Tag: Microsoft Windows

• Book review: Mastering Windows 8 C++ App Development

  Disclaimer: I am a Microsoft MVP in Visual C++, so is Pavel Yosifovich, the author of the book. Mastering Windows 8 C++ App Development by Pavel Yosifovich is a new addition to the Windows Store development books. It took me a while to read (304 pages) but is well worth the time from the perspective…

  Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

  07/08/2013

  enmsdn, Microsoft, Visual C++, Visual Studio

  DirectX, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Model View ViewModel, Windows 8, Windows Runtime, Windows Store

• What’s new in Windows 8 Developer Preview SDK headers

  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 header files with more readable names. Improvements are focused, of course, in natural input, efficiency,…

  Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

  17/09/2011

  enmsdn, Microsoft, Visual C++

  Application programming interface, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software development kit, windows 8 Developer Preview

• Getting local FTP home directory from IIS programmatically

  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 the path of the IIS setting. Before IIS 6, the metadata isn’t saved in XML.…

  Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

  22/11/2009

  enmsdn, Visual C++

  Active Directory, File Transfer Protocol, Internet Information Services, Metadata, Microsoft Windows