The Old New Thing

Creating a non-agile delegate in C++/WinRT, part 2: The synchronous coroutine

Raymond ChenApril 7, 2020Apr 7, 202004/7/20

It awaits without waiting.

Creating a non-agile delegate in C++/WinRT, part 1: Initial plunge

Raymond ChenApril 6, 2020Apr 6, 202004/6/20

Forcing the delegate to run in a specific apartment.

An observation about what people used iPads for in the early days

Raymond ChenApril 3, 2020Apr 3, 202004/3/20

Does everything you need, if you also bring an assistant.

Error compiling C++/WinRT runtime class: function does not take N arguments

Raymond ChenApril 2, 2020Apr 2, 202004/2/20

You need to cover all the overloads.

Pulling sleight of hand tricks in a security vulnerability report, or maybe it was a prank

Raymond ChenApril 1, 2020Apr 1, 202004/1/20

Something up my sleeve.

Why am I ignoring my second monitor? A case study in working from home.

Raymond ChenMarch 31, 2020Mar 31, 202003/31/20

Settling into the new routine has its rough spots.

A sneaky way to make sure nobody assigns test failures to your team

Raymond ChenMarch 30, 2020Mar 30, 202003/30/20

Buffer overflow.

Are Windows Runtime asynchronous operations guaranteed to complete?

Raymond ChenMarch 27, 2020Mar 27, 202003/27/20

As much as anything is guaranteed to complete.

If you say that your minimum requirements are the Universal contract, then you need to probe for anything beyond that

Raymond ChenMarch 26, 2020Mar 26, 202003/26/20

Reaching beyond your declaration.

How can I check whether a Windows Runtime object supports a member before I try to use it?

Raymond ChenMarch 25, 2020Mar 25, 202003/25/20

You can sniff at the metadata.