A necessary companion to top-selling Programming Windows explores the workings of Windows' Graphics Device Interface (GDI) functions. Petzold provides both a detailed tutorial on all significant graphical issues and a comprehensive reference to the GDI functions--the building blocks of all things graphical in Windows. Covers versions for Windows 3.1 and any other Windows programming tool such as Visual Basic, C, and C++.
Charles Petzold has been writing about programming for Windows-based operating systems for 24 years. A Microsoft MVP for Client Application Development and a Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, currently in its sixth edition and one of the best-known programming books of all time; the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software; and more than a dozen other books.