Learn how to enumerate event log entries, read specific event entries, manually filter events based on their desired property values, write new event entries, and clear an event log.
Articles Written by Tom Archer - MSFT
Managed C++: Working with Windows Event Logs
Learn how to enumerate local and remote event logs, instantiate an EventLog object for a specific event log, create a custom event log specific to your application, and delete an event log.
Managed C++: Read and Write Registry Keys and Values
Tom Archer illustrates how programmatically modifying Windows Registry keys and values from Managed C++ is much easier and more intuitive than ever before.
Windows Forms: Creating an SDI ListView and Control Panel UI
Tom Archer illustrates how easy Visual Studio .NET and Windows Forms make creating interfaces that once required manual coding.
Managed C++: Rubber-Banding and Cropping Images
Learn how .NET enables you to easily allow your users to create a cropping area of an image with the mouse and then create a new image consisting of only that cropped area.
Managed C++: Loading and Displaying Images
For years, one of the biggest complaints about MFC was its lack of imaging support. Tom Archer shows how Managed C++, the .NET Image class, and the PictureBox control make loading, displaying, and dynamically sizing an image a snap.
