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Choosing formats when putting data on clipboard

Posted on 21/03/2012 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

The topic is from a forum discussion at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowssdk/thread/94bb2db4-3ca2-4cd8-9f7c-6dd9aab6fd18 Generally an application should provide data in as many formats as possible so more applications can recognize the data. For example, IE stores text data in CF_UNICODETEXT, CF_TEXT and CF_HTML formats. Because … Continue reading →

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What’s new in Windows 8 Developer Preview SDK headers

Posted on 17/09/2011 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

This is by no means a complete list but just some observation on files that caught my eye. Some are just regular header file updates for Windows 7 and does not necessary require Windows 8. Some other APIs moved to … Continue reading →

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Bug in Security Update for Visual C++ Redistributable Package: April 12, 2011 causes program error on Windows 2000

Posted on 17/04/2011 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

Update:Microsoft’s Visual C++ team has released workarounds on the problem. AVG has released an utility that can revert the KB2467175 update, downloadable at http://twitter.blog.avg.com/2011/04/avg-feedback-update-26411.html Avira is reporting that its AntiVir software throws “The procedure entry point FindActCtxSectionStringW could not be located in the dynamic … Continue reading →

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How to solve LNK2001 errors related to Windows SDK CLSIDs

Posted on 08/04/2011 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

User IMFCoder wants to know how to solve a LNK2001 error related to CLSID_CMpeg4sDecMediaObject. The user has no problem linking a lib file in the project but couldn’t find which lib the CLSID is in. The Windows SDK is strangely … Continue reading →

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Breaking change in ADO update KB983246 (included in Windows 7 Service Pack 1)

Posted on 24/02/2011 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

Update2: Microsoft fixed the issue in Windows 8 in a way that old programs would work without change. Those who recompiled with the KB983246 version either need to roll out KB983246 to customer computers or switch back to the old type libraries. New … Continue reading →

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What is the difference between int and System::Int32

Posted on 22/11/2010 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

Some may say identical, at least that’s what the Visual C++ compiler tells you at the first glance  when you turn on /oldsyntax public __gc class Class1 { public: void F1(int a){} void F1(System::Int32 a){} //Error    2    error  2535:  void Class1::F1(int)’ … Continue reading →

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Application crash when forcing IE8 rendering mode in webbrowser host

Posted on 17/11/2010 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

User stephench is reporting that when setting webbrowser rendering mode to IE8 via FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION, the app would crash.  The web site crashes IE8 too, but IE8 is able to recover and automatically switch to IE7 mode, while a webbrowser host … Continue reading →

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Getting local FTP home directory from IIS programmatically

Posted on 22/11/2009 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

User xiaoc1026 wants to know how to access IIS to get the home directory of the FTP web site in Visual C++. Before IIS6 you need to access the metadata in IIS configuration via IMSAdminBase::GetData. The hard part to find … Continue reading →

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How to force popup window to navigate in the same window in a webbrowser control

Posted on 22/11/2009 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

When clicking on an link that targets a new window,  the default behavior of a webbrowser control host application is to open a new window in Internet Explorer. User ben_lai wants to know how to handle the click and navigate … Continue reading →

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Intercept the download dialog in webbrowser control

Posted on 04/11/2009 by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

User rsd102 looks already find the solution to his question when he posted the question to CSDN, except for one missing piece. The sample he found is for overriding the global download manager, and what he need is a process … Continue reading →

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