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Changes to injection behaviour
We’ve just changed how we launch executables and attach to them at launch time. We’ve also changed how we inject into running executables. This blog […]
64 bit C++ software tool Beta Tests are complete.
We recently closed the beta tests for the 64 bit versions of C++ Coverage Validator, C++ Memory Validator, C++ Performance Validator and C++ Thread Validator. […]
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 […]
“cannot open type library file” error on x64 systems
I’ve just tried building a Visual Studio 2010 helper DLL on Windows 7 x64. The build failed with “cannot open type library file vsmso.olb : […]
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 […]
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 […]