The Old New Thing

Is it okay to call TryAcquireSRWLock from a thread that has already acquired the lock?

August 19, 2016 Aug 19, 2016 08/19/16

Raymond Chen

No.

If I have a modeless dialog box with custom accelerators, which should I call first: IsDialogMessage or TranslateAccelerator

August 18, 2016 Aug 18, 2016 08/18/16

Raymond Chen

Only one way works.

On installing a custom unhandled exception filter and intentionally raising an exception to get its attention

August 17, 2016 Aug 17, 2016 08/17/16

Raymond Chen

Mind those stack frames.

How can I debug a function that has been subjected to COMDAT folding?

August 15, 2016 Aug 15, 2016 08/15/16

Raymond Chen

The easy way is to mutate the function.

On the importance of making sure WaitForInputIdle doesn’t think you’re idle, episode 2

August 12, 2016 Aug 12, 2016 08/12/16

Raymond Chen

WaitForInputIdle is how the shell knows that your DDE server.

On the importance of making sure WaitForInputIdle doesn’t think you’re idle, episode 1

August 11, 2016 Aug 11, 2016 08/11/16

Raymond Chen

WaitForInputIdle is how the shell knows that your DDE server.

How to create a file mapping that allows others to open the file in exclusive mode?

August 10, 2016 Aug 10, 2016 08/10/16

Raymond Chen

This is a job for opportunistic locks.