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I can use WM_COPYDATA to send a block of data to another window, but how does it send data back?
1 day ago
The WM_COPYDATA message can be used to send a blob of data...
Could we use CTAD to simplify the use of WRL’s Callback function?
2 days ago
Commenter Bwmat asked, “Can CTAD avoid the need for the lengthy type...
Non-recursively deleting a binary tree in constant space: Rotating the tree
3 days ago
Another algorithm for non-recursively deleting the nodes of a binary tree comes...
Behind the scenes on how Windows 95 application compatibility patched broken programs
4 days ago
Whenever possible, Windows 95 made application compatibility tweaks through things like compatibility...
How did Windows 3.1 distinguish two different programs that happened to share the same executable name?
5 days ago
Some time ago, I described the purpose of the icons in the...
Non-recursively deleting a binary tree in constant space: Restructuring the tree
8 days ago
We’ve been looking at non-recursive algorithms for deleting the nodes of a...
Non-recursively deleting a binary tree in constant space: Synthesizing the parent pointer
9 days ago
Last time, we looked at a way to delete a binary tree...
Non-recursively deleting a binary tree in constant space: Traversal with parent pointers
10 days ago
As a challenge, a colleague of mine told me to find a...
The Microsoft SoftCard for the Apple II: Getting two processors to share the same memory
11 days ago
The Microsoft Z-80 SoftCard was a plug-in expansion card for the Apple...
Why does SHFormatDateTime take an unaligned FILETIME?
12 days ago
I noted some time ago Windows requires that pointers be aligned unless...
Microspeak: turn into a pumpkin
15 days ago
The English idiom turn into a pumpkin comes from the fairy tale...
Trying to build a XAML tree in code throws a “No installed components were detected” exception
16 days ago
You might, for some reason, be building some XAML in code rather...