The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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Mar 13, 2025
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Making sure that a DLL loads only from your application directory
You can ask for it as an option, but think about what you're actually protecting against.
Mar 12, 2025
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What are the thread safety requirements of HSTRING and BSTR?
They do not have thread affinity.
Mar 11, 2025
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What an insightful observation, you get to wear “the hat”
Maybe not so insightful.
Mar 10, 2025
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How do I destroy an ABI pointer that I extracted from a C++/WinRT object?
You can clean it up the ABI way, whatever that is.
Mar 7, 2025
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To some people, time zones are just a fancy way of sounding important, episode 2
Words have meaning.
Mar 6, 2025
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How can I choose a different C++ constructor at runtime?
Make somebody else do it, and then use copy elision.
Mar 5, 2025
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I tried to subscribe to a C++/WinRT event, but my callback was never called
Check how you registered your event handler.
Mar 3, 2025
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Lexically scoped functions accessing parent locals: The display
Using a well-known location instead of copying frame pointers.