Intermediate - Advanced Level Users.
Includes CD-ROM.
This book is a thorough introduction to the Windows 2000 operating system for experienced Visual C++ programmers. The book explores the architecture of typical Windows 2000 programs and the various services available for building them.
You learn to build a variety of simple applications, manage the registry, and exploit multi-threading and multiprocessor support. The book also shows you how to build web-based solutions using the DHTML, ISAPI and ASP support of the bundled Internet Information Server, and explores the elements of COM+ programming, including built-in support for distributed components, transactions and asynchronous messages. The companion CD includes all source code from the book.