The Old New Thing

How can I box a std::optional into a C++/WinRT IInspectable?

March 30, 2023 Mar 30, 2023 03/30/23

Raymond Chen

There's a handy conversion for that, but you have to know where to look.

The WM_GETDLGCODE message is a query message and should not modify state

March 29, 2023 Mar 29, 2023 03/29/23

Raymond Chen

Wait until you actually get the message.

How can I try to escape the disease-ridden hot-tubs known as the TEMP and Downloads directories?

March 28, 2023 Mar 28, 2023 03/28/23

Raymond Chen

You can ask that dependent DLLs be loaded from the System32 directory.

Using the contents of a file to define an MSBuild property

March 27, 2023 Mar 27, 2023 03/27/23

Raymond Chen

A little trick that maybe should be better known.

How unique must the uIdSubclass parameter be when I call Set­Window­Subclass?

March 23, 2023 Mar 23, 2023 03/23/23

Raymond Chen

Each one identifies an instance of the subclass for the window.

Why am I getting a weird error about promise_type when I try to write a coroutine? part 2

March 22, 2023 Mar 22, 2023 03/22/23

Raymond Chen

Are you even writing a coroutine?

On the proper care and feeding of the enigmatic Get­Distance­Of­Closest­Language­In­List function

March 20, 2023 Mar 20, 2023 03/20/23

Raymond Chen

Thinking about how this could be used.

Exploiting C++/WinRT CRTP: Property and event declarations

March 17, 2023 Mar 17, 2023 03/17/23

Raymond Chen

They don't have to be methods; they just have to look like methods.

Mind your C++/WinRT namespaces

March 16, 2023 Mar 16, 2023 03/16/23

Raymond Chen

What you say changes meaning depending on where you are.

How can I create a git feature branch that can merge into multiple other branches?

March 15, 2023 Mar 15, 2023 03/15/23

Raymond Chen

Just work in your patch branch.