MSBuild is the build platform that Microsoft is using across all developer and related tools moving forward. Visual C++ is the last major compiler offering from Microsoft to move onto the MSBuild platform, with the Visual C++ 2010 release using MSBuild as its native project format. Explore the MSBuild basics from a C++ perspective, and see how it can improve your build process.
The Visual C++ compiler has a number of switches that control the generation of native and managed instructions within an executable image. Choosing the correct setting is an important consideration for application performance, deployment, and execution, as well as having implications about which development toolkits can be used.
Take a quick look at the upcoming release of the new Visual C++ release slated for release in late 2008—Visual C++ Orcas. The Orcas release builds on the heritage of C++, offering great new features for achieving deep integrating with Windows Vista and better support for interoperating with managed code.
Learn how to convert an ordinary unmanaged class to a COM component, and then use that COM component from both unmanaged and managed code.
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.
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...
It might be strange to find an entire article dedicated to the Clipboard object but the sad fact is people still do not know what the Clipboard object is, how to differentiate between copied information, and how to use it. Hannes du Preez demonstrates its proper use, to eliminate any remaining confusion.
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.
