- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (10 Feb 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1578701996
- ISBN-13: 978-1578701995
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 132,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Underneath the hood, how does Windows 2000 really work? Windows NT/2000 Native API Reference provides a thorough listing of all available internal or "native" API calls, many of them undocumented. For any advanced C/C++ programmer who writes Win32 device drivers or system utilities, this book will be an indispensable resource to some truly impossible-to-find information.
The book first explains what native APIs are and what they are good for. Native APIs (which all begin with the "Nt" or "Zw" prefixes) run closer to the operating system (in kernel mode) so they are perfect for those who write device drivers, debuggers, profilers or other system utilities.
This book lists several hundred native APIs, the C structures they use, and the Win32 calls that invoke them. As a reference, this text is a model of clarity, with each function clearly documented and explained. APIs are grouped by functionality, from finding system information, to processes and threads, to memory management, file I/O and other categories. One standout here is the author's sample code to poll the system for low-level information, which mimics developer utilities that let you view process and thread information. Other short examples include techniques for accessing debugging, profiling and exception information.
For programmer's who write device-drivers, this title also includes the plug-and-play and power management APIs used by today's Windows. Interesting appendices include a guide to the way the Win32 NTFS file system organises data on disks, along with sample code to access--and even decompress--this information.
Whether you want to write device drivers or system utilities, or just want to learn more about the operating system, this in-depth title takes the cover off Windows 2000 and looks inside with a comprehensive guide to its internal functions. --Richard Dragan, amazon.com
Topics covered: Native API overview, native API vs. Win32 API, system information and control, APIs for objects, object directories and symbolic links, virtual memory, sections for memory-mapped files, threads, processes, building ToolHelp utilities with native APIs, Windows 2000 API for jobs, tokens, working with synchronisation objects, execution profiling, ports and local procedure calls (LPCs), debugging support with LPCs, opening, reading and writing files, NTFS disk structures, registry keys, security and auditing, plug-and-play and power management, miscellaneous native APIs, exception and debugging.
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Windows NT/2000 Native API Reference is absolutely unique. Currently, documentation on WIndows NT's native APIs can only be found through access to the source code or occasionally Web sites where people have chosen to share bits of insight gained through reverse engineering. This book provides the first complete reference to the API functions native to Windows NT and covers the set of services that are offered by Windows NT to both kernel- and user-mode programs. Ideal for the intermediate and advanced level user- and kernel-mode developers of Windows systems, this books is devoted to the NT native API and consists of documentation of the 210 routines included in the API. Also included are all the functions added in Windows 2000.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Leafing through this book, you can imagine the days and weeks spent with Soft-Ice and a checked build of Windows NT patiently and meticulously coaxing the secrets out of the world's least well-documented operating system. It is rather dry and could do with more code examples but is otherwise first rate. For best results mix with 'Undocumented Windows NT' by Prasad Dabak et al.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
The missing DDK chapter
16 April 2000
Format:Paperback
This is the missing chapter of the Windows 2000 device driver kit! Why doesn't Microsoft publish such a book? It documents ALL native API functions and relevant structures very accurately. The author must have spent several months of disassembly and reverse engineering. The book is a must-have reference for anyone writing NT/Win2K system-level software, like debuggers, spying/monitoring utilities, system info tools, drivers, and the like.
However, keep in mind that it's a REFERENCE in its purest sense. Although there is some interspersed sample code, it's NOT a tutorial. You need to know already what you're doing before you will benefit from this book.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A must-read for anyone writing for NT
16 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Disclaimer: I wrote one of the inside cover blurbs. Don't expect me to slam the book.
The Native API Reference not only shows you the neat and very useful things that NT can do but does not expose through its Win32 personality; it also tells you which areas are covered by documented Win32 APIs, lessening, one hopes, the gratuitous use of officially undocumented functionality. Right from the start, you will find the NtQuery...() functions fascinating, and if you write kernel-mode code, you will *love* having a complete reference to the Zw...() functions -- no more cursing the horrible DDK documentation.
Intended audience: If you don't know what a handle is, or how Win32 deals with I/O, synchronization, and the like, then this book is not for you; read Richter's _Advanced Windows_ first.
My only wish is for MTP to have chosen a font slightly larger than Flyspeck 3, and maybe less of the black splotches that make the book's pages look like an unbroken string of obituaries.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Native API background
21 April 2000
Format:Paperback
Things to note:
0. Read the reviews after mine. People are right about what they say.
1. Native API is (or now was) officially unpublished. Microsoft does not want you to know about this API. In fact, the publisher almost did not publish the book for fear of legal issues.
2. Usually, you need to talk to Microsoft to learn of Native API calls. This book is easier than dealing with Microsoft.
3. Native API evolves. Only Microsoft (and those who've obtained the proper source licenses) know of the new API functions that were added after this book went to print.
4. Native API will help you do a lot of black-magic kernel-mode things, without having to hack/patch the OS. (think memory pools, devices, etc.)
5. This book will not teach you how to do program kernel mode modules. Yet, cnsider this book to be an ESSENTIAL supplement for kernel mode things.
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