[chrchang523]

Agree, I'm shocked at how ugly the recommended alternative is. This does not make MS look good.

[Arainach]

There are plenty of other solutions; that was merely one straightforward option that could be shown in a few lines of code and which doesn't require *injecting code into a binary you don't own*.

[chrchang523]

Sure, but there isn't even an offhand remark about how hacky this kind of polling is. It's presented as if it's a completely normal way to do things in reliable software.

[sim7c00]

i am not shocked, but its hacky like comments suggested. ultimately done because the lack of a better alternative. id still follow chens advice even though its hacky.