Month: July 2013
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Another breaking change related to 64 bit compatibility, this time in TAPISRV w/Windows 8
The ADO team had to make a breaking change the ADO APIs due to compatibility problem with Microsoft Office. Now it seems to be Tapi’s turn. In the 64 bit editions of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, some TAPI providers would stop getting incoming calls due to implementation changes in the TAPI service (TAPISRV)…
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Howto: Ignoring web browser certificate errors in a webbrowser host
The webbrowser queries host services via IServiceProvider implemented on the ActiveX host. One of the services is IHttpSecurity, which can be used to override the certificate problem dialog. Security warning: ignoring security problems can compromise your application. IHttpSecurity is derived from IWindowForBindingUI, so the host needs to implement it too. In Windows forms, customizing certificate error handling…