Monthly Archives: February 2009
Indexing PDFs for Windows Search on Vista x64
Ever wondered why your x64 Vista sucks at indexing PDF files, even when you installed the Adobe Reader? The reason is simple: The reader has only a 32bit filter for the Windows Search, which does not work on Vista x64, … Continue reading
Boost 1.38 released
And here we go, Boost 1.38 has been released. Check out the release notes and my personal take on it.
Boost 1.38 incoming
Pretty soon, Boost 1.38 is going to be released. One very annoying problem has been fixed: Boost.DateTime no longer includes <windows.h> by default: On Windows platform made inclusion of windows.h optional. The header is only used when the BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H macro … Continue reading
Debug war story
Time for a war story: I’ve been just debugging a rather interesting bug. The application is written in C++. Symptoms: Starting the release build by double clicking fails Starting the release build from the command line works Appending a debugger … Continue reading