INFO: Windows Programmer FAQ: How to get it
Tom Haapanen
Last-modified: 1999-03-28
Last-FAQ-Update: Mar 24 1994
This is a regularly scheduled weekly posting, which explains how you can
obtain a copy of the various Windows FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
lists.
The Windows [3.x]FAQ and Windows [3.1] Programmer FAQ (which unfortunately
have not been updated since 1994) are available from:
http://www.metrics.com/WinFAQ/
The Win32 Programmer FAQ, by Steve Loughran, is located:
http://www.iseran.com/Win32/FAQ/
Tony Lee maintains a Windows Programmer FAQ at;
http://www.vsce.com/winprog_faqs/winprog_faqs.html
Scott Wingo's Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) FAQ is available as:
http://www.stingray.com/mfc_faq/
Zafir Anjum's excellent MFC Programmer's SourceBook is another essential
resource for an MFC developer. It is available as:
http://www.codeguru.com/
DevCentral's Win32, C++ and Java programming tutorials can be found at:
http://devcentral.iftech.com/
Randy Morin maintains a programmer knowledge base for Windows developers at:
http://www.interlog.com/~rmorin/tips/
The device driver development FAQs (by Tom Divine, Stephen Lewin-Berlin, Jamie
Harnahan and David Castells i Rufas) are available as:
Windows 3.x/95: http://www.vireo.com/faq.htm (SL-B)
Windows 95: http://www.pcausa.com/ifaqlist.html (TD)
Windows NT: http://www.cmkrnl.com/faq.html (JH)
Windows NT: http://www.intec.es/ddk/faq.htm (DCiR)
Intec has a collection of Windows NT DDK resources available at:
http://www.intec.es/DDK/
Guido Wischrop also has a web site for Windows NT driver development, but
in German:
http://www.wischrop-net.de/nt/
Microsoft provides some additional DDK resources at this URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/ddk_hardware/
Another highly useful programming FAQ (created by David Wihl), Porting from
Unix to Windows NT, is available on the web as
http://www.nentug.org/unix-to-nt/
There is also an extensive list of Internet resources for Windows developers:
http://www.r2m.com/windev/
The Winsock Programmer's FAQ, by Warren Young and Mark Towfiq, is at:
http://www.cyberport.com/~tangent/programming/winsock/
The Windows 95/NT NDIS programming FAQ is at:
http://www.pcausa.com/resources/ndisfaq.htm
The Windows 95/NT TDI development FAQ is at:
http://www.pcausa.com/resources/tdifaq.htm
The Windows 95 IFS FAQ is at:
http://www.pcausa.com/resources/ifsqlist.html
The WinHelp FAQ is maintained by Charlie Munroe:
http://www.helpmaster.com/
The Cetus Team maintains an extensive set of object-oriented design and
development links at their web site:
http://www.cetus-links.org/
The best resource for InstallShield, the de facto standard for Windows-
based installations, is InstallSite, as managed by Stefan Krueger:
http://www.installsite.org/
The Windows NT FAQ, by John Savill, can be found at:
http://www.savilltech.com/ Primary site -- UK
http://www.metrics.com/NTFAQ/ North American mirror site -- Canada
There is one Windows NT 3.51 FAQ; you can find it at:
http://www.iea.com/~daler/nt/faq/toc.html
There is a Windows 95 FAQ located at
http://www.primenet.com/~markd/win95faq/faq95intro.html
There are also three specialized Windows NT FAQs:
Windows NT Admin FAQ: http://www.iftech.com/classes/admin/admin.htm
Windows NT Fax FAQ: http://www.mcs.com/~sculptor/NTFAX-FAQ.HTML
Windows NT Internet FAQ: http://www.mcs.com/~thomas/www/ntfaq/
Finally, it is frequently worthwhile to check Microsoft's knowledge base
for the questions as well. You can access this through the Internet at
http://www.microsoft.com/kb/
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Tom Haapanen
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