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    The Old New Thing

    On the importance of managing the stream pointer when manipulating marshal data

    June 20, 2022 Jun 20, 2022 06/20/22
    Raymond Chen
    Making sure things are ready for the person who comes after you.

    0Code

    Writing a marshal-by-value marshaler, part 1

    June 17, 2022 Jun 17, 2022 06/17/22
    Raymond Chen
    Creating an identical object on the other side.

    1Code

    The skeleton marshaler that does default marshaling

    June 16, 2022 Jun 16, 2022 06/16/22
    Raymond Chen
    Starting with a marshaler that has no special features.

    1Code

    An initial look at the mechanics of how COM marshaling is performed

    June 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022 06/15/22
    Raymond Chen
    Pretend you're an oracle.

    4Code

    What are the various usage patterns for manually-marshaled interfaces?

    June 14, 2022 Jun 14, 2022 06/14/22
    Raymond Chen
    The outermost simple layer, and the more complex inner layer.

    4Code

    Adventures in application compatibility: The case of the PC-relative indirect jump that reads from nowhere

    June 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022 06/13/22
    Raymond Chen
    A little too much copy/pasta.

    10Code

    How do I retrieve an extremely large range of cells from Excel if the clipboard functions all time out?

    June 10, 2022 Jun 10, 2022 06/10/22
    Raymond Chen
    Maybe you shouldn't be using the clipboard.

    10Code

    How can I wait more than 30 seconds for a delay-rendered clipboard format to become rendered?

    June 9, 2022 Jun 9, 2022 06/9/22
    Raymond Chen
    Provide your own delay.

    6Code

    Is there a maximum size for Windows clipboard data? Because I’m getting null for something I know should be there

    June 8, 2022 Jun 8, 2022 06/8/22
    Raymond Chen
    There is no pre-set maximum size, but that null might be coming from somewhere else.

    7Code

    How to write like Raymond: Contacting another team for the first time

    June 7, 2022 Jun 7, 2022 06/7/22
    Raymond Chen
    Flattery will get you in the door.

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