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"Advanced Microsoft OS/2 Programming" Table Of Contents:

• 1- Road Map to Important Figures and Tables
• 2- Acknowledgments
• 3- Introduction
• 4- SECTION 1 THE OS/2 OPERATING SYSTEM
• 5- Chapter 1 Introduction to OS/2
• 6- System positioning; Key features of OS/2
• 7- Chapter 2 OS/2 Structure and Initialization
• 8- System components; How OS/2 is loaded; Memory maps
• 9- Chapter 3 OS/2 Application Programs
• 10- Program source structure; Module definition files; Executable
• 11- file structure; Program loading, entry conditions, and
• 12- termination; Sample program: HELLO.ASM
• 13- Chapter 4 OS/2 Programming Tools
• 14- File types and extensions; Macro Assembler; C Compiler; Linker;
• 15- CREF utility; Librarian; BIND and API.LIB; MAKE utility
• 16- SECTION 2 PROGRAMMING THE USER INTERFACE
• 17- Chapter 5 Keyboard and Mouse Input
• 18- Keyboard modes; Keyboard input methods; Use of logical
• 19- keyboards; Keyboard subsystems and drivers; Keyboard monitors;
• 20- Mouse input methods; Mouse subsystems and drivers; Sample
• 21- program: MOUDEMO.C
• 22- Chapter 6 The Video Display
• 23- Video display modes; Using DosWrite for output; Using Vio
• 24- functions for output; Pop-up support; Video subsystems and
• 25- drivers
• 26- Chapter 7 Printer and Serial Ports
• 27- Printer output methods; The print spooler; Serial port input
• 28- and output; Configuring the serial port; The serial port and
• 29- real mode applications
• 30- SECTION 3 PROGRAMMING MASS STORAGE
• 31- Chapter 8 File Management
• 32- Filenames and handles; Opening, creating, and closing files;
• 33- Reading and writing files; Forcing disk updates; File and
• 34- record locking; Sample programs: ARGC.ASM, ARGV.ASM, DUMP.C,
• 35- DUMP.ASM
• 36- Chapter 9 Volumes and Directories
• 37- Hierarchical directory structures; Searching disk directories;
• 38- Directory and disk control; Volume labels; Sample programs:
• 39- WHEREIS.C and WHEREIS.ASM
• 40- Chapter 10 Disk Internals
• 41- Boot sector and BIOS parameter block; File allocation table;
• 42- Root directory; Files area and subdirectories; Fixed disk
• 43- partitions; Direct disk access
• 44- SECTION 4 ADVANCED OS/2 TECHNIQUES
• 45- Chapter 11 Memory Management
• 46- Memory protection; Virtual memory; Allocating global memory;
• 47- Huge memory blocks; Discardable segments; Writable
• 48- code segments; Local storage
• 49- Chapter 12 Multitasking
• 50- The OS/2 scheduler; Managing processes; Managing threads; Managing
• 51- sessions; Configuring the OS/2 multitasker; Sample programs:
• 52- TINYCMD.C, TINYCMD.ASM, DUMBTERM.C, DUMBTERM.ASM
• 53- Chapter 13 Interprocess Communication
• 54- Semaphores; Pipes; Shared memory; Queues; Signals
• 55- Chapter 14 IOPL Segments
• 56- Execution with I/O privilege; IOPL-related API functions; Using
• 57- IOPL in applications; Sample programs: PORTS.C, PORTS.ASM,
• 58- PORTIO.ASM
• 59- Chapter 15 Time, Date, and Timers
• 60- Reading and setting date and time; Programmed delays; Using
• 61- timers
• 62- SECTION 5 CUSTOMIZING OS/2
• 63- Chapter 16 Filters
• 64- System support for filters; Building simple filters; Using a
• 65- filter as a child process; Sample programs: PROTO.C, PROTO.ASM,
• 66- FIND.C, EXECSORT.ASM
• 67- Chapter 17 Device Drivers
• 68- Unique aspects of OS/2 drivers; Device driver types and modes;
• 69- Device driver structure; Command code functions; Device Driver
• 70- Helper functions (DevHlps); Building a device driver; Sample
• 71- programs: TEMPLATE.ASM, TINYDISK.ASM
• 72- Chapter 18 Device Monitors
• 73- Monitor organization; Monitor data packets; Device driver
• 74- support for monitors; Sample programs: SNAP.C, SNAP.ASM
• 75- Chapter 19 Dynamic Link Libraries
• 76- Dynamic linking at load time; Dynamic linking at run time;
• 77- Writing DLLs in assembly language; Writing DLLs in C; Sample
• 78- programs: ASMHELP.ASM, SHOWARGS.ASM, CDLL.C, CINIT.ASM
• 79- SECTION 6 OS/2 REFERENCE
• 80- Part 1 Kernel API
• 81- Part 2 DosDevIOCtl Functions
• 82- Part 3 DevHlp Functions
• 83- SECTION 7 APPENDIXES
• 84- Appendix A OS/2 Error Codes
• 85- Appendix B ASCII and IBM Extended Character Sets
• 86- Appendix C Resources
• 87- Appendix D OS/2 Load Module Format
• 88- Appendix E Module Definition File Syntax
• 89- Glossary
• 90- Index

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