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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.
Accessing .NET Serial Ports from C#
Published 10/08/2014
Dust off your serial port and find new uses for a nearly-forgotten data link.
Printing from Your VB 2013 App in Windows 8.1
Published 10/13/2014
Learn how to print with VB from inside your Windows 8.1 apps.
Working with State Machines in the .NET Framework
Published 06/18/2014
Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.
