Power Users Guide to Windows Development

The Power User Guide

My first book Make Amazing Games in Minutes was directed towards anyone interested in making games. It was then time to look towards the Windows Development/Multimedia side. Knowing how many people struggle using other products and writing code in scripting languages, this was a natural second project.

So my second book was dreamed up.

Table of Contents

The Power Users Guide to Windows Development

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Forward by Yves Lamoureux
Introduction
Audience
Aim of the Book
Chapter Overview
About the Author ...

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Book Front Cover

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Projects covered in the Book

The book covers nine projects in the second part of the book, allowing the reader to really understand the Developer program and get an insight into creating their own Windows applications. The book is also full of examples that show the user a specific concept, for example how to apply movement, how to create animations etc.

		Game CDROM Menu An effective but very simple to create game CDROM loader. Shows how to make your own game menu system. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM

		Business CDROM Menu An effective but very simple to create business CDROM loader. Shows how to make your own menu system. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.

		Music Player Have you ever wanted to make your own music player? The Music player project goes through the process of making a usable player which can play a set of different formats. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.

		Video Player The Video player project shows the reader how to make their own video format player. The player includes pausing, playing, forwarding, reversing and loading of different file formats. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.

		Educational Program In this project we show you how to make your own educational (edutainment) maths program. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.

		Screensaver In this project we show you how to make your own set of screensavers, including a picture show, and a screensaver that interacts with the current desktop display. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.

		Game In this project we create a simple yet effective platform game. For this project we are using "Echo the Mouse" from Ovine Design. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.

		Interactive Tutorial In this project we create an interactive tutorial, with navigational jumps, video and pictures. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.

		Application - Chat Program In this project we create an online chat program, connecting to an online server and allowing users from over the Internet to communicate with each other.. Full source code is included on the CD-ROM.