This page contains some text files describing aspects of Windows programming. Some texts start with a section that tells you which knowledge is required to understand the document (the paragraph with the headline: "What you should know before reading this"). If this paragraph is omitted, you need no special knowledge. This paragraph also contains links to pages where you can get this information from. Keep in mind that this paragraph tells you what is necessary to understand the whole document. You will profit from the most texts even if you are not very familiar with the topics.
| Title | Description | |
| Changing the Windows 95 logo | Explains how and where Windows 95 stores its full-screen bitmaps and how to change them. | |
| Palette-Animation | An explanation of 'palette-animation' which uses just one bitmap and different palettes to create an animation. | |
| The .bmp file format | A complete explanation of the standard Windows bitmap file format (.bmp) | |
| Color palettes in Windows | Explains how Windows works with 256-color palettes. | |
| The run-entry in win.ini | Explains a way to auto-run a program every time when Windows is started. | |
| Bitmaps in Windows | Explains (shortly) how Windows works with bitmaps. |