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+.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
+.. include:: HEADER.rst
+
+============================
+ Development under Windows.
+============================
+.. contents::
+
+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
+
+Debugging with windbg.
+======================
+
+  http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
+                Download and Install Debugging Tools for Windows
+  http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx
+                Debugging Tools for Windows 32-bit Version
+                download page
+  http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/install64bit.mspx
+                Debugging Tools for Windows 64-bit Version
+                download page
+
+Break on dll load/unload.
+=========================
+::
+
+  sxe ld <module>
+  sxe ud <module>
+
+Set breakpoint by pattern and/or on specific module.
+====================================================
+::
+
+  bm <module>!<name>    # set breakpoints on 'module' with name 'name'
+  bm *!<prefix>*        # set breakpoints on all names with prefix 'prefix'
+  bm <module>!*         # set breakpoints on all names in module 'module'
+
+``bp``, ``bm`` commands sets software breakpoints, debugger replaces the processor
+instruction with a break instruction.
+
+Clear breakpoints.
+==================
+::
+
+  bc *
+
+How to set WinDbg as a Default Windows Postmortem Debugger.
+===========================================================
+::
+
+  cmd> WinDbg -I
+
+How analyse crash.
+==================
+
+When program crash and use enter in WinDbg execute::
+
+  !analyze -v
+
+Adding symbols from Symbol Server.
+==================================
+
+Execute in WinDbg::
+
+  .sympath SRV*D:\srv\symcache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
+
+or Ctrl+S and add::
+
+  SRV*D:\srv\symcache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
+
+See:
+
+  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311503
+                Use the Microsoft Symbol Server to obtain debug symbol files
+
+Using the SymChk.exe utility to download symbols.
+=================================================
+::
+
+  symchk /r c:\windows\system32 /s SRV*c:\symbols\*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
+
+Debugging child process.
+========================
+::
+
+  .childdbg 1
+
+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
+
+Cabinet file (.cab).
+====================
+
+Extract content from .cab file::
+
+  cmd# expand my.cab
+
+See:
+
+  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 IE.
+-------------
+
+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
+                Wikipedia article.
+
+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
+
+Can I link to MFC statically.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Yes, see:
+
+ * 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.
+
+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.
+
+See:
+
+  http://www.tenouk.com/cnotation.html
+                C/C++ NOTATION STORY