openSSL vs. vcpkg – some strange experiences
Some unexpected experiences caused by the fact the vcpkg C++ package manager is still based on OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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Process Status Analysis – the first steps
I am pleased to announce my first cross-platform and open source project, the Process Status Analysis tool, available on GitHub. The Process Status Analysis (psa)… Read More »Process Status Analysis – the first steps
Finally, I got Windows 10
This is a story of how I got over a blocking situation within some Windows 10 OS installs on my Samsung laptop.
Experiences with Adobe Acrobat/Reader Plug-ins
I wrote this document after a challenging experience I had recently within an Adobe Acrobat/Reader plugin creation. Even if the Adobe’s SDK it’s nicely documented… Read More »Experiences with Adobe Acrobat/Reader Plug-ins
Getting Table’s indexes experiences – workaround
Trying to get table indexes information in SQL Server 2012 I identified a strange situation within a specific method that I was using so long… Read More »Getting Table’s indexes experiences – workaround
HTML files generation using XML and XSLT with Microsoft XML DOM API
This short tutorial shows how easy it’s to generate reports in HTML pages using Microsoft XML DOM API together XML and XSLT. XML (Extensible Markup… Read More »HTML files generation using XML and XSLT with Microsoft XML DOM API
Some experiences with the last world-wide WordPress brute force attack
As you most probably know, this website uses WordPress. Last Saturday, trying to access the site admin area I was faced with an error generated… Read More »Some experiences with the last world-wide WordPress brute force attack
SubclassWindow() method issues in projects base on MFC Feature Pack
The Problem Trying to paint a background image into client area of a MDI application build in VC++ 6.0 to VC++ 2005 IDE it’s not… Read More »SubclassWindow() method issues in projects base on MFC Feature Pack
Several C++ singleton implementations
This article offers some insight into singleton design-pattern. The singleton pattern is a design pattern used to implement the mathematical concept of a singleton, by… Read More »Several C++ singleton implementations
Ubuntu – How to fix update errors for a server behind of a proxy
If you’re behind of a proxy server and the IP address has changed (or proxy it’s a new node in your network topology) then probably… Read More »Ubuntu – How to fix update errors for a server behind of a proxy
Adventures with _chkstk
Called by the compiler when you have more than one page of local variables in your function. _chkstk Routine is a helper routine for the… Read More »Adventures with _chkstk
Flexible changes for product version properties – Visual C++ binaries
Manually editing of binaries version in the resource editor of Visual Studio IDE is not a viable solution. If we have dozens of projects in… Read More »Flexible changes for product version properties – Visual C++ binaries