The Old New Thing

February 17, 2014 - The Old New Thing

The Grand Duke's monocle is an affectation

February 17, 2014 Feb 17, 2014 02/17/14
Raymond Chen
In the Disney adaptation of Cinderella, the Grand Duke wears a monocle. The monocle moves from eye to eye during the course of the story. The Grand Duke's monocle is an affectation. Either that, or he needs a full pair of glasses, but is very frugal...

Writing automation to wait for a window to be created (and dismiss it)

February 17, 2014 Feb 17, 2014 02/17/14
Raymond Chen
Today's Little Program uses UI Automation to cancel the Run dialog whenever it appears. Why? Well, it's not really useful in and of itself, but it at least provides an example of using UI Automation to wait for an event to occur and then respond to it. Okay, let's see what's going on here. The program registers a delegate with UI ...