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July 2004 - Posts

Friday, July 30, 2004 7:01 AM

What is the DS_CONTROL style for?

It lets you put a dialog box inside a dialog box.
Posted by oldnewthing | 16 Comments
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Thursday, July 29, 2004 7:00 AM

When should you use a sunken client area?

It indicates that the window is a container.
Posted by oldnewthing | 23 Comments
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Wednesday, July 28, 2004 7:00 AM

The evolution of mascara in Windows UI

Borders and 3D come and go like fashions.
Posted by oldnewthing | 86 Comments
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Tuesday, July 27, 2004 7:00 AM

Disabling the program crash dialog

Of course you also lose out on Windows Error Reporting.
Posted by oldnewthing | 48 Comments
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Tuesday, July 27, 2004 7:00 AM

Norway, drunk on success, becomes a country of layabouts

Norwegian work ethic suffering.
Posted by oldnewthing | 11 Comments
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Monday, July 26, 2004 7:00 AM

A twenty-foot-long computer

Pushing the specification to extremes.
Posted by oldnewthing | 20 Comments
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Monday, July 26, 2004 7:00 AM

Slightly closer to a proper football (i.e., soccer) match

Chelsea vs. Celtic as part of a North American tour
Posted by oldnewthing | 25 Comments
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Friday, July 23, 2004 7:00 AM

Why do some process stay in Task Manager after they've been killed?

The system has already killed them, but something is not cleaning up.
Posted by oldnewthing | 34 Comments
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Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:00 AM

Why can't you trap TerminateProcess?

It's back to the arms race.
Posted by oldnewthing | 25 Comments
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:00 AM

Why was nine the maximum number of monitors in Windows 98?

It's actually quite simple.
Posted by oldnewthing | 44 Comments
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:00 AM

Querying information from an Explorer window

Often programming is just assembling the building blocks you already have.
Posted by oldnewthing | 37 Comments
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Monday, July 19, 2004 7:00 AM

Wrapper templates to make writing callback functions slightly easier

Thereby ensuring that you match the calling convention.
Posted by oldnewthing | 18 Comments
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Friday, July 16, 2004 6:58 AM

How to display a string without those ugly boxes

Use the font-linking functions to change fonts as necessary.
Posted by oldnewthing | 17 Comments
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Thursday, July 15, 2004 7:00 AM

Don't forget to #define UNICODE if you want Unicode

The default is ANSI.
Posted by oldnewthing | 9 Comments
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Thursday, July 15, 2004 7:00 AM

Why "Under Construction" should be made illegal on the web

When a web site says "Under construction", they're probably lying.
Posted by oldnewthing | 29 Comments
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Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:00 AM

How do you detect "Large Fonts"?

It's the system DPI setting.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:21 AM

There are two things you can do if you have a mad crush on a boy

Eric Lippert finds out what they are.
Posted by oldnewthing | 3 Comments
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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:00 AM

Watch out for those sample URLs

You had better own the URL you're using as a sample.
Posted by oldnewthing | 29 Comments
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Monday, July 12, 2004 7:00 AM

Positioned vs. non-positioned listview views

Bearing in mind the ways different views arrange their items.
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Monday, July 12, 2004 7:00 AM

Welcoming a new era in Swiss army knives

When you let go of the knife requirement, things get a lot easier.
Posted by oldnewthing | 18 Comments
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Friday, July 09, 2004 7:00 AM

How does Add/Remove Programs get the size and other information?

It basically guesses.
Posted by oldnewthing | 117 Comments
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Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:00 AM

Why does icon text get a solid background if drop shadows are disabled?

Because the alternative would be unreadable text.
Posted by oldnewthing | 49 Comments
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Thursday, July 08, 2004 7:00 AM

Lighting organic material and sucking it into your lungs

Altria, a kinder, friendlier tobacco company.
Posted by oldnewthing | 29 Comments
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Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:01 AM

Obtaining a window's size and position while it is minimized

GetWindowPlacement.
Posted by oldnewthing | 14 Comments
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Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:01 AM

Differences between managers and programmers, part 2

Check out their presentation.
Posted by oldnewthing | 29 Comments
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Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:01 AM

Diagnosing a problem with calling conventions

Putting together some skills you've already learned.
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Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:01 AM

Differences between managers and programmers

Check out their gear.
Posted by oldnewthing | 50 Comments
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Monday, July 05, 2004 7:01 AM

Another chance to see Elvis take on a mummy

Bubba Ho-Tep returns to Seattle for one night only.
Posted by oldnewthing | 10 Comments
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Monday, July 05, 2004 7:00 AM

What's the difference between SHGetMalloc, SHAlloc, CoGetMalloc, and CoTaskMemAlloc

There isn't any difference any more.
Posted by oldnewthing | 16 Comments
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Friday, July 02, 2004 7:00 AM

Don't name your DLL "Security.dll"

It'll conflict with DLL in your System32 directory.
Posted by oldnewthing | 32 Comments
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Friday, July 02, 2004 6:58 AM

Being in upper management must damage certain portions of your brain

"Brief" messages not so brief.
Posted by oldnewthing | 18 Comments
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Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:01 AM

Why can't I use the same tree item multiple times?

It's the continuing balance between ease-of-use and generality.
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Thursday, July 01, 2004 7:01 AM

What's this fascination with Germanic languages?

I was already in for several pennies.
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