June 2005 - Posts

C# or C++?
12 June 05 11:52 PM | jkuhne | 0 Comments   

I just read C++ vs. C# and thought it might be worthwhile to throw up a few thoughts. I've been ranting and raving about how great the new Managed C++ (C++/CLI) is. It's true, it is great, but I still prefer to do most of my work in C#. Why? C# compiles Read More...

Filed under: Managed C++, General Coding, C#

P/Invoke? No way! (Pt. 2)
12 June 05 04:52 PM | jkuhne | 1 Comments   

[7/20/05: Additional comment added for Marshal::GetFunctionPointerForDelegate()] There are some instances where Win32 requires a callback function pointer. This frequently comes up in Enumeration APIs, such as EnumWindows. In this post we’ll look at some Read More...

Filed under: Managed C++, General Coding

P/Invoke? No way!
11 June 05 11:52 PM | jkuhne | 4 Comments   

[7/20/05: Added an additional comment regarding setting up for Win32] I've mentioned in my earlier posts just how nice Managed C++ in 2005 (C++/CLI) is when it comes to interoping with unmanaged code. It makes P/Invoke downright painful by comparison. Read More...

Filed under: Managed C++, General Coding

Acrylic Automation: Crossing the Barrier
11 June 05 04:10 PM | jkuhne | 1 Comments   

Ok, so I really was chomping at the bit to blog. Now that we've gone beta I can get a lot of things off of my chest. Just too awkward to blog much before the product was announced, you know? In this post I'm going to give a bit of info on how to write Read More...

Filed under: Managed C++, All Things Acrylic, General Coding

VS 2005 Managed C++ Syntax Pt. 1
10 June 05 10:53 PM | jkuhne | 0 Comments   

I had very little experience in C++ when I sat down and tried my hand at using Managed C++ in Whidbey last fall (C++/CLI). Documentation was a bit more sparse back then and I found a few things a little difficult to figure out. I've looked again and I Read More...

Filed under: Managed C++, General Coding

Automating Acrylic
09 June 05 10:30 PM | jkuhne | 4 Comments   

Here's the first of many posts to come out of what I've learned and experienced attempting to automate Acrylic. As mentioned before and elsewhere, Microsoft acquired Creature House a few years ago. With this acquisition came the creative design toolset Read More...

Filed under: Managed C++, All Things Acrylic, General Coding

Acrylic has gone live!
09 June 05 06:29 PM | jkuhne | 2 Comments   

[updated 1/31/06 to use new blog photo gallery] Greetings from within Microsoft! I'm excited to let you know that we've just released the beta for Acrylic, an application for professional graphic designers. Please go take a look, download, and send in Read More...

Filed under: All Things Acrylic