The Old New Thing

Ordering asynchronous updates with coroutines, part 2: Restart with hand-off

Raymond Chen September 7, 2021 Sep 7, 2021 09/7/21

Everybody just waits their turn.

Ordering asynchronous updates with coroutines, part 1: Mutual exclusion

Raymond Chen September 6, 2021 Sep 6, 2021 09/6/21

Everybody just waits their turn.

I declared my Windows Runtime method as accepting an array by reference, but it always arrives empty

Raymond Chen September 3, 2021 Sep 3, 2021 09/3/21

You were never meant to put things into the box, not look at what was already there.

Adventures in application compatibility: The cost of forgetting to specify a calling convention

Raymond Chen September 2, 2021 Sep 2, 2021 09/2/21

Cleaning up behind mistakes of the past.

Looking at world through __stdcall-colored glasses

Raymond Chen September 1, 2021 Sep 1, 2021 09/1/21

It's the default, or at least it's my default.

Notes on the Seattle Symphony’s expanded concert schedule for 2021–2022 season

Raymond Chen August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21

More concerts, more options.

What are the consequences of increasing the per-process GDI handle limit?

Raymond Chen August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21

Striking a balance.

The various ways of moving between C++/WinRT and classic COM

Raymond Chen August 30, 2021 Aug 30, 2021 08/30/21

Crossing to the other side.

How can I break down a shell item in the same way as the breadcrumb bar?

Raymond Chen August 27, 2021 Aug 27, 2021 08/27/21

Gathering the folders that lead up to a shell item, walking up the tree, or walking from the root to the leaf, and then obtaining the desired name.

In C#, how do I get the descriptive text for an HRESULT?

Raymond Chen August 26, 2021 Aug 26, 2021 08/26/21

You can pretend it was an exception.