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Progress updates on WindowsForum.com cover technical troubleshooting and project management. One thread details a fix for modeless dialog boxes stalling the message loop, resolved by adjusting PeekMessage() calls. Another shares notes from the Node.js VM Summit hosted at Microsoft, focusing on ABI compatibility for native modules. A third discusses using Office 365 Groups and Planner together to organize teamwork, get progress updates, share files, and manage tasks visually. These posts reflect community efforts to solve coding issues and improve workflow efficiency.
  1. Alex Sokolek

    A strange problem with modeless dialog boxes

    I have solved the problem! When the AI Bot told me that I was stalling the message loop, I looked deeper. In the original code I was calling PeekMessage() with PM_REMOVE, filtering for WM_KEYDOWN, and then checking for VK_ESCAPE. This consumed the WM_KEYDOWN message but not any other messages...
    • Alex Sokolek
    • Thread
    • build release debugging dialog box error handling file operations file system hashing memory issues memory management message loop modeless progress updates software optimization timer user interface visual studio vk_escape windows api wm_keydown
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Software