The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Creating an already-completed asynchronous activity in C++/WinRT, part 3
Generalizing to the four kinds of Windows Runtime asynchronous activities.
Creating an already-completed asynchronous activity in C++/WinRT, part 2
Making our function a coroutine.
Creating an already-completed asynchonous activity in C++/WinRT, part 1
The simplest version.
What’s the point of std::monostate ? You can’t do anything with it!
Not doing anything with it is exactly the point.
How do I produce a Windows Runtime asynchronous activity from C++/WinRT?
Somebody that deals with them natively.
How do I produce a Windows Runtime asynchronous activity from C#?
The AsyncInfo helper class converts Tasks to Windows Runtime asynchronous activities.
How do I produce a Windows Runtime asynchronous activity from C++/CX?
The Parallel Patterns Library has special support for C++/CX.
The history of Alt+number sequences, and why Alt+9731 sometimes gives you a heart and sometimes a snowman
Code pages and custom keyboard handling.
If I register the same shell extension as both a context menu extension and a drag/drop extension, how do I know which one the system is using?
Who forced you to register the same shell extension for both?