The Old New Thing

October 11, 2005 - The Old New Thing

New blog on integrating Groove with Office

October 11, 2005 Oct 11, 2005 10/11/05
Raymond Chen
Andrew Wharton from Groove has started writing about integrating the team and its product with Office. His opening salvo sets the stage and hooked me in for what looks to be an interesting glimpse into life in another division at Microsoft. (Something that is as mysterious to me as it is to you.) In the early days of the Windows division, ...

Thread affinity of user interface objects, part 2: Device contexts

October 11, 2005 Oct 11, 2005 10/11/05
Raymond Chen
Last time, we discussed briefly the thread affinity rules that govern window handles. Device contexts (DCs) also have a certain degree of thread affinity. The thread that calls functions such as must also be the one that calls , but as with window handles, during the lifetime of the DC, any thread can use it. If you choose to use a DC in ...