The Old New Thing

How ownership of the Windows clipboard is tracked in Win32

Raymond Chen May 26, 2021 May 26, 2021 05/26/21

A simple model, complicated by the reality of misuse.

Why are device-independent bitmaps upside down?

Raymond Chen May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 05/25/21

Well, it depends on what you consider to be right-side up.

On static methods in the Windows Runtime and C++/WinRT

Raymond Chen May 24, 2021 May 24, 2021 05/24/21

Transforming the ABI into a projection.

Obtaining attributed network usage information from the Windows Runtime

Raymond Chen May 21, 2021 May 21, 2021 05/21/21

Breaking it down by application.

Obtaining network usage information from the Windows Runtime

Raymond Chen May 20, 2021 May 20, 2021 05/20/21

Getting your foot in the door with the NetworkInformation class.

Awaiting Windows Runtime asynchronous operations from C# desktop apps

Raymond Chen May 19, 2021 May 19, 2021 05/19/21

Need to find the awaiter.

The blessing of the leading zero

Raymond Chen May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021 05/18/21

Sometimes it's not a curse.

Why did Windows 95 keep window coordinates at multiples of 8?

Raymond Chen May 17, 2021 May 17, 2021 05/17/21

Because sub-byte memory access is really annoying.

Why isn’t my shell namespace extension getting every single DragOver mouse message?

Raymond Chen May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021 05/14/21

Trying to avoid too much chattiness for things that aren't important.

Drag/drop effects: The little drop information box

Raymond Chen May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 05/13/21

Updating the description.