The use of constructor/destructor pairs for resource management is the most important feature that distinguishes C++ from its predecessor. It's fair to say the use of ...

In this article, I'll discuss how to use the Windows Runtime media API to play both music and video files within a Windows Store app. To demonstrate the media APIs I'll create a sample application ...

I am trying to find out what Windows API calls a program is using. How can I do that? The program is deskpins.exe , it's a little program that makes windows stay on top. I am trying to find out ...

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I've tried with no luck to find docs on the API for Windows Media Player, and was wondering if anyone happened to have a link to some docs on it.<BR><BR>By WMP API, I mean the message calls I can make ...