The Old New Thing

Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have both an import section and input directory?

December 1, 2023 Dec 1, 2023 12/1/23

Raymond Chen

They seem to be the same thing. Do we need both?

Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have separate tables for import names and import addresses?, part 2

November 30, 2023 Nov 30, 2023 11/30/23

Raymond Chen

Keeping read-only data separate from read-write data.

Why does the Windows Portable Executable (PE) format have separate tables for import names and import addresses?, part 1

November 29, 2023 Nov 29, 2023 11/29/23

Raymond Chen

Even though their lifetimes don't overlap, you sometimes need to go back in time.

A reported vulnerability about getting paid apps for free is really about paying for free apps

November 28, 2023 Nov 28, 2023 11/28/23

Raymond Chen

Try shopping around.

In Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, what is a “grabber”?

November 27, 2023 Nov 27, 2023 11/27/23

Raymond Chen

It grabbed your MS-DOS screen and put it into a window.

On harmful overuse of std::move

November 24, 2023 Nov 24, 2023 11/24/23

Raymond Chen

Initial excitement leads to overuse.

On the need to keep most event sources alive if you want them to raise events

November 23, 2023 Nov 23, 2023 11/23/23

Raymond Chen

You can't receive a notification from something that doesn't exist.

How can I convert a Windows Runtime Software­Bitmap to a WIC bitmap?

November 22, 2023 Nov 22, 2023 11/22/23

Raymond Chen

The reverse of ISoftware­Bitmap­Native­Factory::Create­From­WIC­Bitmap.

Microspeak revisited: Line of sight

November 21, 2023 Nov 21, 2023 11/21/23

Raymond Chen

A fancy way of saying unimpeded network connectivity.

If you’re going to crash on an unhandled exception, you may as well do it sooner rather than later

November 20, 2023 Nov 20, 2023 11/20/23

Raymond Chen

Avoiding the problem discovered by the case of the invalid argument exception from a method that takes no arguments.