The Old New Thing

If you want to watch games on your tractor, please use your own iPad

March 30, 2023 Mar 30, 2023 03/30/23

Raymond Chen

Not an approved use of the embedded system.

How can I box a std::optional into a C++/WinRT IInspectable?

March 30, 2023 Mar 30, 2023 03/30/23

Raymond Chen

There's a handy conversion for that, but you have to know where to look.

The WM_GETDLGCODE message is a query message and should not modify state

March 29, 2023 Mar 29, 2023 03/29/23

Raymond Chen

Wait until you actually get the message.

How can I try to escape the disease-ridden hot-tubs known as the TEMP and Downloads directories?

March 28, 2023 Mar 28, 2023 03/28/23

Raymond Chen

You can ask that dependent DLLs be loaded from the System32 directory.

Using the contents of a file to define an MSBuild property

March 27, 2023 Mar 27, 2023 03/27/23

Raymond Chen

A little trick that maybe should be better known.

Adventures in application compatibility: The case of the jump into the middle of an instruction from nowhere

March 24, 2023 Mar 24, 2023 03/24/23

Raymond Chen

Another rogue patcher.

How unique must the uIdSubclass parameter be when I call Set­Window­Subclass?

March 23, 2023 Mar 23, 2023 03/23/23

Raymond Chen

Each one identifies an instance of the subclass for the window.

Why am I getting a weird error about promise_type when I try to write a coroutine? part 2

March 22, 2023 Mar 22, 2023 03/22/23

Raymond Chen

Are you even writing a coroutine?

Why does the usage of the initial registers of a Win32 process depend on whether it is a 32-bit or 64-bit process?

March 21, 2023 Mar 21, 2023 03/21/23

Raymond Chen

Well, I mean, it's a different processor.

On the proper care and feeding of the enigmatic Get­Distance­Of­Closest­Language­In­List function

March 20, 2023 Mar 20, 2023 03/20/23

Raymond Chen

Thinking about how this could be used.