WP (B-TECH Information Technology 5th)

1.The Window Architecture [L-4]

The concept of handlers, The concept of window class, Registering a Window

class, Style like CS HREDRAW, Instance handlers, Icon handlers, Cursor

handlers, Menu name, Creating a Window, Class names - predefined and user

defined, Window name, Draw styles, Width, height etc., Parent - Child Windows,

The concept of windows messages, Messages Queue,

2. Compiling and linking for windows [L-2]

 Compiling for windows, Memory models in windows, Linking the stub file.

3. I/O Techniques [L-2]

 Drawbacks of windows, Screen printing, Determining the size of window, The

concept of device context, Device context handles, Releasing context handles,

Text formatting, Using fonts, The concept of scroll bars, Creation of scroll bars,

Setting bar range and position,

4. Keyboard [L-2]

 Keyboard messages, Virtual key codes, Parameters like repeating count, canning

code etc., System, keys like Alt-Tab, Ctrl-Esc Et.

5. Mouse [L-2]

 Mouse action, Mouse messages, Activating Windows, Change Mouse Cursor.

6. File I/O [L-2]

 Windows file function, Buffered file I/O, Common dialog boxes , Open filename

structure.

7. Child Window [L-4]

 The concept of child windows, Child window controls, Child window control

classes, The static class, The button class, Button messages, Push buttons, Check

boxes, Radio buttons, Edit class, Edit control messages, Edit styles, The List box

class.

8. Menus [L-2]

 Creating menus, Working of menus, Using menu inputs, Creating pop-ups and

using it, Attaching pop-ups to top level, menus, Menu messages, Menu templates,

Using system menu, Messages from menus.

9. Dialog Boxes [L-2]

 Concept, Control state, working with dialog boxes.

10. Printing [L-2]

 Obtaining printer's driver content, determining the printer name, Notifying the

print job, Page breaks, determining device capabilities, Printing graphics, about

printer.

11. Graphics [L-4]

Fonts, Portrait of a character, Types of fonts, Creating logical fonts, fonts handle.

12. Graphical Device Interface [L-2]

Need, The device context, Determining device capabilities.

13. Memory Management [L-12]

 Memory handles and locks, Problems or Window memory handling, Intel's segmented

memory architecture, 80286 protected mode, the memory API, Kernel Macros.