This book covers the Windows graphics system from the surface of Win32 APIs to the rock bottom of display and printer drivers with a special focus on the Win32 GDI and the DirectDraw portion of DirectX. Focusing on Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 platforms, it covers things like the Windows graphics system architecture; GDI and DirectDraw data structures; drawing devices; GDI objects; pixels, lines and curves; filled areas and bitmaps; logical fonts and text formatting; metafiles; printing and spooling; DirectDraw interfaces; GDI debugging tools; the EMF decompiler; image rendering; and 3D effects.
- ISBN10 0130869856
- ISBN13 9780130869852
- Publish Date 5 January 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Prentice Hall
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 1280
- Language English