John Paul Mueller - Professional Windows 7 Development Guide

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Professional Windows 7 Development Guide

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced 87 books and over 300 articles to date. The topics range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads-down programming. Some of his current books include a Windows command line reference, books on VBA and Visio 2007, a C# design and development manual, and an IronPython programmers guide. His technical editing skills have helped over 52 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. John has provided technical editing services to both Data Based Advisor and Coast Compute magazines. Hes also contributed articles to magazines like DevSource , InformIT , SQL Server Professional , Visual C++ Developer , Hard Core Visual Basic , asp.netPRO , Software Test & Performance , and Visual Basic Developer .

When John isnt working at the computer, you can find him in his workshop. Hes an avid woodworker and candle maker. On any given afternoon, you can find him working at a lathe or putting the finishing touches on a bookcase. He also likes making glycerin soap and candles, which come in handy for gift baskets. You can reach John on the Internet at . Feel free to look and make suggestions on how he can improve it.

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITOR

Russ Mullen has been consulting and programming for more years than he cares to remember. He has tech-edited more than 70 books, ghost-written chapters, and co-authored several books.

CREDITS

ACQUISITIONS EDITOR

Paul Reese

PROJECT EDITOR

William Bridges

TECHNICAL EDITOR

Russ Mullen

PRODUCTION EDITOR

Daniel Scribner

COPY EDITOR

William Bridges

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Robyn B. Siesky

EDITORIAL MANAGER

Mary Beth Wakefield

FREELANCER EDITORIAL MANAGER

Rosemarie Graham

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

David Mayhew

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Tim Tate

VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE GROUP PUBLISHER

Richard Swadley

VICE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER

Barry Pruett

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Jim Minatel

PROJECT COORDINATOR, COVER

Katherine Crocker

PROOFREADER

Paul Sagan, Word One

INDEXER

Robert Swanson

COVER DESIGNER

LeAndra Young

COVER IMAGE

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to my wife, Rebecca, for working with me to get this book completed. I really dont know what I would have done without her help in researching and compiling some of the information that appears in this book. She also did a fine job of proofreading my rough draft and page-proofing the result. Rebecca also keeps the house running while Im buried in work.

Russ Mullen deserves thanks for his technical edit of this book. He greatly added to the accuracy and depth of the material you see here, especially of some of the more difficult source code. Russ is always providing me with great URLs for new products and ideas. However, its the testing Russ does that helps most. Hes the sanity check for my work. Russ also has different computer equipment from mine, so hes able to point out flaws that I might not otherwise notice.

Matt Wagner, my agent, deserves credit for helping me get the contract in the first place and taking care of all the details that most authors dont really consider. I always appreciate his assistance. Its good to know that someone wants to help.

A number of people read all or part of this book to help me refine the approach, test the coding examples, and generally provide input that all readers wish they could have. These unpaid volunteers helped in ways too numerous to mention here. I especially appreciate the efforts of Eva Beattie and Osvaldo Tllez Almirall, who provided general input, read the entire book, and selflessly devoted themselves to this project.

Finally, I would like to thank Paul Reese, William Bridges, Dan Scribner, and the rest of the editorial and production staff at Wrox for their assistance in bringing this book to print. Its always nice to work with such a great group of professionals, and I very much appreciate the friendship weve built over the last few years.