The mystery of the posted message that was dispatched before reaching the main message loop Perhaps it's because you dispatched it. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 9 hours 9h Share
Aha, I found a counterexample to the documentation that says that QueryPerformanceCounter never fails Of course, anything can happen if you break the rules. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 1 day 1d Share
Just for fun: A survey of write protect notches on floppy disks and other media Just some useless trivia. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 2 days 2d Share
What sort of horrible things happen if my dialog has a non-button with the control ID of IDCANCEL? You get notifications that might not make sense. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 3 days 3d Share
Intercepting messages inside IsDialogMessage, fine-tuning the message filter Making sure it triggers when you need it, and not when you don't. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 6 days 6d Share
Intercepting messages inside IsDialogMessage, installing the message filter Using an IsDialogMessage extension point. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 7 days 7d Share
Intercepting messages before IsDialogMessage can process them Process the message before you let IsDialogMessage see it. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 8 days 8d Share
Customizing the ways the dialog manager dismisses itself: Isolating the Close pathway Intercepting the flow in your message loop. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 9 days 9d Share
Customizing the ways the dialog manager dismisses itself: Detecting the ESC key, second (failed) attempt Sniffing the synchronous keyboard state is still not precise enough. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 10 days 10d Share
The 2026/2027 Seattle Symphony subscription season at a glance The pocket reference guide for 2026/2027. devblogs.microsoft.com devblogs.microsoft.com / feeds devblogs-microsoft-com-oldnewthing / / #creative / / 13 days 13d Share