A book/CD-ROM reference for novice and seasoned C and C++ programmers and Windows developers, overviewing the Win32 and Windows NT API functions. Organizes APIs by program functionality and illustrates techniques with real-life programming examples. Discusses concepts including multimedia project development, data compression, communication functions, and the DDE management library. The accompanying CD-ROM contains source code for example programs. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.