Porting to Win64
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64 bit tools leaving beta this month
For those of you keeping a keen eye on the version numbers of the various C++ 64 bit betas we have will have noticed that […]
x64 Porting gotcha #3. Serializing collections
When Microsoft ported MFC to 64 bits they also changed the return type for the GetSize() and GetCount() methods in the collection classes. They changed […]
64 bit porting gotcha #2! x64 Register preservation
In a previous article on x64 development I mentioned the problem of aligning the callstack on 16 byte boundaries and what happens if you do […]
Removing annoying ‘ceil’ : attributes not present on previous declaration warning C4985
A bug in Visual Studio 2008 when compiling for 64 bit code results in a rather odd warning message. The message is typically shown for […]
Thread Validator x64 enters BETA
Thread Validator x64 is now available for beta testing. Thread Validator x64 is the 64 bit version of our successful 32 bit Thread Validator software […]
64 bit porting gotcha #1! x64 Datatype misalignment.
Datatype misalignment, there is a topic so interesting you’d probably prefer to watch paint dry. But! There are serious consequences for getting it wrong. So […]
First steps to 64 bit
Today Thread Validator 64 bit took it’s first steps on its 64 bit training wheels. Interesting problems including DLL Hooking DLL Import structure walking Injecting […]
How to do cpuid and rdtsc on 32 bit and 64 bit Windows
With the introduction of WIN64, the C++ compiler has many improvements and certain restrictions. One of those restrictions is no inline assembly code. For those […]