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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Creating a Themed Word Search Game with VB 2010
Published 12/11/2012
Hannes du Preez explains how to create a word search game with Visual Basic.NET.
Learn About Asynchronous HTTP Modules and HTTP Handlers in Asp.Net 4.5
Published 11/07/2012
One of the good things about Asp.Net 4.5 is that you can introduce asynchronous processing in web applications that you develop with little effort. This article takes you through the asynchronous HTTP Modules and Handlers in Asp.Net 4.5.
