Conventions Used in This Book

This book uses the following typographic conventions:

Constant width

Indicates a language construct such as a data type, a data structure, or a code example.

Constant width italic

In syntax statements, indicates placeholder elements for which the user must provide actual parameters.

Italic

Indicates filenames, URLs, commands, variable names, utilities, and function names. Italic is also used to highlight the first mention of key terms.

Registry pathnames can get long and unwieldy. To save space, they are set in roman text, and the top-level keys are abbreviated as follows:

HKCR	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
HKCU	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
HKU	HKEY_USERS
HKCC	HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG
HKDD	HKEY_DYN_DATA

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