The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) specification executes code inside the bounds of a well-defined type system, called the Common Type System (CTS).
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This article introduces you to the Common Type System (CTS) in .NET and its purpose.
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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.
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