Windows API

Windows API: Strings

 

ASCII vs Unicode (char vs wchar_t)

sizeof(char)evaluates to be 1 byte.

sizeof(wchar_t) evaluates to be 2 bytes.

 

Windows API: System Functions

These will return an int

 

BOOL LockWorkStation (void)

Locks the workstation's display.

Locking a workstation protects it from unauthorized use

 

Get the computer’s name: BOOL GetComputerName (LPTSTR lpBuffer, LPDWORD lpnSize);

Username:

Current Directory:

DWORD GetCurrentDirectory (DWORD nBufferLength, LPTSTR lpBuffer);

 

ZeroMemory Function

Fills a block of memory with zeros.

void ZeroMemory (PVOID Destination, SIZE_T Length);

Parameter: Destination

A pointer to the starting address of the block of memory to fill with zeros.

Parameter: Length

The size of the block of memory to fill with zeros, in bytes

 

Local Time:

The SYSTEMTIME structure and the Get LocalTime(); function

 

 

Creating a Windows Application

To create a window, the new type of window class must be registered with the Windows OS