Discusses the structure of MS-DOS application programs and programming tools and looks at peripheral devices, file management, interrupt handlers, and filters

This bestselling guide shows programmers how to fully access the hidden power of MS-DOS. It covers screen, keyboard, file, and record access; the internal structure of MS-DOS disks; how to create installable device drivers and filters to extend MS-DOS and much more.

Software -- Programming Languages.

This newly updated and expanded volume contains detailed, thorough and accurate information on MS-DOS written for advanced-level programmers of all environments. Contains an index and appendixes.

To create programs for the Windows 95 or Windows NT operating systems, programmers need to know the art of 32-bit programming. Richter presents the first truly advanced book on programming for Windows that concentrates on advanced topics and advanced material on core topics, and provides a stepping stone to the next release of Microsoft Windows. Disk includes sample code and applications.

"Tricks of the Windows Game Programmin Gurus, 2E" takes the reader through Win32 programming, covering all the major components of DirectX including DirectDraw, DirectSound, DirectInput (including Force Feedback), and DirectMusic. Andre teaches the reader 2D graphics and rasterization techniques. Finally, Andre provides the most intense coverage of game algorithms, multithreaded programming, artificial intelligence (including fuzzy logic, neural nets, and genetic algorithms), and physics modeling you have ever seen in a game book.

The Microsoft guide to advanced C programming, giving detailed information and examples that employ MS-DOS features, and paying special attention to aspects of C related to the proposed ANSI Standard.