Windows Technical Topics

Articles on Windows engineering and bug investigation, grouped by theme. For website development and SEO, see Web Development & SEO Topics.

Main themes

COM / ActiveX / OCX and legacy migration

• What COM, ActiveX, and OCX Actually Are
• Keep, Wrap, or Replace ActiveX / OCX?
• ActiveX / Migration Topic

.NET / Generic Host / app architecture

• What .NET Generic Host Actually Solves
• Why Generic Host / BackgroundService Helps Desktop Apps
• Generic Host / App Architecture Topic

WPF / WinForms / UI thread and timers

• WPF / WinForms async/await and the UI Thread in One Sheet
• How to Choose Between PeriodicTimer, System.Threading.Timer, and DispatcherTimer
• UI Thread / Timer Topic

Native interop / 32-bit / 64-bit / C++/CLI

• Why a C++/CLI Wrapper Is Often the Best Way to Use a Native DLL from C#
• How to Build a Native DLL from C# with Native AOT
• 32-bit / 64-bit Topic

Bug investigation / long-run failures / communication stalls

• When Industrial Camera TCP Traffic Stops for Several Seconds
• When an Industrial Camera Control App Crashes After a Month of Uptime, Part 1
• Bug Investigation / Long-Run Topic

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