Yves Dolce
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PDC 2005 talks
As I have seen some of the dry-runs for those, I thought I would share my quick thoughts about them:...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/30/2005
Comfortably Numb
Not the Pink Floyd song but the Scissor Sisters'one: - Eye of the tiger type intro - Pink Floyd...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/25/2005
/CLR effect on the way DLLs are loaded
Yesterday evening, I had an issue that manifested itself (no pun intended) at runtime only when...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/19/2005
xsd.exe and C++/CLI namespace syntax
Carlos Ibarra wrote: Microsoft should at least fix xsd.exe /c /l:cpp...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/17/2005
Windows Presentation Framework interop
I'm attending an internal rehearsal of the Windows Presentation Framework PDC talks today and...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/15/2005
Strongly typed boxed values and reference to them...
I just found this on my hard-disk. I thought I would share: int ^ stronglyTypedBoxedValue = 1234 ;...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/15/2005
VC++ Powertools (and GRETA)
I must confess I just discovered those: GRETA ("gives you all the power of Perl 5 regular...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/13/2005
Namespaces in C++/CLI
Regarding the comment made about my Alternative to Directory.GetFiles and co. entry: When is the...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/09/2005
Alternative to Directory.GetFiles and co. (2)
Andy Rich did spot a bug in my code and pointed to his related The long-awaited return of DF blog...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/08/2005
Sharon publishes her first blog entry
I've worked with her for many years now and I've learned to respect her skills. If you have any...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/07/2005
Alternative to Directory.GetFiles and co.
(8/8/05: I fixed the source code) Just like String::Split, I dislike those GetFiles methods that put...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/07/2005
Developing Distributed Services Today
I know that many ISVs are looking for guidance around this....
Author: yvesdolc Date: 07/21/2005
How to use CWinFormDialog for MFC/WinForms Integration
Nikola is writing this topic on https://blogs.msdn.com/nikolad/archive/2005/06/09/427541.aspx as I...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 06/15/2005
Host A Simple Avalon Control in a Windows Form
That sample is on the web (6/3/2005) or in the WinFX SDK Help. I've downloded the internal vesrsion...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 06/04/2005
The man without a past
Mies vailla menneisyytta I am not sure how to explain my interest in that movie. I just really loved...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 06/03/2005
Abril Despedacado
Abril Despedaçado. Beautiful movie. The music. The photography. The story. Hard to go back to...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 05/19/2005
Eu Tu Eles
I just finished watching Eu Tu Eles. I could not help but thing about Tieta do Agreste (beauty of...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 05/16/2005
Managed C++ or C++/CLI Double Thunking
On an internal discussion list, we're discussing the performance impact of virtual functions in...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 05/13/2005
Caetano Veloso's Novo Millenium album.
When I was in São Paulo, I bought that CD for less than $6 at the FNAC, I love his version of Samba...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 05/13/2005
Binding to a collection of strings in Avalon
Initially, I tried the obvious and used ObservableCollection<string> but although I had...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 05/11/2005
Avalon System.Windows.Data.IValueConverter
There I was with an array of keywords (string[]) in one hand and a single TextBox in the other hand,...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 05/10/2005
Avalon BAML format makes my life harder!
Since I've started developping with Avalon, I've been frustrated with BAML. If I could see the...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 05/09/2005
Marcelo D2
The cab driver in São Paulo told me that I might like his music, I do! Check...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 04/28/2005
MFC 8 (VC++ 2005) and Windows Forms (Part II)
Let's now look at another example, one where the Windows Forms user control is used as a dialog, not...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 04/28/2005
MFC 8 (VC++ 2005) and Windows Forms
I know that some of you have managed to use some Windows Forms forms in your MFC applications via...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 04/26/2005
A house that has sunlight in every single room
I whish I would have something like this: https://www.parans.com/products.htm.
Author: yvesdolc Date: 04/26/2005
Our developer documentation
Lately, I've been reading a lot of Beta (Whidbey) and pre-beta (Avalon) developer documentations and...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 04/14/2005
Power Collections for .NET
Jeffrey just mentioned it during the class: https://www.wintellect.com/powercollections/
Author: yvesdolc Date: 03/23/2005
Lenine
Lunch time during the Jeffrey Richter's Advanced C# class. This should rather be Advanced CLR....
Author: yvesdolc Date: 03/23/2005
Resource about Service Broker
It already makes two projects I've been involved with where I had to use that technology. If you're...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 03/02/2005
Restricted Pointers in C
As I mentioned in the "Have you looked as those new keywords to help the 2005 C++ compiler produce...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 02/19/2005
Herb Sutter on Channel 9
video streams: The future of Visual C++, Part I and Part II
Author: yvesdolc Date: 02/03/2005
27th of January 1945
After a day of coding, I was thinking that this blog entry would be about my new cordless phone at...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 01/28/2005
C++/CLI is not like Managed C++
Before jumping to C# to develop for .NET and forgetting your C++ knowledge/experience/skills, you...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 01/11/2005
Windows Server 2003 SP1 RC is out and what I've been doing
I'm not an admin on my W2K3 box and that's why it's the box I prefer and use most often, so I was...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 12/08/2004
MSN Web Messenger Beta
From https://webmessenger.msn.com/: "MSN Web Messenger lets you talk online and in real-time with...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 11/17/2004
FILE macro under VC++ 6.0, 7.x and 8.0
Under VC++ 6.0, the FILE macro always gets the full file path returned; under VC++ 7.x it...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 11/10/2004
New Encode[System]Pointer and Decode[System]Pointer APIs
If you are concerned about exploits and are ready to write code that behaves differently when ran on...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 11/09/2004
Efficiently bulk-load a SQL Server table with data from a collection using SqlBulkCopy
I did not want to create and then fill a Data[Set|Table] if the information I wanted to insert in...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 11/08/2004
Backwards Breaking Changes from version 1.1 to 2.0 (and native C++ 14 compiler)
I had to go through the C++ part for an ISV so I thought I would share the URL:...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 10/05/2004
Have you looked as those new keywords to help the 2005 C++ compiler produce better code?
I know those are not standard (except restrict for C) but I’m sure some of you will still be...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 09/14/2004
Thought that the holodeck was impossible?
One small step in a direction: CirculaFloor. Watch the video (9.7mb .AVI).
Author: yvesdolc Date: 09/13/2004
Rory Blyth posts his music
I was listening to Charles Petzold conversing with Carl Franklin and Rory Blyth on .NET Rocks (see...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/25/2004
Stan on "Translation Guide: Moving Your Programs from Managed Extensions for C++ to C++/CLI"
Looks like Stan is busy writing these days: thanks!...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/23/2004
Visual C++ 6.0 mainstream support will end on September 30, 2004
I still see a lot of people running VC++ 6.0 [SP3|SP4|SP5]. As of today, the status is that...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/22/2004
Cosmic Recycling: We are Made of Stars
Yesterday evening, I caught the end of that lecture on UWTV: fascinating and entertaining! From...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/20/2004
Online Chat: Visual C++ 2005 Library and Runtime Enhancements
The next release of Visual C++ includes many new and enhanced libraries which improve security,...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/16/2004
Online Chat: Upgrading COM Applications to .NET with Visual C++ 2005
Many applications consume and expose COM interfaces as their object models today. And .NET has tools...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/16/2004
Stan Lippman on STL.NET
The first article I've seen on that topic:...
Author: yvesdolc Date: 08/16/2004