How to Step Through an Executable Program’s Startup Code in Visual Studio
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. — C. S. Lewis This post shows you how to step through the startup and initialization code of a Windows program using Visual Studio. Introduction...
View ArticleHow to Add a Debugging Console to a Windows GUI Application
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it — Democritus This post shows you how to add a debugging console to a Windows GUI application and configure it to receive...
View ArticleHow a Windows Program Splits Its Command Line Into Individual Arguments
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends and where the other begins? — Edgar Allan Poe This post looks at the details of how a...
View ArticleA Better Way To Understand Quoting and Escaping of Windows Command Line...
I’d like to have an argument, please — Michael Palin This post presents a better way to understand the quoting and escaping of Windows command line arguments. A Problem Scenario In order for you to...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Command Lines for Windows Programs
He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command — Niccolo Machiavelli This post covers everything you need to know about how to create and interpret command lines for Windows programs. I’ll go...
View ArticleHumble Beginnings
Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities — William Throsby Bridges I promise to get to some practical stuff soon, but since the blog is...
View ArticleWelcome to Windows Inspired
People will always be tempted to wipe their feet on anything with ‘welcome’ written on it. — Andy Partridge This first post is all about overcoming inertia. How hard it was to get started! Creating a...
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