CMapi v1.21

Just to let everyone know that v1.21 of CMapi has been released. Updates for this version include:

• Updated copyright details.
• Code now compiles cleanly using Code Analysis (/analyze)
• Updated code to compile correctly using _ATL_CSTRING_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS define
• Updated sample app to clean compile on VC 2008
• The code has now been updated to support VC 2005 or later only.
• Removed VC 6 style AppWizard comments from the code.
• Renamed CMapiMessage::AddMultipleAttachements to CMapiMessage::ParseMultipleRecipients and reworked its parameters to be in line with the author’s SMTP class.
• Reworked the way the code handles allocations for the ASCII strings required by simple MAPI. Now these are allocated in the message itself rather than using raw heap allocations via the old H_T2A macro
• AddMultipleRecipients has been renamed to ParseMultipleRecipients in line with the author’s SMTP class
• The CMapiRecipient constructor which takes one string parameter now supports breaking the address into email address and friendly name parts
• AddMultipleAttachments now returns the number of attachments added

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Possible New Projects

Just thought I would publish the list of projects which are currently on my TO DO list.

• Ongoing upgrade of all my code to support VC 2005 and later. I have about 40 of my projects which are still pending a review and upgrade to VC 2005/8. By doing this I will be able to take advantage of various enhancements such as better Unicode support, easier x64 support etc etc
• CNTService enhancements: Update it to support new service features which have appeared on Vista / Windows 2008. Some of these new features are discussed by Kenny Kerr in the MSDN magazine at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc164252.aspx
• CPL++: Upgrade this framework which supports developing control panel applets to support Vista specific features. On Vista you can develop control panel applets as executables as opposed to DLLs. In addition there has been some breaking changes to how DLL implementations work.
• DTime+: Currently this class framework depends on MFC. I plan to extend it to support inclusion in non MFC projects/environments. Two additional calendars which I intend to add support for are Coptic and Ethiopic calendars.
• CShellLink & CURLShellLink: Rework the classes to support a more natural object model. In addition I intend to include support for IShellLinkDataList which is how shortcuts include support for features such as "Run as Administrator" and console options
• Extend my CExceptionLogger framework to include support for handling errors from the VC 2005/8 Safe C Runtime
• Develop a SSL socket class which uses the MS SSPI Schannel API’s instead of OpenSSL which is what my current CSSLSocket class encapsulates.
• Develop a native mode timezone/daylight savings class framework. Ideas include basing it on the Olsen TZ database and/or the Windows registry. In addition my intention is to provide similar functionality to the PublicDomain or .NET v3.5 TimeZoneInfo classes. I would really appreciate readers feedback/opinions on the usefulness of this proposed code and the best way to progress this.
• Research the Performance Library v2 framework introduced in Windows Vista / 2008 and possibly develop a class framework to allow its integration into projects such as those currently using the classes provided by ATL Server.
• Develop a corollary CFileListControl GUI class similar to my existing CFileTreeControl class.
• Implement some wrapping of the new IFilesInUse Vista API.

I’d appreciate peoples feedback on the list as well as any other areas which you think I could develop some useful C++ class encapsulations.

CVersionInfo v1.02

Just to let everyone know that v1.02 of CVersionInfo has been released. Updates for this version include:

• Updated copyright details.
• Code now compiles cleanly using Code Analysis (/analyze)
• Updated code to compile correctly using _ATL_CSTRING_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS define
• Updated sample app to clean compile on VC 2008
• The code has now been updated to support VC 2005 or later only.
• Removed VC 6 style AppWizard comments from the code.
• Reworked code to use ATL::CHeapPtr for required memory allocations

CServerMailslot and CClientMailslot v1.15

Just to let everyone know that v1.15 of CServerMailslot and CClientMailslot has been released. Updates for this version include:

• Updated copyright details.
• Code now compiles cleanly using Code Analysis (/analyze)
• Updated code to compile correctly using _ATL_CSTRING_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS define
• Updated sample app to clean compile on VC 2008
• The code has now been updated to support VC 2005 or later only.
• Removed VC 6 style AppWizard comments from the code.
• Updated the sample app to improve on the error reporting.

CAnonymousPipe v1.02

Just to let everyone know that v1.02 of CAnonymousPipe has been released. Updates for this version include:

• Updated copyright details
• Code now compiles cleanly using Code Analysis (/analyze)
• Updated code to compile correctly using _ATL_CSTRING_EXPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS define
• Updated sample app to clean compile on VC 2008
• The code has now been updated to support VC 2005 or later only.
• Reworked some of the Peek parameters to be pointers rather than references.