Silviu-Marius Ardelean offers some insight into _chkstk and stack corruption.
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Visual C++.NET supports the automatic detection of stack-based buffer overruns through the use of the /GS compiler switch. Learn why stack-based buffer overruns are so serious, and how /GS and other Visual C++ settings can combat them.
Add Crash Reporting to Your Applications
Published 03/21/2003
How to generate a crash report for your application that can be debugged by using WinDbg or VS.NET. (The article and source code were updated.)
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Disabling Titlebar Buttons with VB.NET
Published 06/14/2013
Hannes du Preez shows you how to disable titlebar buttons and menus in your programs temporarily.
WebSockets Meets Security
Published 06/17/2013
WebSockets are intended to build bi-directional connections between a web browser and a server. This must be done in a safe way. In addition, the WebSockets have a huge disadvantage (to say it politely). Read on to learn more.
