WinAPI

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by SimbirSoft

C++: love and intrigue

Using the Windows Photo Import API - Windows.Media.Import

by Axel Rietschin

Import photos & videos directly from smart phones and digital cameras using the Windows Photo Import API, for Windows Universal Apps and Classic Win32 applications on Windows 10 and beyond.

Check It Out 2.0, One Step Win32 SDK C Checked Combo and List Boxes

by David MacDermot

This article describes adding checkboxes to the standard combobox and listbox control.

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

by Alexander Eremeev

The Windows kernel-hacking library and development framework written on C++17

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Check It Out 2.0, One Step Win32 SDK C Checked Combo and List Boxes

by David MacDermot

This article describes adding checkboxes to the standard combobox and listbox control.

Understanding Windows Message Queues for the C# Developer

by honey the codewitch

Diving into some of the core plumbing behind the Windows operating system

High Resolution Timing

by Rick York

A simple, header-only class for high resolution timing

WinLamb: using C++11 Lambdas to Handle Win32 Messages

by Rodrigo Cesar de Freitas Dias

Introducing WinLamb, a modern C++11 object-oriented library to write native Windows programs

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WinAPI

Dark Corners and Pitfalls of C++

15 Aug 2019 by SimbirSoft

C++: love and intrigue

Using the Windows Photo Import API - Windows.Media.Import

4 Jun 2017 by Axel Rietschin

Import photos & videos directly from smart phones and digital cameras using the Windows Photo Import API, for Windows Universal Apps and Classic Win32 applications on Windows 10 and beyond.

Check It Out 2.0, One Step Win32 SDK C Checked Combo and List Boxes

23 Dec 2021 by David MacDermot

This article describes adding checkboxes to the standard combobox and listbox control.

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

1 Nov 2018 by Alexander Eremeev

The Windows kernel-hacking library and development framework written on C++17

Comparison of User Mode and Kernel Mode Applications for Modifying HTTP Traffic

7 Nov 2018 by Apriorit Inc, gamapat

Take a look at how to intercept HTTP traffic in order to inject custom code into Windows HTML markup

Global Hotkeys within Desktop Applications

29 Dec 2018 by Kfir Eichenblat

Learn how to create Global Hotkeys properly in a C# desktop application (e.g. Windows Forms or WPF)

To Heap or not to Heap; That’s the Large Object Question?

11 Jul 2017 by Doug Duerner, Yeon-Chang Wang

In this article we explored a theory; would it be better to not utilize a heap construct when dealing with very large objects in .NET, in order to avoid Large Object Heap (LOH) fragmentation?

C++ WinAPI Wrapper Object using thunks (x32 and x64)

6 Dec 2016 by Jon Campbell

Using "thunk" technique to add this pointer as fifth parameter to WndProc call for x32 and x64

Capturing Live-video from Web-camera on Windows 7 and Windows 8

24 May 2015 by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple lib for capturing live-video from web-camera by using Media Foundation

WinLamb: using C++11 Lambdas to Handle Win32 Messages

22 Sep 2019 by Rodrigo Cesar de Freitas Dias

Introducing WinLamb, a modern C++11 object-oriented library to write native Windows programs

Understanding Windows Message Queues for the C# Developer

22 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

Diving into some of the core plumbing behind the Windows operating system