The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

How can I create a non-circular tab order, or some other type of custom ordering in my Win32 dialog?

How can I create a non-circular tab order, or some other type of custom ordering in my Win32 dialog?

Raymond Chen December 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2020 12/31/20

Taking things into your own hands.

Why are the C and C++ compilers giving me error messages about int when my code doesn’t mention int?

Why are the C and C++ compilers giving me error messages about int when my code doesn’t mention int?

Raymond Chen December 30, 2020 Dec 30, 2020 12/30/20

It's a manufactured int.

What are these duplicate services whose names differ just by random characters at the end?

What are these duplicate services whose names differ just by random characters at the end?

Raymond Chen December 29, 2020 Dec 29, 2020 12/29/20

You get a service, and you get a service, everybody gets a service!

Why is the HSHELL_WINDOWDESTROYED notification raised when a window is hidden, even if it hasn’t been destroyed?

Why is the HSHELL_WINDOWDESTROYED notification raised when a window is hidden, even if it hasn’t been destroyed?

Raymond Chen December 28, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 12/28/20

Taskbar-colored glasses.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 5

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 5

Raymond Chen December 25, 2020 Dec 25, 2020 12/25/20

Using the new thread pool functions.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 4

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 4

Raymond Chen December 24, 2020 Dec 24, 2020 12/24/20

Onward to coroutines.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 3

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 3

Raymond Chen December 23, 2020 Dec 23, 2020 12/23/20

Getting more asynchronous.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 2

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 2

Raymond Chen December 22, 2020 Dec 22, 2020 12/22/20

Asking the thread pool for help.

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 1

How can I emulate the REG_NOTIFY_THREAD_AGNOSTIC flag on systems that don’t support it? part 1

Raymond Chen December 21, 2020 Dec 21, 2020 12/21/20

An exercise from long ago.

What should the state of a moved-from object be?

What should the state of a moved-from object be?

Raymond Chen December 18, 2020 Dec 18, 2020 12/18/20

It's formally unspecified, but there may be informal expectations.