Developing Windows Applications by Mykola Dudar

Helping Developers Build Applications for Windows using Visual Studio.

Final version of WWSAPI for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 and my plans

In today's post: Check out this post that announces availability of the final version of WWSAPI...

Date: 10/09/2009

New article on connecting native C++ code and WCF web services

Nishant Sivakumar has put together a great article describing how to use WWSAPI to build native code...

Date: 07/31/2009

Quick follow up on the talk during TechReady9

If you had a chance to attend my talk during TechReady9, you may find below the links to the content...

Date: 07/31/2009

Sample of C++ Client to Exchange Web Services

For sometime I thought that I should post a native code sample of a client code to Exchange Web...

Date: 07/24/2009

New videos on how to build web services in C++ on Windows Server 2008 R2

You can now find two more videos on building both client and service in native C/C++ code on Windows...

Date: 07/23/2009

Release Candidate of Windows Web Services API for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008

Updated on 10/01/2009 - This version is not available anymore. Windows Web Services API Release...

Date: 05/20/2009

Follow up from building web services in native C/C++ code session at TechEd 2009

Thanks everyone for attending the session on building web services in C++ code during TechEd 2009! I...

Date: 05/15/2009

How to use tracing with the RC version of Windows Web Services

Tracing in Windows Web Services uses Event Tracing to let you know about what happens inside the WWS...

Date: 05/08/2009

Release Candidate version of Windows Web Services in Windows 7 RC

You have probably already noticed that Windows 7 Release Candidate became available earlier this...

Date: 05/08/2009

All resources for connecting native C/C++ code to web services on one page

For some time I was planning to put together one page with top resources available to developers to...

Date: 04/06/2009

Connecting native C/C++ code and Web Services using WWSAPI

On this page, you can find links to all resources available for connecting C and C++ code and web...

Date: 04/06/2009

Building Web Services on Windows - What to use?

I came across a great post from Dan Driscoll in which he outlines which stacks are available on...

Date: 04/02/2009

Need help with connecting your native C/C++ code and web services using WWSAPI?

If you have started using Web Services API and building either clients to web services or web...

Date: 03/30/2009

Bringing Native C/C+ code up to the Cloud (Windows Azure)

If you have attended MIX 2009, you may already know that with Windows Azure Tools and SDK March 2009...

Date: 03/27/2009

Talks and blogs on building web services in native C/C++ code in Italian

If you speak Italian, there are two great resources to learn more about connecting your native C/C++...

Date: 03/27/2009

Upcoming talks on Windows Web Services API.

If you are interested in learning more about Windows Web Services API and how to use them to connect...

Date: 03/20/2009

Filling out binding template for CreateServiceProxy() call

I have seen several questions about how to fill out a binding template for CreateServiceProxy()....

Date: 03/19/2009

Demo of native code client to WCF services and native code web service using Windows Web Service API

I have uploaded the solution I have been using during MVP summit to demonstrate Windows Web Services...

Date: 03/03/2009

Release of WWSAPI Beta for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008

Updated on 10/01/2009 - This version is not available anymore. Great news! The Beta version of...

Date: 02/20/2009

Creating native code C/C++ client to WCF services that uses wsHttpBinding with WWSAPI

Several developers have asked me this question and I have decided to create one blog post with the...

Date: 02/18/2009

Channel 9 video on Windows Web Services API.

I have just learned that there is a video on WWSAPI at Channel9. Back in October of the last year,...

Date: 02/01/2009

Windows 7 Beta is available with new version of Windows Web Services API!

If you are not aware of this fact, here is the news for you. Windows  7 Beta is available now!...

Date: 01/14/2009

Workaround for a failure to retrieve automatic proxy settings on Windows 7 Pre-Beta

When using Web Services API on Windows 7 Pre-Beta build 6801.0, you may get the following error in:...

Date: 12/11/2008

Are there patterns in technical interviews?

A friend of mine has started an interesting blog dedicated to a theory that there are patterns in...

Date: 12/11/2008

Interoperability between WCF and Windows Web Services API

If you have questions about interoperability between Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and...

Date: 11/18/2008

Forum on Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI)

The forum on WWSAPI has been just become public. Please post your questions here...

