The Old New Thing

On the importance of managing the stream pointer when manipulating marshal data

June 20, 2022 Jun 20, 2022 06/20/22

Raymond Chen

Making sure things are ready for the person who comes after you.

Writing a marshal-by-value marshaler, part 1

June 17, 2022 Jun 17, 2022 06/17/22

Raymond Chen

Creating an identical object on the other side.

The skeleton marshaler that does default marshaling

June 16, 2022 Jun 16, 2022 06/16/22

Raymond Chen

Starting with a marshaler that has no special features.

An initial look at the mechanics of how COM marshaling is performed

June 15, 2022 Jun 15, 2022 06/15/22

Raymond Chen

Pretend you're an oracle.

What are the various usage patterns for manually-marshaled interfaces?

June 14, 2022 Jun 14, 2022 06/14/22

Raymond Chen

The outermost simple layer, and the more complex inner layer.

Adventures in application compatibility: The case of the PC-relative indirect jump that reads from nowhere

June 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022 06/13/22

Raymond Chen

A little too much copy/pasta.

How do I retrieve an extremely large range of cells from Excel if the clipboard functions all time out?

June 10, 2022 Jun 10, 2022 06/10/22

Raymond Chen

Maybe you shouldn't be using the clipboard.

How can I wait more than 30 seconds for a delay-rendered clipboard format to become rendered?

June 9, 2022 Jun 9, 2022 06/9/22

Raymond Chen

Provide your own delay.

Is there a maximum size for Windows clipboard data? Because I’m getting null for something I know should be there

June 8, 2022 Jun 8, 2022 06/8/22

Raymond Chen

There is no pre-set maximum size, but that null might be coming from somewhere else.

An opinionated comparison of C++ frameworks for consuming and implementing Windows Runtime types

June 6, 2022 Jun 6, 2022 06/6/22

Raymond Chen

The three leading contenders.