The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Apr 14, 2023
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How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 4: Handing it over
Just take the whole thing.
Apr 13, 2023
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How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 3: Filling the SoftwareBitmap directly
Avoiding the intermediate buffer.
Apr 12, 2023
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How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 2: Via a buffer
Passing raw pixels across.
Apr 11, 2023
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How can I convert a WIC bitmap to a Windows Runtime SoftwareBitmap? part 1: Via an encoded stream
We'll start with the hard way, but it gets easier.
Apr 10, 2023
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Why is there a large gap between some of the Windows system metrics indices?
An artifact of the internal implementation.
Apr 7, 2023
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The case of the PasswordVault.Add call that the customer thinks was hung
But was it really hung? Or did it just look that way.
Apr 6, 2023
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An ignored exception can be misinterpreted as a hang, particularly in coroutines
I mean, execution seems to have stopped.
Apr 5, 2023
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How do I modify the contents of a boxed Windows Runtime value?
Once it's in the box, you can't change it.
Apr 4, 2023
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What is the maximum size of a process environment block?
There's no hard-coded limit in Windows, but maybe somebody else has a limit.