The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Apr 19, 2023
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The case of the unhandled exception in a brokered Windows Runtime component
Digging into the event dispatch code.
Apr 18, 2023
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No, it is not a security vulnerability that there is no certificate of appreciation for reporting a bug
It wasn't even a bug report.
Apr 17, 2023
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How can I find the invalid class when C++/WinRT tells me that the class may not be final?
It's in the error details.
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.