How can my C++/WinRT component pass a std::vector back to the caller? November 30, 2021 Nov 30, 2021 11/30/21 Raymond Chen Implementing the ReceiveArray pattern.
How did Windows 3.1’s virtual machine manager get the information to show in the text-mode Alt+Tab switcher? November 29, 2021 Nov 29, 2021 11/29/21 Raymond Chen Getting by with a little help from a friend.
The two products may be identical, but they are not the same November 26, 2021 Nov 26, 2021 11/26/21 Raymond Chen No price-matching for you.
I called AdjustTokenPrivileges, but I was still told that a necessary privilege was not held, redux November 26, 2021 Nov 26, 2021 11/26/21 Raymond Chen Did any privilege adjustment occur at all?
How do I pass an array of variable-sized PROPSHEETPAGE structures to PropertySheet? November 25, 2021 Nov 25, 2021 11/25/21 Raymond Chen It's "just" an array of variable-sized structures.
Appending additional payload to a PROPSHEETPAGE structure November 24, 2021 Nov 24, 2021 11/24/21 Raymond Chen Taking it along for the ride.
Every business process secretly wants to fail November 23, 2021 Nov 23, 2021 11/23/21 Raymond Chen At least, that's how it looks from the outside.
A reminder about the correct way of accessing and manipulating the position of icons on the desktop November 22, 2021 Nov 22, 2021 11/22/21 Raymond Chen There's an interface for that. Please use it.
Why is my C++/CX ref class forbidden from having public methods that are templates or mention, say, std::vector? November 19, 2021 Nov 19, 2021 11/19/21 Raymond Chen C++/CX overloads the class member access control keywords to control metadata generation.
What does the CompileAsWinRT Visual Studio project option mean? November 18, 2021 Nov 18, 2021 11/18/21 Raymond Chen And why it's badly-named.