MS Windows Specific Services

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

• msilib --- Read and write Microsoft Installer files
  • Database Objects
  • View Objects
  • Summary Information Objects
  • Record Objects
  • Errors
  • CAB Objects
  • Directory Objects
  • Features
  • GUI classes
  • Precomputed tables
• msvcrt --- Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime
  • File Operations
  • Console I/O
  • Other Functions
• winreg --- Windows registry access
  • Functions
  • Constants
    • HKEY_* Constants
    • Access Rights
      • 64-bit Specific
    • Value Types
  • Registry Handle Objects
• winsound --- Sound-playing interface for Windows