C++ Declaring A Static Type

In header

class Xxx {
...
  static sometype dict_;
...

In source:

sometype Xxx::dict_;

Windows Message Queues Important Notes

About Messages and Message Queues
PeekMessage
Win32 Message Processing Primer
See also this post on this blog

PostMessage => Asynchronous, message goes into the message queue
SendMessage => Synchronous, message is sent to WinProc immediately and processed immediately.
Note: WM_PAINT, WM_TIMER, WM_QUIT handled differently when posted. They are only processed when there are no other messages in the queue. Multiple WM_PAINT messages for the same window are combined consolidating all invalid parts of the client area into a single area.
GetMessage() - Does not return until message matching the filter criteria is found. Removes message from queue

while (GetMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0))
{
  TranslateMessage (&msg) ;
  DispatchMessage (&msg) ;
}

PeekMessage() - Looks for message matching the filter criteria. Returns immediately. Whether the matching message is removed from the queue or not is determined by the last parameter of the method

do
{
  if (PeekMessage (&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE))
  {
    TranslateMessage (&msg) ;
    DispatchMessage (&msg) ;
  }
} while (msg.message != WM_QUIT);

Neither GetMessage or PeekMessage will remove WM_PAINT messages unless the update area of the message is null!
 

Simple Pie Chart using WPF Toolkit

Here is more detail
Also look at WPF Toolkit Tutorial – Part 1

A simple pie chart example in that there only 2 wedges in the pie chart!
Add a reference to the WPFToolkit data visualisation assembly ("...\Program Files\WPF Toolkit\v3.5.50211.1\System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Toolkit.dll")

Add following xaml to the window where the pie chart will be placed:

<Window ...
  <!-- First define the namespace for charting -->
  xmlns:charting="clr-namespace:
  System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Charting;
  assembly=System.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization.Toolkit"

  <charting:Chart Name="pieChart">
    <charting:PieSeries ItemsSource="{Binding}" 
      IndependentValueBinding="{Binding Path=Description}"
   DependentValueBinding="{Binding Path=Percentage}"
    />
  </charting:Chart>

Set the Pie chart wedges

void AssignPieChartWedges()
{
    System.IO.DriveInfo cdrive = new System.IO.DriveInfo("C");
    double availPercentage = Math.Round(100.0d * 
        (double)cdrive.TotalFreeSpace / (double)cdrive.TotalSize);

    List<DrivePercentage> dpList = new List<DrivePercentage>();
    dpList.Add(new DrivePercentage() 
    { Percentage=availPercentage, Description="Free" });
    dpList.Add(new DrivePercentage() 
    { Percentage=100.0d-availPercentage, Description="Used" });
    pieChart.DataContext = dpList;
}