Take a closer look at the 2 Gb limit that we are plagued with in different languages, and how to get around them.
Getting Past the 2 Gb File Limit
Published 01/22/2007
Latest File Information Articles
A C++ Wrapper and Extension of Windows FileSystemObject Objects
Published 02/28/2006
Learn about a C++ implementation of Windows FileSystemObject objects. It wraps and extends standard FileSystemObject interfaces (methods/properties).
Enumerate WFP Files
Published 02/02/2005
Windows systems launched after Windows2000 include a WFP feature (Windows File Protection). This article glimpses over it and shows how to enumerate the list of all protected files.
Extension Reports in VC++
Published 06/17/2002
Obtain a report on how much space in the files in a specified folder or drive is being used.
Accessing a File's Version Resource Information
Published 04/16/2002
Finding version information on a file (such as an EXE or DLL).
FileObjectInfo - Digging into the Windows NT Internals
Published 02/15/2001
Tool (NT native API source code!!) that lets you take a look at Windows NT's file objects
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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...
Back to the Basics - Working with Strings in VB.NET
Published 01/24/2014
The key to working with strings is to know what functions are available. Hannes du Preez shows you 25 of the most common string functions and manipulation techniques .
How to Push Data from Server to Client Using SignalR
Published 01/16/2014
SignalR is an Asp.Net library that pushes data to a wide variety of clients. The burden of worrying about which server push transport to use and deciding on the fallbacks has been removed from developers. Read on to learn more.
