Switching between Unix and Windows is hard... especially when your a lifelong Unix guy. I forget the Windows API calls about 5 minutes after I learn them... so here's a cheat sheet of useful API calls, much of this data is pulled from the book "Windows System Programming, Fourth Edition". It a good read if your new (or don't often use) Windows.
| File related Functions | |
| Function | Purpose |
| CreateFile | Create a File Object |
| ReadFile | Read a File Object |
| WriteFile | Write a File Object |
| CloseHandle | Close a Handle (of which a file is) |
| Console Related functions (note GUI apps don't have a console by default)(40) | |
| GetStdHandle | Gets a handle to STD_{INPUT|OUTPUT|ERROR}_HANDLE |
| SetStdHandle | Sets STD_{INPUT|OUTPUT|ERROR}_HANDLE to a handle |
| SetConsoleMode | Change Console Settings |
| ReadConsole | Read from Console |
| WriteConsole | Write to Console |
| FreeConsole | Detach a process from it's console |
| AllocConsole | Create a new console for a process if it doesn't already have one |
| File and Directory Functions(46) | ||
| DeleteFile | Deletes a file | |
| CopyFile | Copy a file | |
| CreateHardLink | Create a hard link | |
| CreateSymbolicLink | Create a symbolic link | |
| MoveFile[Ex] | Rename a file or directory | |
| CreateDirectory | Create a Directory | |
| RemoveDirectory | Remove a Directory | |
| SetCurrentDirectory | Change the current Directory | |
| GetCurrentDirectory | Get the current Directory | |
| FindFirstFile | File Searching... similar to Unix opendir | |
| FindNextFile | File Searching... similar to Unix readdir | |
| FindClose | Close search handle... similar to Unix closedir | |
| GetFileInformationByHandle | GetInformation about a file (like Unix stat) | |
| GetFileTime | get time information about a file(like Unix stat) | |
| FileTimeToSystemTime | ||
| SystemTimeToFileTime | ||
| CompareFileTime | ||
| SetFileTime | ||
| FileTimeToLocalFileTime | ||
| LocalFileTimeToFileTime | ||
| GetFileType | Tells what type of file something is (char, pipe etc) | |
| GetFileAttributes | Directory, Normal File, Read Only, Temporary | |
| SetFileAttributes | Directory, Normal File, Read Only, Temporary | |
| GetTimeFileName | Creates a name for temp files | |
| GetFullPathName | get the path name | |
| GetShortPathName | get the path name | |
| SetFileShortName | change the existing filename | |
| File Pointers(61) | |
| SetFilePointer[Ex] | Changes the file pointer for Random Access |
| GetFileSize[Ex] | Get the file size |
| SetEndOfFile[Ex] | Truncate or Grow files |
| File Locking(61) | |
| LockFileEx | File locking |
| UnlockFileEx | File locking |
| Registry Functions (86) | |
| RegOpenKey[Ex] | Registry Handle for accesing registry |
| RegEnumKey[Ex] | Like Unix opendir... for registry keys |
| RegCreateKey[Ex] | Create a registry key |
| RegEnumValue[Ex] | Get registry value information/TD> |
| RegSetValue[Ex] | Set a registry value |
| RegDeleteValue | Set a registry value |
Random Information:
GetLastError
Strings - "This string" (ASCII 8 bit)
Strings - L"This string" (Unicode 16 bit)
Strings - _T("This string") (Macro to dynamically define TCHAR to ASCII (CHAR) or UNICODE (WCHAR) based on whether UNICODE and _UNICODE are defined or not)
_tmain() -> goes to main() or wmain() depending on [_]UNICODE defines
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