* Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package. + + http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=32bc1bee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&displayLang=en + This package installs runtime components of C Runtime (CRT), + Standard C++, ATL, MFC, OpenMP and MSDIA libraries. + +* Cabinet file (.cab). + + http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198038 + INFO: Useful Tools for Package and Deployment Issues + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367841%28VS.85%29.aspx + The Makecab.exe utility is included in the Windows SDK + Components for Windows Installer Developers. + http://web.archive.org/web/20070403215326/http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/cab/2.0/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/cabsdk.exe + download link from web archive + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370834%28v=VS.85%29.aspx + The components of the Windows Installer Software Development + Kit are included in the Microsoft Windows Software Development + Kit (SDK). + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx + Microsoft Cabinet Format + +* Internet Explorer. + +** Debugging. + +Install IE 8.0 and press 'F12' key. + + http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dd565626.aspx + Developer Tools User Interface Reference + +* Microsoft technologies. + +** COM. + +The family of COM technologies includes COM+, Distributed COM (DCOM) and ActiveX® Controls. + + http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx + home page + +** OLE. + +OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects. + +OLE 1.0 released in 1990, OLE 2.0 released in 1993, in 1994 OLE custom controls (OCXs) were +introduced. + +OLE objects and containers are implemented on top of the Component Object Model. + +Next release after 2.0 introdused in 1996 and named as ActiveX. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_Linking_and_Embedding + +** ActiveX. + +Faced with the complexity of OLE 2.0 and with poor support for COM in MFC, Microsoft rationalized +the specifications to make them simpler, and rebranded the technology as ActiveX in 1996. + + http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751968.aspx + ActiveX Controls + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveX + +** ATL. + +The Active Template Library (ATL) is a set of template-based C++ classes developed by Microsoft, +intended to simplify the programming of Component Object Model (COM) objects. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Template_Library + +** MFC. + +MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) is a library that wraps portions of the Windows API in C++ +classes, including functionality that enables them to use a default application framework. Classes +are defined for many of the handle-managed Windows objects and also for predefined windows and +common controls. + +A lightweight alternative to MFC is the Windows Template Library (WTL). + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Foundation_Class_Library + http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Foundation_Classes + +** WTL. + +WTL (Windows Template Library) is a free software, object-oriented C++ template library for Win32 +development. + +WTL provides support for implementing various user interface elements, to MDI, standard and common +controls, common dialogs, property sheets and pages, GDI objects, and other common UI elements, such +as scrollable windows, splitter windows, toolbars and command bars. + +Most of the WTL API is a mirror of the standard Win32 calls. + + http://sourceforge.net/projects/wtl + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Template_Library + +* Windows style variable names. + + Prefix | Data type + ---------+----------------------------------------- + b | boolean + by | byte or unsigned char + c | char + cx / cy | short used as size + dw | DWORD, double word or unsigned long + fn | function + h | handle + i | int (integer) + l | Long + n | short int + p | a pointer variable containing the address of a variable + s | string + sz | ASCIIZ null-terminated string + w | WORD unsigned int + x, y | short used as coordinates + + PrefixCategory | Mean + ----------------+---------------- + CS | Class style + CW | Create window + DT | Draw text + IDC | Cursor ID + IDI | Icon ID + WM | Window message + WS | Window style + + Data type | Meaning + ----------+------------------------------------------------------------------- + FAR | Same as far. Identifies an address that originally used the + | segment:offset addressing schema. Now FAR simply identifies a + | (default) 32-bit address but may be omitted entirely in many cases. + | + PASCAL | Same as Pascal. The Pascal convention demanded by Windows + | defines the order in which arguments are found in the stack when + | passed as calling parameters. + | + WORD | Unsigned integer (16 bits) + | + UINT | Unsigned integer, same as WORD + | + DWORD | Double word, unsigned long int (32 bits) + | + LONG | Signed long integer (32 bits) + | + LPSTR | Long (far) pointer to character string + | + NEAR | Obsolete, previously identified an address value within a 16KB + | memory block. + + http://www.tenouk.com/cnotation.html + C/C++ NOTATION STORY