The Old New Thing

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

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

Raymond Chen

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?

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

Raymond Chen

It's a manufactured int.

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

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

Raymond Chen

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?

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

Raymond Chen

Taskbar-colored glasses.

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

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

Raymond Chen

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

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

Raymond Chen

Onward to coroutines.

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

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

Raymond Chen

Getting more asynchronous.

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

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

Raymond Chen

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

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

Raymond Chen

An exercise from long ago.

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

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

Raymond Chen

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