Windows Native Programming

Windows native programozás

A tantárgyleírás hatályossága

Hatályosság kezdete:

2026. March 21.

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Subject name (Hungarian, English)

Windows native programozás

Windows Native Programming

Subject code

BMEVIHVAV09

Subject type

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Training Level

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Course types and hours (weekly/semester)

Course type	lecture	tutorial	laboratory
hours (weekly)	0	0	2
type (linked/independent)	—	—	autonomous course

Assessment type

félévközi érdemjegy

Credits

Subject coordinator

DR. Csurgai-Horváth László

position: egyetemi docens

contact: csurgai-horvath.laszlo@vik.bme.hu

Responsible department

Szélessávú Hírközlés és Villamosságtan Tanszék

Faculty

Villamosmérnöki és Informatikai Kar

Subject website

http://hvt.bme.hu/~csurgai/Bsc/bsc.htm

Primary curriculum type

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Direct prerequisites – Strong prerequisite

none

Direct prerequisites – Weak prerequisite

none

Direct prerequisites – Parallel prerequisite

none

Direct prerequisites – Milestone prerequisite

none

Direct prerequisites – Exclusion

none

Objectives

Programme

- Windows basics and development systems for programmers.

- GUI, the consistent user interface, multitasking, memory handling, message-based operation.

- A simple Windows API program. Multi-window applications.

- Text handling, GDI, the handler, the scrollbar.

- Graphics: lines, areas, the mapping mode, regions and path, bitmap, metafile, fonts.

- Keyboard and mouse.

- The Windows timer.

- The child window, buttons, scrollbar, edit-box, list-box.

- Resources: icon, cursor, bitmap, menu, accelerator, modal and modeless dialogs, message box, common dialog boxes.

- Dynamic Link Library (DLL).

-The WinRT (Windows Runtime Library) and UWP (Universal Windows Platform). Software tools for driver development.

1^st block: Windows basics, the different versions. Advantages and disadvantages. C/C++ development systems, programming tools. The graphical user interface. Forms of multitasking and memory management. Skeleton of a simple API-based Windows program. Messages.

2^nd block: Structure of a simple Windows program. Comparison with the version of console application. Main code parts, new data types and naming conventions. Handling text, screen output. Using the GDI (Graphics Device Interface). The handle. A simple program with text output and scrollbar.

3^rd block: Graphics: lines, areas, rectangles, path, bitmaps, metafiles, fonts. The mapping mode. The structure of a program with graphics.

4^th block: Keyboard and mouse under Windows. Specific messages. Character sets, fonts, international characters. ANSI and OEM types. A program that handles keyboard and mouse.

5^th block: The Windows timer. Basics, settings and usage. Example on how to use timers.

6^th block: The child-window. Buttons, scrollbars, edit-box, list-box. Child-window types, messages and handling of them.

7^th block: Resources: icon, cursor, bitmap. Resource file and resource compiler. Sample program with resources.

8^th block: Menus and keyboard accelerators. Resource file for creating menus. Menu types: system, main, popup, floating popup. The resource editor.

9^th block: Modal and non-modal dialog boxes. Handling dialog boxes in Windows programs. The message box and common dialog boxes.

10^th block: The DLL: development and applications. DLL and LIB file. Writing a sample DLL and calling internal functions. Team work in complex projects.

11^th block: The Windows Runtime Library and the Universal Windows Platform: platform-free development. Win32 API improvement.

12^th block: Mid-semester test

13^th block: Metro-style under Windows 10.

14^th block: 14. Hardware support under Windows: device drivers. Development tools, the Windows Driver Kit and an example program.

Microsoft Windows is one of the best known operating systems for PCs. Writing applications for this system requires special programming knowledge, supported by different programming languages and platforms. This subject introduces to native mode programming for Microsoft Windows using the Win32 API (Application Programming Interface) and offers to extend the theoretical and practical knowledge of the students in visualizing, data processing, data communications, etc. The subject provides also the basics of WinRT (Windows Runtime Library) that is supported with Windows 8, and the later UWP (Universal Windows Platform) that has several new functionalities similar to Win32 API but using C++ language. An overview is also gives basic skills in driver development the earlier DDK (Windows Driver Development Kit) and the actual WDK (Windows Driver Kit).

Learning outcomes

Ez a tantárgy a KKK rendeletben meghatározott, következő kompetenciák fejlesztését szolgálja:

Knowledge

No learning outcomes recorded.

Skills

No learning outcomes recorded.

Attitudes

No learning outcomes recorded.

Autonomy and responsibility

No learning outcomes recorded.

Oktatási módszertan

Weekly 2 hours laboratory practice. Participation is compulsory.

Tanulástámogató anyagok

Online források

Charles Petzold: Programming Windows; Microsoft Press, 1998; ISBN 1-57231-995-X; ; MSDN online: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library; http://www.hvt.bme.hu/~csurgai/Bsc/WinProg.pdf

Recommended preliminary knowledge for completing the subject

Knowledge type competencies

(azon előzetes ismeretek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)

C programming language

Skill type competencies

(azon előzetes képességek és készségek összessége, amelyek megléte nem kötelező, de a tantárgy eredményes teljesítését nagyban elősegíti)

nincs

Recommended (non-compulsory) preliminary competencies

(azon ajánlott (nem kötelező) előzetesen megszerzendő kompetenciák összessége, amelyek jelentősen hozzájárulnak a tantárgy eredményes teljesítéséhez)

C programming language

General rules

Requirements: During the term: To obtain the mid-semester mark a mid-semester test with at least the mark “sufficient” and the completion of the homework task is required. The homework: development of a simple Windows application. Different tasks can be selected. Additional possibilities: An opportunity of a supplementary mid-semester test is provided in case of an unsuccessful mid-semester test in the term period. During the repeat period one additional supplementary mid-semester test can be written.

Assessment methods

In-term assessments

No detailed assessments provided.

Weight of in-term assessments

No weights provided.

Exam-period assessments

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Weight of exam elements

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Grade calculation

No grade thresholds provided.

Attendance requirements

No attendance requirements provided.

Rules for retake and resubmission

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Short description

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Detailed description

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Recommended courses

Basics of Programming 1. (one of VIEEA100/VIEEAA00/VIHIA106/VIHIAA01)

Workload to complete the subject

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