Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page 74 Last para |
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Paul Gerken | Sep 02, 2011 | |
Printed | Page code In CmnHdr.h file (found in CommonFiles folder) the chROUNDUP() function |
In CmnHdr.h file (found in CommonFiles folder) the chROUNDUP() function |
Anonymous | May 16, 2011 | |
Printed | Page 52 |
"noninterative" should be "noninteractive" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 72 |
"__ImageBase" should be "_ImageBase" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 233 |
"&" should be "&&" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 267 |
"nGetLastError" should be "GetLastError" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 280 |
Code sample incorrectly placed inside comment |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 323 |
"WaitingThread Queue" should be "Waiting Thread Queue" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 690 |
"exception" should be "except" |
Microsoft Press | Jul 13, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 14 |
"UTF16" should be "UTF-16" On page 14, the second sentence in the 1st paragraph is missing a hyphen in UTF-16. Change: "When the compiler places the string in the program’s data section, it encodes each character using UTF16, interspersing zero bytes between every ASCII character in this simple case." To: "When the compiler places the string in the program’s data section, it encodes each character using UTF-16, interspersing zero bytes between every ASCII character in this simple case." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 70 |
"/SUBSYSTEM :CONSOLE" should be "/SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE" On page 70, the first sentence in the 3rd bullet point contains an extra space in the /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE command. Change: "Click on the Link tab of the project properties dialog box, and change the /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS switch to /SUBSYSTEM :CONSOLE in the Configuration Properties/Linker/System/SubSystem option, as shown in Figure 4-2." To: "Click on the Link tab of the project properties dialog box, and change the /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS switch to /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE in the Configuration Properties/Linker/System/SubSystem option, as shown in Figure 4-2." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 151 |
"cbStack" should be "cbStackSize" On page 151, the third and fourth sentence of the 2nd paragraph from the bottmo of the page contains an incorrect parameter. Change: "The amount of reserved space is either the amount specified by the /STACK linker switch or the value of cbStack, whichever is larger. The amount of storage committed matches the value you passed for cbStack. If you pass 0 to the cbStack parameter, CreateThread reserves a region and commits the amount of storage indicated by the /STACK linker switch information embedded in the .exe file by the linker." To: "The amount of reserved space is either the amount specified by the /STACK linker switch or the value of cbStackSize, whichever is larger. The amount of storage committed matches the value you passed for cbStackSize. If you pass 0 to the cbStackSize parameter, CreateThread reserves a region and commits the amount of storage indicated by the /STACK linker switch information embedded in the .exe file by the linker." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 245 |
HANDLE3]; should be [HANDLE3]; On page 245, the first line of the code sample is missing an opening bracket. Change: HANDLE3];To: [HANDLE3]; |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 268 |
Invalid space after CreateMutex On page 268, in Table 9-2 the Mutex in the "Initialization" row contains an invalid space. Change: hmtx = CreateMutex (NULL, FALSE, NULL);To: hmtx = CreateMutex(NULL, FALSE, NULL); |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 315 |
Pointer symbol applied incorrectly On page 315, in the functions under BOOL WriteFileEx( the pointer is incorrectly applied. Change: CONST VOID *pvBuffer,To: CONST VOID* pvBuffer, |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 | |
Printed | Page 608 |
"AppInit_Dlls" should be "AppInit_DLLs" On page 608, the first and last sentence of the 2nd paragraph contains keys that do not match the screenshot. Change: "The value for the AppInit_Dlls key might contain a single DLL filename or a set of DLL filenames (separated by spaces or commas)." To: "The value for the AppInit_DLLs key might contain a single DLL filename or a set of DLL filenames (separated by spaces or commas)." Change: "For this key to be taken into account, you also need to create a DWORD key named LoadAppInit_Dlls with 1 as the value." To: "For this key to be taken into account, you also need to create a DWORD key named LoadAppInit_DLLs with 1 as the value." |
Microsoft Press | May 06, 2010 |