Why does my single-threaded program have multiple threads?

Raymond ChenNovember 15, 2019Nov 15, 201911/15/19

They're not your threads, but they're in your process.

Can the MTA thread exit while keeping its COM class registrations alive?

Raymond ChenNovember 14, 2019Nov 14, 201911/14/19

You can keep the MTA alive without having to dedicate a thread.

The curious pattern of pre-emptively rejecting the solution to your problem: Redrawing during resizing

Raymond ChenNovember 11, 2019Nov 11, 201911/11/19

You'll have to invalidate it, either the easy way or the hard way.

Can I force a WM_TIMER message to be generated when the timer comes due, even if the message queue is not idle?

Raymond ChenNovember 8, 2019Nov 8, 201911/8/19

You can ask for it explicitly.

How can I give a C++ lambda expression more than one operator()?

Raymond ChenNovember 7, 2019Nov 7, 201911/7/19

Wacky template games.

How can I have a C++ function that returns different types depending on what the caller wants?

Raymond ChenNovember 6, 2019Nov 6, 201911/6/19

Quantum superposition comes to C++.

Why does my program crash if I terminate a thread that is waiting to enter a critical section? It never got the critical section, so who cares?

Raymond ChenNovember 1, 2019Nov 1, 201911/1/19

But we care that it's still waiting.

If you suppress GDI+ background thread, then you are expected to pump messages yourself

Raymond ChenOctober 29, 2019Oct 29, 201910/29/19

That stuff is now happening on your thread.

Why does Format­Message say that %0 terminates the message without a trailing newline? Is it secretly adding newlines?

Raymond ChenOctober 25, 2019Oct 25, 201910/25/19

Well, it's not Format­Message that's adding the newline.