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Finding the kernel32.dll module handle in a Windows Store app using approved APIs | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. Porting Win32 code to 64 bit: watch out for pointers. Why MUIRCT is so cool (aka separating Win32 resources into satellite DLLs, the easy way) →. Finding the kernel32.dll module handle in a Windows Store app using approved APIs. July 19, 2013. API is banned, but for Windows Store apps they made CreateFile2. But what about if I wanted to get the module handle of a DLL? Well, looking at the help for GetModuleHandle. We see the unfortunate info:. I discovered th...
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Visual Studio 2013 support for targeting Windows 8 | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. Why MUIRCT is so cool (aka separating Win32 resources into satellite DLLs, the easy way). A note about Stroustrup’s The C Programming Language 4th Edition →. Visual Studio 2013 support for targeting Windows 8. July 19, 2013. I’ve been working my way through the multitude of / build 2013 session videos on channel9, and I came across an interesting presentation:. Upgrading Windows 8 Apps to Windows 8.1. So if you want to continue to target Windows 8 when creati...
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Was forbidding desktop applications on Windows RT the correct move? | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. New in Windows 8.1 store apps: a way to separate your app from your resources. How to target XP with VC2012 or VC2013 and continue to use the Windows 8.x SDK →. Was forbidding desktop applications on Windows RT the correct move? July 31, 2013. I’ve been following the threads on xda developers on how the digital signing of desktop apps was circumvented to allow desktop apps to bypass this check completely, and in effect, open it up for desktop development.
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July | 2013 | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. Was forbidding desktop applications on Windows RT the correct move? July 31, 2013. Every day, someone bugs me at work about the news reports relating to how the Surface RT was not the success Microsoft had hoped it would be. And Asus had the same conclusion. I tell them Surface RT was a great piece of hardware. It had the misfortune of not being able to run desktop apps. Apart from the exploit, how was this possible at a tools level? Well, if we go back to / ...
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March | 2012 | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. How to get Visual C 2012 (VC 11 Beta) statically linked CRT and MFC applications to run on Windows XP. March 11, 2012. April 14, 2013): If you’re having trouble with Microsoft’s XP support after installing Visual Studio 2012 Update 2. Then please ignore this blog post! Read the new blog post. November 26, 2012): Microsoft has made their final release. Of Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 available which includes official XP targeting support! Note that the connect ...
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April | 2013 | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. How to get Visual C 2012 Update 2 statically linked applications to run on Windows XP. April 14, 2013. June 26, 2013) – Microsoft has released the final version of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3. That completely fixes this issue. For more information on Update 3, please click here. May 11, 2013) – Microsoft has released an RC of Visual Studio 2012 Update 3. And to download look here. For a solution to use with Update 2, see below. Entry Point Not Found. To fix t...
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September | 2012 | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop released. September 13, 2012. Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop has been released. This means that Win32 apps can now be developed using 2012 without buying a Proefessional license. Previously, only WinRT apps were supported and Express 2012 was only supported on Windows 8. This version can be installed on Windows 7 as well. Of course, testing the XPSupport 1.10 wrappers. Filed under Visual C.
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Why MUIRCT is so cool (aka separating Win32 resources into satellite DLLs, the easy way) | Ted's Blog
https://tedwvc.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/why-muirct-is-so-cool-aka-separating-win32-resources-into-satellite-dlls-the-easy-way
Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. Finding the kernel32.dll module handle in a Windows Store app using approved APIs. Visual Studio 2013 support for targeting Windows 8 →. Why MUIRCT is so cool (aka separating Win32 resources into satellite DLLs, the easy way). July 19, 2013. Is a utility that Microsoft made available starting with the Windows Vista SDK. It’s a localization utility that allows you to “split” resources from a DLL that has already been built. How is that possible? Muirct -q test...
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November | 2012 | Ted's Blog
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Pushing the limits of Visual C compatibility. Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 released: real, official XP targeting support. November 27, 2012. I’m happy to announce that the Visual C 2012 XP targeting solution is finally available as part of Visual Studio 2012 Update 1. In summary, in the IDE you can just go to project properites, then linker settings system, and set minimum required version to 5.01. In conclusion, happy XP targeting with VC2012 Update 1! Filed under Visual C. New in Windows 8.1 store a...
