The Old New Thing

Creating a shared memory block that can grow in size

January 30, 2015 Jan 30, 2015 01/30/15

Raymond Chen

The SEC_RESERVE flag.

Color-aware ClearType requires access to fixed background pixels, which is a problem if you don't know what the background pixels are, or if they aren't fixed

January 29, 2015 Jan 29, 2015 01/29/15

Raymond Chen

ClearType is a technology that blends text pixels with background pixels with the goal of reducing visual artifacts during text rendering.¹ If you go for the full-meal version of ClearType, it uses knowledge about the physical properties of LCD screens in order to carry out its work. Some time ago, I noted one catch with this model, which...

The compiler can make up its own calling conventions, within limits

January 28, 2015 Jan 28, 2015 01/28/15

Raymond Chen

Global optimizations.

Customizing item enumeration with IShellItem

January 26, 2015 Jan 26, 2015 01/26/15

Raymond Chen

Have it your way.

Helper functions to make shell bind contexts slightly more manageable

January 23, 2015 Jan 23, 2015 01/23/15

Raymond Chen

Setting the options.

The wonderful world of shell bind context strings

January 22, 2015 Jan 22, 2015 01/22/15

Raymond Chen

A generic options parameter.

Why does my synchronous overlapped ReadFile return FALSE when the end of the file is reached?

January 21, 2015 Jan 21, 2015 01/21/15

Raymond Chen

That's what the documentation says, in a way that could be made more clear.