The Old New Thing

How do I pass a raw pointer to a Windows Runtime function?

November 25, 2022 Nov 25, 2022 11/25/22

Raymond Chen

Raw pointers don't exist in the Windows Runtime, so you'll have to re-express it in terms of something that does.

How does JavaScript represent output parameters in the Windows Runtime?

November 24, 2022 Nov 24, 2022 11/24/22

Raymond Chen

It has to fake it.

Sometimes perfect forwarding can be too perfect: Lazy conversion is lazy

November 23, 2022 Nov 23, 2022 11/23/22

Raymond Chen

Lazy conversion is too lazy.

Microspeak: Breaking into jail

November 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022 11/22/22

Raymond Chen

Just asking for trouble.

What kind of caller diagnostic information can I get from exceptions thrown by C++/WinRT and wil?

November 21, 2022 Nov 21, 2022 11/21/22

Raymond Chen

A survey of the current state of the art.

On Windows Runtime asynchronous operations with critical progress reports

November 18, 2022 Nov 18, 2022 11/18/22

Raymond Chen

Make the caller provide the progress handler up front.

How soon is too soon to report progress from a C++/WinRT coroutine that implements a Windows Runtime asynchronous operation with progress?

November 17, 2022 Nov 17, 2022 11/17/22

Raymond Chen

If a progress is sent to a forest but there's no one there to hear it.

Why won’t C++/WinRT let me co_await a CoreDispatcher or DispatcherQueue?

November 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 11/16/22

Raymond Chen

Making sure you meet the usual prerequisites.

It’s important to get the most difficult part out of the way by putting it in the title

November 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022 11/15/22

Raymond Chen

It does much less harm there than in the body.

How does Windows decide whether your computer has limited or full Internet access?

November 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022 11/15/22

Raymond Chen

Looking for special servers.