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How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 4: Handing it over

April 14, 2023 Apr 14, 2023 04/14/23

Raymond Chen

Just take the whole thing.

How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 3: Filling the SoftwareBitmap directly

April 13, 2023 Apr 13, 2023 04/13/23

Raymond Chen

Avoiding the intermediate buffer.

How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 2: Via a buffer

April 12, 2023 Apr 12, 2023 04/12/23

Raymond Chen

Passing raw pixels across.

How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 1: Via an encoded stream

April 11, 2023 Apr 11, 2023 04/11/23

Raymond Chen

We'll start with the hard way, but it gets easier.

Why is there a large gap between some of the Windows system metrics indices?

April 10, 2023 Apr 10, 2023 04/10/23

Raymond Chen

An artifact of the internal implementation.

The case of the PasswordVault.Add call that the customer thinks was hung

April 7, 2023 Apr 7, 2023 04/7/23

Raymond Chen

But was it really hung? Or did it just look that way.

An ignored exception can be misinterpreted as a hang, particularly in coroutines

April 6, 2023 Apr 6, 2023 04/6/23

Raymond Chen

I mean, execution seems to have stopped.

How do I modify the contents of a boxed Windows Runtime value?

April 5, 2023 Apr 5, 2023 04/5/23

Raymond Chen

Once it's in the box, you can't change it.

What is the maximum size of a process environment block?

April 4, 2023 Apr 4, 2023 04/4/23

Raymond Chen

There's no hard-coded limit in Windows, but maybe somebody else has a limit.

C++17 creates a practical use of the backward array index operator

April 3, 2023 Apr 3, 2023 04/3/23

Raymond Chen

Possibly more than just a curiosity.