// Oprogramowanie Roman Ryltsov
SetFileTime is simple and does not deserve a blog post: you have a file handle, you have date/time, you set it. C++/WinRT and UWP make the journey much more exciting. There is StorageItemContentProperties Class which provides access to the content-related properties of an item (like a file or folder). This includes file times which are…
From the documentation on StorageFolder.TryGetItemAsync(String) Method: Tries to get the file or folder with the specified name from the current folder. Returns null instead of raising a FileNotFoundException if the specified file or folder is not found. Exception thrown at 0x00007FFB06BDA799 (KernelBase.dll) in DownloadIssue.exe: WinRT originate error – 0x80070002 : ‘An item cannot be found with the specified name…
One more system check tool to quickly enumerate available monitors (using DXGI), take snapshots and was them in PNG files (using WIC). Apart from straightforward desktop snapshot taking, the tool offers a few more functions: Goes through the entire list of available video adapters and connected monitors Uses three slightly different methods to do the…
GetFileVersionInfoSizeW function in Requirements section lists: Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only] Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only] Target Platform Windows Header winver.h (include Windows.h) Library Version.lib DLL Api-ms-win-core-version-l1-1-0.dll and this is inaccurate. The actual requirement DLL is api-ms-win-core-version-l1-1-1.dll instead. However, what does it mean exactly? Windows API sets: API Sets rely…
Yesterday’s bug is not the only “news”. Some time ago I already saw weird broken behavior of rebuild of DirectShowSpy.dll with current version of Visual Studio and MSVC. Now the problem is getting more clear. Here is some interface: Compiled into type library it looks okay. Windows SDK 10.0.18362 COM/OLE Object Viewer shows the correct…
Ancient piece of code started giving troubles: When MSVC_FIX_VOLATILE is nothing, it appears that optimizing compiler forgets pT and uses just some variation of adjusted this, which makes sense overall because static cast between the two can be resolved at compile time. However, the problem is that the value of this is wrong and there…
I might have mentioned that Intel Media SDK has a ridiculously eclectic design and is a software package for the brave. Something to stay well clear of for as long as you possibly can. To be on par on the customer support side Intel did something that caused blocking of Intel Developer Zone account. Over…