Archives
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WTL 8.1 is coming!
After almost two years of silence there appears to be activity around WTL again. Of course this makes sense since Windows 7 is almost done. I just noticed build 8.1.9127 posted over on SourceForge.NET.
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Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 are here!
Microsoft has finally released an update to the Visual Studio 2010 preview build that showed so much promise but unfortunately was so unreliable. If you have an MSDN subscription just head over to subscriber downloads and start downloading now!
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Resolving Windows Sleep Problems
This is more of a reminder to myself but it may come in handy for you.
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C++ Exception Handling
A while ago I made a passing remark on my blog that I prefer not to use exceptions in native code. Some readers asked me to justify this position and I’ve been a bit reluctant to do so only because it’s a lengthy argument that I’m sure will bring a lot of passionate responses that I don’t really have the time to deal with. I was reminded of this again last night when I walked past one of our bookshelves at home and picked up my copy of John Robbins’ excellent debugging book and noticed that it has a chapter on crash handlers within which John does a good job of covering many of the reasons why I don’t use exception handling in native code. If you’re interested in this topic I would encourage you to read John’s book.
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Exciting Changes
I’ve made a few changes to my professional life. I’ve had the opportunity to work with some really talented developers in London and I’m sorry to say goodbye to them. I’ll talk more about that in the coming weeks and months but one of the outcomes is that I’ll have much more time for my software projects. To unwind from employment (e.g. slavery :) ) I took Karin and the kids camping and boy did things change in the world of Microsoft technology in just one week. Here are just some of the announcements.