The Old New Thing
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
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At what point in the Windows development cycle is it too late to change the text of a translatable string?
The translation team sets the deadline.
The apocryphal origins of the Hot Dog Stand color scheme
Challenge accepted.
Why does XAML break down when I have an element that is half a billion pixels tall?
You've far exceeded the design goals and have even exceeded the expressive ability of a float.
Maybe somebody can explain to me how weak references solve the ODR problem
I don't see it.
In the commit-on-demand pattern, what happens if an access violation straddles multiple pages?
The access violation exceptions will continue until commit improves.
Is WriteProcessMemory faster than shared memory for transferring data between two processes?
Shared memory is the copy-free solution.
Microspeak: Little-r
Harkening back to a very old mail program.
How can I detect that Windows is running in S-Mode, redux
Doing it on hard mode.
I can use WM_COPYDATA to send a block of data to another window, but how does it send data back?
They can send it back with their own WM_ message, or they can put it in an agreed-upon shared location.