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Setting properties in C++/WinRT is done by a function call, but you need to call the function the right way
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Why am I seeing two WRITE requests at the same offset from a single call to WriteFile?
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What can or should I do with the cursor handle returned by SetCursor
?
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Why are many Windows user interface elements positioned at multiples of 4 or 8 pixels?
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Why can’t I programmatically inspect the check boxes in the Security property sheet any more?
ISecurityInformation::PropertySheetPageCallback
method.
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What happens if my C++ exception handler itself raises an exception?
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Why is there a make_unique
? Why not just overload the unique_ptr
constructor?
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