Today stumbled at strange behavior of Windows API function PlaySound in combination with SND_FILENAME flag. There are two scenarios: No sound is played, and PlaySound returns success (TRUE) in combination with SND_ASYNC; No sound is played, and PlaySound returns failure (FALSE) when using the same wav file, but without asynchronous flag. The cause is, that …
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Error while receiving Verisign Authenticode certificate
Today when I was downloading/receiving Verisign Authenticode certificate I got the following error window: ————————— VBScript ————————— Error: 1AD occured, your certificate may not be co`rrectly installed ————————— OK ————————— Then I was redirected to the page with the following text: Your Certificate Could Not Be Installed Your certificate could not be installed in your …
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Call to OpenFileDialog or SaveFileDialog hangs or freezes
Today I was debugging a very strange issue when call to OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog hanged, froze, never returned… At first I thought the problem is, that call is made from SysTray (Notification area) hidden window. However, digging deeper things got more bizarre. I found a thread in MS forum, where was a workaround – add …
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