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How do I produce a Windows Runtime asynchronous activity from C#?

July 4, 2024 Jul 4, 2024 07/4/24

Raymond Chen

The AsyncInfo helper class converts Tasks to Windows Runtime asynchronous activities.

How do I produce a Windows Runtime asynchronous activity from C++/CX?

July 3, 2024 Jul 3, 2024 07/3/24

Raymond Chen

The Parallel Patterns Library has special support for C++/CX.

The history of Alt+number sequences, and why Alt+9731 sometimes gives you a heart and sometimes a snowman

July 2, 2024 Jul 2, 2024 07/2/24

Raymond Chen

Code pages and custom keyboard handling.

If I register the same shell extension as both a context menu extension and a drag/drop extension, how do I know which one the system is using?

July 1, 2024 Jul 1, 2024 07/1/24

Raymond Chen

Who forced you to register the same shell extension for both?

2024 mid-year link clearance

June 28, 2024 Jun 28, 2024 06/28/24

Raymond Chen

Emptying out the junk drawer.

Writing a remove_all_pointers type trait, part 2

June 28, 2024 Jun 28, 2024 06/28/24

Raymond Chen

Factoring out the type resolution to after the dangerous part.

Writing a remove_all_pointers type trait, part 1

June 27, 2024 Jun 27, 2024 06/27/24

Raymond Chen

Delaying the expansion to avoid infinite recursion.

Is there a built-in way in C++/WinRT to get the string name for a Windows Runtime enum?

June 26, 2024 Jun 26, 2024 06/26/24

Raymond Chen

No, and maybe you don't want to.

Microspeak: Fun fork

June 25, 2024 Jun 25, 2024 06/25/24

Raymond Chen

A place to party.

Finding a specific value in a sequence of integers that changes by at most 1

June 24, 2024 Jun 24, 2024 06/24/24

Raymond Chen

It's basically a discrete version of the intermediate value theorem.