Add timestamp to Vagrant log.
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Development under Windows.
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Windows images.
===============
http://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads
Test versions of IE using Virtual Machines that you download and
manage in your own development environment.
Offline MSDN
============
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34794
VS2012Documentation.iso & VS2013Documentation.iso
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20955
MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 SP1.
Dependency Walker.
==================
Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows
module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of
all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that
are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being
called by other modules. Another view displays the minimum set of required
files, along with detailed information about each file including a full path
to the file, base address, version numbers, machine type, debug information,
and more.
See:
* http://www.dependencywalker.com/
Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools.
================================
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927229
Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools for administrative tasks
Sysinternals.
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TODO
Application verifier.
=====================
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?familyid=c4a25ab9-649d-4a1b-b4a7-c9d8b095df18
download page
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms220948.aspx
Application Verifier
Debugging with windbg.
======================
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
Download and Install Debugging Tools for Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx
Debugging Tools for Windows 32-bit Version
download page
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/install64bit.mspx
Debugging Tools for Windows 64-bit Version
download page
Break on dll load/unload.
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::
sxe ld <module>
sxe ud <module>
Set breakpoint by pattern and/or on specific module.
----------------------------------------------------
::
bm <module>!<name> # set breakpoints on 'module' with name 'name'
bm *!<prefix>* # set breakpoints on all names with prefix 'prefix'
bm <module>!* # set breakpoints on all names in module 'module'
``bp``, ``bm`` commands sets software breakpoints, debugger replaces the processor
instruction with a break instruction.
Clear breakpoints.
------------------
::
bc *
How to set WinDbg as a Default Windows Postmortem Debugger.
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::
cmd> WinDbg -I
How analyse crash.
------------------
When program crash and use enter in WinDbg execute::
!analyze -v
Adding symbols from Symbol Server.
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Execute in WinDbg::
.sympath SRV*D:\srv\symcache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
or Ctrl+S and add::
SRV*D:\srv\symcache*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311503
Use the Microsoft Symbol Server to obtain debug symbol files
Using the SymChk.exe utility to download symbols.
-------------------------------------------------
::
symchk /r c:\windows\system32 /s SRV*c:\symbols\*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Debugging child process.
------------------------
::
.childdbg 1
Running at startup.
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``HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run``
Launches a program automatically when a particular user logs
in. This key is used when you always want to launch a program
when a particular user is using a system.
``HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce``
Launches a program the next time the user logs in and removes
its value entry from the registry. This key is typically used
by installation programs.
``HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run``
Launches a program automatically at system startup. This key
is used when you always want to launch a program on a
particular system.
``HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce``
Launches a program the next time the system starts and removes
its value entry from the registry. This key is typically used
by installation programs.
``HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices``
Launches a service (a standard NT service or a background
process) automatically at startup. An example of a service is
a Web server such as Microsoft Internet Information Server.
``HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce``
Launches a service (a standard NT service or a background
process) the next time the system is started, then removes its
value entry from the registry.
Values to registry on Windows XP can be added by::
cmd> reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v run.bat /t REG_SZ /d "path\to\run.bat"
cmd> reg query HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run <-- see what done
Cabinet file (.cab).
====================
Extract content from .cab file::
cmd# expand my.cab
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/198038
INFO: Useful Tools for Package and Deployment Issues
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367841%28VS.85%29.aspx
The Makecab.exe utility is included in the Windows SDK
Components for Windows Installer Developers.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070403215326/http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/cab/2.0/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/cabsdk.exe
download link from web archive
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370834%28v=VS.85%29.aspx
The components of the Windows Installer Software Development
Kit are included in the Microsoft Windows Software Development
Kit (SDK).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417343.aspx
Microsoft Cabinet Format
Internet Explorer.
==================
Debugging IE.
-------------
Install IE 8.0 and press 'F12' key.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dd565626.aspx
Developer Tools User Interface Reference
Microsoft technologies.
=======================
COM.
----
The family of COM technologies includes COM+, Distributed COM (DCOM) and
ActiveX® Controls.
http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx
home page
OLE.
----
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) allows embedding and linking to documents and
other objects.
OLE 1.0 released in 1990, OLE 2.0 released in 1993, in 1994 OLE custom controls
(OCXs) were introduced.
OLE objects and containers are implemented on top of the Component Object Model.
Next release after 2.0 introdused in 1996 and named as ActiveX.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_Linking_and_Embedding
ActiveX.
--------
Faced with the complexity of OLE 2.0 and with poor support for COM in MFC,
Microsoft rationalized the specifications to make them simpler, and rebranded
the technology as ActiveX in 1996.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa751968.aspx
ActiveX Controls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActiveX
Wikipedia article.
ATL.
----
The Active Template Library (ATL) is a set of template-based C++ classes
developed by Microsoft, intended to simplify the programming of Component Object
Model (COM) objects.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Template_Library
MFC.
----
MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) is a library that wraps portions of the
Windows API in C++ classes, including functionality that enables them to use a
default application framework. Classes are defined for many of the
handle-managed Windows objects and also for predefined windows and common
controls.
A lightweight alternative to MFC is the Windows Template Library (WTL).
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Foundation_Class_Library
* http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Foundation_Classes
Can I link to MFC statically.
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Yes, see:
* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f22wcbea%28VS.80%29.aspx
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=32bc1bee-a3f9-4c13-9c99-220b62a191ee&displayLang=en
This package installs runtime components of C Runtime (CRT),
Standard C++, ATL, MFC, OpenMP and MSDIA libraries.
WTL.
====
WTL (Windows Template Library) is a free software, object-oriented C++ template
library for Win32 development.
WTL provides support for implementing various user interface elements, to MDI,
standard and common controls, common dialogs, property sheets and pages, GDI
objects, and other common UI elements, such as scrollable windows, splitter
windows, toolbars and command bars.
Most of the WTL API is a mirror of the standard Win32 calls.
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/wtl
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Template_Library
Windows style variable names.
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::
Prefix | Data type
---------+-----------------------------------------
b | boolean
by | byte or unsigned char
c | char
cx / cy | short used as size
dw | DWORD, double word or unsigned long
fn | function
h | handle
i | int (integer)
l | Long
n | short int
p | a pointer variable containing the address of a variable
s | string
sz | ASCIIZ null-terminated string
w | WORD unsigned int
x, y | short used as coordinates
::
PrefixCategory | Mean
----------------+----------------
CS | Class style
CW | Create window
DT | Draw text
IDC | Cursor ID
IDI | Icon ID
WM | Window message
WS | Window style
::
Data type | Meaning
----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
FAR | Same as far. Identifies an address that originally used the
| segment:offset addressing schema. Now FAR simply identifies a
| (default) 32-bit address but may be omitted entirely in many cases.
|
PASCAL | Same as Pascal. The Pascal convention demanded by Windows
| defines the order in which arguments are found in the stack when
| passed as calling parameters.
|
WORD | Unsigned integer (16 bits)
|
UINT | Unsigned integer, same as WORD
|
DWORD | Double word, unsigned long int (32 bits)
|
LONG | Signed long integer (32 bits)
|
LPSTR | Long (far) pointer to character string
|
NEAR | Obsolete, previously identified an address value within a 16KB
| memory block.
See:
http://www.tenouk.com/cnotation.html
C/C++ NOTATION STORY