The Old New Thing

The 2016/2017 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance

February 29, 2016 Feb 29, 2016 02/29/16

Raymond Chen

The pocket reference guide for 2016/2017.

How can I get the original shortcut target path with environment variables unexpanded?

February 29, 2016 Feb 29, 2016 02/29/16

Raymond Chen

You'll have to dig into the data list.

Changing a loop into a promise or task chain

February 26, 2016 Feb 26, 2016 02/26/16

Raymond Chen

Crack open your textbooks.

How do I preload a chunk of memory into a memory-mapped file?

February 25, 2016 Feb 25, 2016 02/25/16

Raymond Chen

PrefetchVirtualMemory will do this.

A static_cast is not always just a pointer adjustment

February 24, 2016 Feb 24, 2016 02/24/16

Raymond Chen

That null pointer thingie.

Why does the date disappear from my taskbar, sometimes?

February 23, 2016 Feb 23, 2016 02/23/16

Raymond Chen

Because there's no room for it.

Finding the shortest binary string in a given interval

February 22, 2016 Feb 22, 2016 02/22/16

Raymond Chen

Narrowing in.

When I try to calculate a performance counter manually, the answer is off by a factor of 100

February 19, 2016 Feb 19, 2016 02/19/16

Raymond Chen

Because it's a percentage.

Nasty gotcha: VarCmp vs VariantCompare

February 18, 2016 Feb 18, 2016 02/18/16

Raymond Chen

Similar names, different return values.

Don’t just grab the foreground window and host UI on it, redux

February 17, 2016 Feb 17, 2016 02/17/16

Raymond Chen

Oops, it's not there any more.