Tag Archives: API

Application Programming Interface

Case: Security and encryption through virtualization

We continue publishing set of articles about interesting technology areas and solutions we have implemented or encountered in our projects.
This article briefly describes our experience in implementing MS Outlook storage (.pst) encryption through file virtualization using BoxedApp.

Case: Video Chat integration/ WebRTC/ OpenTok/ QuickBlox

We continue publishing set of articles about interesting technology areas and solutions we have implemented or encountered in our projects. This article briefly describes our experience in implementing video chat for medical consultation solution using WebRTC. Our solution In the past year we had two situations when we required to implement video chat function to… Read More »

Case: MS Exchange and Office 365 synchronisation with custom service

We continue set of articles about interesting technology areas and solutions we have implemented or encountered in projects. This article briefly describes our experience in development of synchronization solution between custom software service and Exchange and Office 365. Our solution Our goal was to implement data synchronization between our service and Exchange Online and Office… Read More »

System Modal Dialog

This article makes introduction to the one of the interesting Windows abilities, the ability to deal with multiple desktops. As example it contains the source of code of the .NET library that gives ability of creation System Modal dialogs in the same way as UAC window does. The article is for beginners and requires only very basic knowledge about.NET and Windows API.

Creating a new process, simple?

There are could be different situations when you need to create an additional process from your main process. One of those situations is when you need to isolate some code of your service because that code could be a reason of resource leak or can damage your common process somehow. Another case is when your application needs to perform action that requires changing primary process token. Finally you may need to run a 3rd party application.

Using COM without registration

This article briefly explains different methods of using COM without registration of classes in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry key. It gives basic information about COM implementation and oriented on the people with some level of familiarity of Windows programming. The article explains registration-free COM supported by Windows XP SP2 and also provides custom solution that could be used with older operation systems.