How to create software applications for Windows. The basics of working with files in the Win 32 API, the structure of the executable file, its headers and partitions, export and import of functions, object tables, processes and related threads are considered. This edition (first published in 2000) is supplemented with information on working with a serial port. To a large extent, the material of the book develops and complements the author's book & # 96; The ABC of programming in the Win32 API & # 96;, which has survived three editions. For programmers.