32 OpenMP Traps for C++ Developers
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Andrey Karpov - 07/30/2008
Pursue a description of a number of parallel code errors that lead to incorrect behavior of parallel programs created with OpenMP.

SFL 2.0 Service Framework Library for Native Windows Service Applications, Part 3: SFL Architecture
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Igor Vartanov - 03/12/2008
Find out what is under the SFL's hood.

[Updated] Thunking in Win32
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einaros - 01/10/2007
Learn about an approach to creating thunks/trampolines to non-static member functions in 32-bit VC++.

Product Keys Based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
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Jeffrey Walton - 11/28/2006
Protect Software with Product Keys based on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).

Hacking Icon Resources
Rating: none
Vlad Riscutia - 11/27/2006
Learn how to replace the displayed icon of an executable file with an .ICO file of your choice.

Message Only Window
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einaros - 10/10/2006
Learn how to build an efficient library to provide support for Message Only Windows. The article also shows how to use the Thunk32 library provided in an earlier article, as well as some general pointers on good practices and patterns.

Mpatrol
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Robert Schmitt - 07/27/2006
Mpatrol has been around for quite some time. It is a simple library that hooks into memory management. Learn how to use it on the Windows platform.

[Updated] Setting a System Environment Variable
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Darka - 06/06/2006
Discover a free tool (with source code) that demonstrates how to programatically set System Environment Variables.

[Updated] XP Theme Support for Rich Edit and Custom Controls
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Patchou - 01/12/2006
Learn how to add genuine Windows XP theme support to Rich Edit controls and extend the code for your own custom controls!

Win32 Thread Synchronization, Part 2: Helper Classes
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Arjay - 05/24/2005
Learn about thread synchronization helper classes and their implementation, and sample projects.

Win32 Thread Synchronization, Part I: Overview
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Arjay - 05/20/2005
Learn about processes, threads, and a couple of thread synchronization techniques.

Inside CRT: Debug Heap Management
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Marius Bancila - 04/04/2005
Learn how heap memory allocation/deallocation via new-delete/malloc-free is made for a debug build of your program.

HeapWalker
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Dinesh Ahuja - 03/30/2005
Learn how the heap blocks are allocated and how are they managed in WIN 2K. The main purpose of the article is to understand how committed and uncommitted memory blocks are distributed.

Rebooting a Windows Box Programmatically
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raghuvamshi - 12/15/2004
An intro to concepts such as access tokens and some facets of the Win32 API, to aid the beginner-intermediate level Windows developer.

Using Message Crackers in the Win32 API with the MCW Tool
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Hernán Di Pietro - 01/29/2004
A class wizard-like helper tool for using WINDOWSX.H message crackers to make your code more convenient, portable, and type-safe when working with message handlers.

A NotQuiteNullDacl Class
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Anne Gunn - 03/26/2002
There are a number of danger in using a Null Dacl to open up access to objects. Given the recent emphasis by Microsoft on security issues, this is a timely article on how to avoid some of the dangers.

Versioning

[Updated] Auto Increment the Version Number after Each Build in a Visual Studio Project
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krkim - 11/19/2007
This is a Version Number Build Tool for Automatic Version Numbering after each build in the Visual Studio Environment.

Versioning in Windows
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hankdane - 10/24/2003
Windows has a built-in version concept, and it's a good idea to make use of this by version stamping all your binary modules. Learn how to best use version information in your application.

Win32

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Win32 Self-Deletion Function
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Tony Varnas - 06/09/2003
Use this method to create a self-deleting executable This works by invoking the command shell as a serialized process to delete the program file. (The article and source code were updated.)

Dynamically loading classes from DLLs
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Jürgen Kraus - 10/01/2002
Dynamically loading classes from DLLs

Using a Non-Blocking Versions of Win32 Wait Functions
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Andy Smith - 07/31/2002
A wait function that won't block the message queue.

EventManager CWnd Derived
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Ganesan Subramaniam - 04/03/2002
This article presents an Event Manager class to route messages to CWnd derived classes. The concept of this class is based on the popular Publisher / Subscriber idea.

PostMsg - Post a message to any window on the desktop
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Matt Spaulding - 08/23/2001
The project is called PostMsg and was created to post a message to any window on the current desktop. This was useful while testing COM servers, but is generic in nature and can be used to send any message.

Translate Between Short and Long Paths
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Navi Singh - 05/17/1999
Translate Between Short and Long Paths

Retrieving the parent of a process (WinNT)
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J|rgen Kraus - 05/15/1999
Retrieving the parent of a process (WinNT)

A Simple Win32 Command-Line Parser
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Eric Tetz - 05/06/1999
A Simple Win32 Command-Line Parser

Encrypting and decrypting sensitive data using CryptoAPI
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Jorge Lodos - 03/13/1999
Encrypting and decrypting sensitive data using CryptoAPI

Class to get a thread safe count of previous Instances
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Mike Junkin - 03/12/1999
Class to get a thread safe count of previous Instances

Query the Value of a Semaphore
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Hermann Schinagl - 03/06/1999
Query the Value of a Semaphore

Inter-Process Communication Using WM_COPYDATA
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Rick York - 02/06/1999
Inter-Process Communication Using WM_COPYDATA

Task Tray Applet Framework
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Len Holgate - 08/29/1998
Task Tray Applet Framework

Registry API Wrapper
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Len Holgate - 08/29/1998
Registry API Wrapper

PS (Process Status) for Windows 95 and Windows NT
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Jerry Coffin - 08/06/1998
PS (Process Status) for Windows 95 and Windows NT

Control Panel Applet Framework
Rating: none
Len Holgate - 08/06/1998
Control Panel Applet Framework

Getting free resource under Windows 95
Rating: none
Iuri Apollonio - 08/06/1998
Getting free resource under Windows 95