Date: 10/30/2008

Building web services in native C/C++ code – PDC 2008 talk slide deck and demos

Hello! Thank you everyone who attended the talk on Windows Web Services API at PDC 2008. For those...

Date: 10/30/2008

Introducing a new API for connecting native code to web services at PDC 2008!

I am so excited that I can finally mention the technology I have been working on in the past year....

Date: 09/30/2008

How to fix "Cannot add event handler because code element marked as read-only" in VS2005 and VS2008

Today VS2008 SP1 pop up an error dialog when I was editing MFC dialog box in VS2008 SP1. The error...

Date: 09/08/2008

Books on Project Management

I have been asked to suggest books on Project Management. As I pulled together the list, I thought...

Date: 09/02/2008

Troubleshooting "'An endpoint configuration section for contract could not be loaded because more than one endpoint configuration for that contract was found" error

While I was playing with Microsoft AdCenter API, I have encountered this error: Error 'An endpoint...

Date: 08/27/2008

Updated version of "How to Check the Status of an Ad Group in C# (V5.1)" example for Microsoft AdCenter API

I have been playing with Microsoft AdCenter API today. The samples do not exactly build in Visual...

Date: 08/27/2008

PDC 2008 registration is live now!

In case you have missed the announcement, PDC2008 registration is now open. You can advantage of the...

Date: 05/28/2008

WCF in VS2008 – Hosting is required for Ctrl+F5

Here is another interesting feature of VS2008 about which I could not find any documentation about...

Date: 02/18/2008

WCF in VS2008 – Basic Service and Client over HTTP channel

Looking through documentation for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) on MSDN, I am surprised to...

Date: 02/15/2008

Geographic location of my blog's visitors

I have started using MyWorldMaps control to track geographic location of my blog's visitors. Once it...

Date: 01/10/2008

What Program Manager in Microsoft does and what I do as PM in Microsoft

Recently several external people have asked me what Program Manager in Microsoft do and what I do....

Date: 12/20/2007

Moving from Visual C++ to Windows Core Networking

I would like to let readers of my blog know that today is my last day with Visual C++ team. Starting...

Date: 08/03/2007

What’s new in Visual C++ 2008 Express for Beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2008

Great news everyone! VS2008 Beta 2 has been just released and you may download it and installed it...

Date: 07/26/2007

Using C# in C++ project with Visual Studio 2005

Today when I have been cleaning folders on my hard drive, I have found yet another demo project. I...

Date: 07/24/2007

VS2005 SP1 does update VC++ redistributable MSMs in common filesmerge modules

I thought I should write a short post on this issue. It had been discussed before on forums and in...

Date: 06/06/2007

ATL Server source code on CodePlex is restored

Sometime last week source control and issue tracker data has been corrupted on one of CodePlex...

Date: 04/26/2007

VS2005 SP1 version of Visual C++ Redistributable Package is available for download.

Actually it has been available for download for several days now, but I was looking on Orcas...

Date: 04/23/2007

Workaround for using VS2005 SP1 version of VCRedist.EXE within a boostrapper (setup.exe)

A reader of the previous post on my blog has posted two questions about using SP1 version of...

Date: 04/02/2007

A solution to two references to different versions of CRT, MFC, ATL in one application manifest file

I have received several questions about a case when developers find two or more references to...

Date: 03/29/2007

STL/CLR talk and demo from MVP Summit and SDWest 2007

Last week I have attended SD West 2007 conference. It has been a well organized conference with many...

Date: 03/29/2007

ATL Server project is making great progress!

So far source code for the library has been downloaded more 70 times and number is growing with...

Date: 03/07/2007

ATL Server has been released as shared source project to CodePlex.com!

ATL Server is now available as a shared source project from CodePlex.com. This is the first release...

Date: 03/02/2007

ATL Server project is on track to release later this month.

March CTP of Visual Studio Orcas is also the first release of Visual C++ in Orcas without ATL Server...

Date: 03/01/2007

STL/CLR in Visual Studio codename Orcas March CTP

If you have not noticed yet, March CTP of Visual Studio Orcas has been released. It is available as...

Date: 03/01/2007

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