34. MS Windows Specific Services

This chapter describes modules that are only available on MS Windows platforms.

• 34.1. msilib — Read and write Microsoft Installer files
  • 34.1.1. Database Objects
  • 34.1.2. View Objects
  • 34.1.3. Summary Information Objects
  • 34.1.4. Record Objects
  • 34.1.5. Errors
  • 34.1.6. CAB Objects
  • 34.1.7. Directory Objects
  • 34.1.8. Features
  • 34.1.9. GUI classes
  • 34.1.10. Precomputed tables
• 34.2. msvcrt – Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime
  • 34.2.1. File Operations
  • 34.2.2. Console I/O
  • 34.2.3. Other Functions
• 34.3. _winreg – Windows registry access
  • 34.3.1. Constants
    • 34.3.1.1. HKEY_* Constants
    • 34.3.1.2. Access Rights
      • 34.3.1.2.1. 64-bit Specific
    • 34.3.1.3. Value Types
  • 34.3.2. Registry Handle Objects
• 34.4. winsound — Sound-playing interface for Windows