.NET Framework Solutions: In Search of the Lost Win32 API

John Paul Mueller9780782141344, 0-7821-4134-X

With Microsoft’s release of Visual Studio .NET, the old Win32 API has been replaced by the new .NET Framework, which supplies all of the libraries that programmers need to do common operations, such as drawing elements on the screen, providing security to applications, and so forth. However, the Framework does not provide every operation that was available in the Win32 API. John Mueller’s unique book is filled with largely undocumented tips and techniques for accessing lost functionality from the .NET Framework. You learn how to use DirectX in your .NET applications, how to use certain data structures not available in the Framework, how to program security other than role-based security, and many other techniques. You can use the book whether you are a VB or a C# programmer. The companion CD has all the book’s source code in both languages, plus the .NET Framework SDK and helpful third-party .NET utilities.