February 2008 | Developer Support

Why you should never use TCHAR in C++ header files

Andrew ArnottFebruary 22, 2008Feb 22, 200802/22/08

In C++, TCHAR, LPCTSTR, CString, and other types discretely change to their char/WCHAR, CStringA/CStringW counterparts depending on whether UNICODE is defined in your source code. Cool. By conscientiously using _countof(x) instead of sizeof(x) where appropriate and TCHAR's everywhere instead of char/WCHAR, you can write code that ...

Why your Visual Studio add-in fails to load with error 0x80004005

Andrew ArnottFebruary 15, 2008Feb 15, 200802/15/08

Writing Visual Studio add-ins gives you the power to do some impressive things within the IDE to enhance your productivity. Unfortunately getting your add-in to load into Visual Studio can sometimes be a pain. Here's just a tip you should know about the .AddIn file that Visual Studio generates for you. The path you provide to ...

Why double-clicking on an .SLN file doesn’t always launch Visual Studio

Andrew ArnottFebruary 13, 2008Feb 13, 200802/13/08

Well this is my first post as a member of the Visual Studio Platform & Ecosystem team. My second full day on the job, and I've found some less-than-ideal areas of Visual Studio that I'm eager to improve for myself and for you, our customers. How exciting. I'll do my best to post to my blog whenever I run across some ...

Write a NetCF app that provisions your device from your device

Andrew ArnottFebruary 4, 2008Feb 4, 200802/4/08

My first post in the provisioning series introduced what provisioning of your Windows Mobile device means and the basics of why you would want to do it. In future posts I'll give some concrete examples of XML that accomplish a few common tasks. But what good are XML examples if you can't try them out on your device or emulator?&...

Microsoft launches MSDN Code Gallery for open-source sharing

Andrew ArnottFebruary 1, 2008Feb 1, 200802/1/08

Microsoft recently launched the MSDN Code Gallery for Microsoft employees and others to share code and software using the Microsoft Public License. MSDN Code Gallery looks and feels very much like CodePlex, but Code Gallery lacks the TFS source control feature and developers can only publish their source code and binaries as releases.As ...

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February 2008 | Developer Support

Why you should never use TCHAR in C++ header files

Why your Visual Studio add-in fails to load with error 0x80004005

Why double-clicking on an .SLN file doesn’t always launch Visual Studio

Write a NetCF app that provisions your device from your device

Microsoft launches MSDN Code Gallery for open-source sharing

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