Win32 API

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Win32 API

The windows API is weird because of window’s insistence on backwards compatibility.

VSCode Project Configuration

• Solution > Properties > Platform > All Platforms
• Solution > Properties > Configuration Properties > Advanced > Character Set > Use Multi Byte Character Set
• Solution > Properties > Linker > System > Subsystem > Windows

Concepts

• windows.h
• Win32 API Naming Conventions
• HInstance
• Long Strings
• HDC
• GDI

Quick Startup

http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/start.html

• Win32 API Boilerplate Program
• Win32 API Simplest Program

Useful Functions

• WinMain()
• MessageBox()
• VirtualAlloc
• VirtualFree
• CreateWindow