How can I tell whether the user has disabled toast notifications for my app?

Raymond ChenAugust 10, 2020Aug 10, 202008/10/20

The ToastNotifier settings will tell you.

How do I make my accelerators apply only when used in the main window and not when the user is using a modeless dialog?

Raymond ChenAugust 7, 2020Aug 7, 202008/7/20

Sometimes you feel like an accelerator table, sometimes you don't.

How can CharUpper and CharLower guarantee that the uppercase version of a string is the same length as the lowercase version?

Raymond ChenAugust 4, 2020Aug 4, 202008/4/20

Does it have a special under-the-table deal with the Unicode Consortium?

What does the /ALTERNATENAME linker switch do?

Raymond ChenJuly 31, 2020Jul 31, 202007/31/20

In case of emergency, go look for something else.

What’s the deal with OLDNAMES.LIB?

Raymond ChenJuly 30, 2020Jul 30, 202007/30/20

For backward compatibility with pre-standard C.

C++/WinRT gotcha: Setting properties incorrectly

Raymond ChenJuly 29, 2020Jul 29, 202007/29/20

A bit too much search/replace during porting.

How do I set multiple items to a Windows Runtime vector in a single call?

Raymond ChenJuly 27, 2020Jul 27, 202007/27/20

It depends on the language projection.

C++/WinRT doesn’t let your coroutine cheat death, but it does get to say good-bye

Raymond ChenJuly 24, 2020Jul 24, 202007/24/20

Some manual cleanup.

How to get your C++/WinRT asynchronous operations to respond more quickly to cancellation, part 2

Raymond ChenJuly 23, 2020Jul 23, 202007/23/20

You can also take more proactive steps.

How to get your C++/WinRT asynchronous operations to respond more quickly to cancellation, part 1

Raymond ChenJuly 22, 2020Jul 22, 202007/22/20

Well, one way is to poll for it.