The Old New Thing

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.