This chapter describes many of the enhancements and changes to the Microsoft Windows 3.1 Software Development Kit (SDK). The chapter summarizes the major differences between this SDK and the SDK for Windows version 3.0 and provides information about how some changes may affect your existing applications.
Several major areas of new growth for Windows 3.1 are not discussed in this chapter. Specifically, the chapter does not discuss the Microsoft Windows operating system with Multimedia Extensions, Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing, or the creation of windows-based setup programs. For information about these topics, see the Microsoft Windows Multimedia Programmer's Guide, the Microsoft Windows Multimedia Programmer's Reference, the Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing Programmer's Reference, and the Microsoft Windows Setup Toolkit.