The July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine featured an article I wrote about some new native APIs introduced with Windows Vista. Unfortunately due to the severe space constraints (due to print publication) the article was trimmed down and the sample code in particular was negatively affected to the point where...

The July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine featured an article I wrote about some new native APIs introduced with Windows Vista. Unfortunately due to the severe space constraints (due to print publication) the article was trimmed down and the sample code in particular was negatively affected to the point where...

I read a lot of books but with my day job and various other projects and writing commitments I don’t have a lot of spare time. As a result I am very picky about what books I read and especially technical books since there are so many mediocre technical books out there. Well recently Gordon Hogenson...

Recently someone asked me what on earth the new QueryIdleProcessorCycleTime function in Windows Vista does. I can understand the confusion considering the documentation is just plain wrong, at least in terms of how the function is used. If you can look beyond the documentation then you will discover...

My AutoPtr class template, which I first published in my article entitled Mixing Native and Managed Types in C++ and then later updated for my MSDN article entitled Best Practices for Writing Efficient and Reliable Code with C++/CLI has turned into quite a popular class while at the same time generating...

My AutoPtr class template, which I first published in my article entitled Mixing Native and Managed Types in C++ and then later updated for my MSDN article entitled Best Practices for Writing Efficient and Reliable Code with C++/CLI has turned into quite a popular class while at the same time generating...

Recently someone asked me what on earth the new QueryIdleProcessorCycleTime function in Windows Vista does. I can understand the confusion considering the documentation is just plain wrong, at least in terms of how the function is used. If you can look beyond the documentation then you will discover...

I read a lot of books but with my day job and various other projects and writing commitments I don’t have a lot of spare time. As a result I am very picky about what books I read and especially technical books since there are so many mediocre technical books out there. Well recently Gordon Hogenson...

The July 2006 issue of MSDN Magazine featured an article I wrote about some new native APIs introduced with Windows Vista. Unfortunately due to the severe space constraints (due to print publication) the article was trimmed down and the sample code in particular was negatively affected to the point where...

I was just going to write about the C++/CLI Support Library included with Visual C++ 2005 when I noticed my friend Nish has already written a nice piece on the topic. Go check it out: C++/CLI Library classes for interop scenarios © 2006 Kenny Kerr