Solutions that require a time machine: Making applications which require compatibility behaviors crash so the developers will fix their bug before they ship

Raymond ChenJanuary 31, 2011Jan 31, 201101/31/11

A while ago, I mentioned that there are many applications that rely on WM_PAINT messages being delivered even if there is nothing to paint because they put business logic inside their WM_PAINT handler. As a result, Windows sends them dummy WM_PAINT messages. Jerry Pisk opines, Thanks to the Windows team going out of their way not to break ...