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Asked: 2026-05-16T03:49:15+00:00

There are many functions available in Windows API for usage, is there any book

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There are many functions available in Windows API for usage,
is there any book which would act as a comprehensive reference for the APIs available in windows?
I mean the books i have been reading give a basic idea of there usage.
I would need something comprehensive,
like we have The Standard C library by Plauger. I need something like a manual (appropriately) or a book (preferably) which would divide the Windows APIs on basis of its features,etc and give the names of available functions.

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    Altough a bit old, Programming Windows by Charles Petzold is the bible of the Windows API. The last edition covers up to Windows 98 and NT 4.0. However it’s C only.

    To program in C++ with the API, you can build up your own framework, use MFC or, as I would recommend, use Qt, where you can mix API and Qt programming freely, depending on what portability to other platforms you want to achieve.

    The online reference of the WinAPI is in MSDN, here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee663300(v=VS.85).aspx

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