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Terrible Code Example - Methods From Hell

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:16:10 GMT

Learn how not to code your applications with this terrible code example that I have come accross.

Create Portable Applications With Ease

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:16:15 GMT

BoxedApp SDK 2.0, a DLL library from Softanics enables developers to take advantage of the next generation technology - application virtualization to create a portable application with zero installation that relies on the virtual environment to run.

Anders Hejlsberg: The future of programming languages

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:31:02 GMT

In this video Anders Hejlsberg takes a look at the future of programming languages and sees the trends; declarative, dynamic and concurrent. As the chief designer of the C# programming language and a key participant in the development of the .NET Framework Anders Hejlsberg has a lot to say about this development - not just as a wish but also as something that can be realized.

Managed C++: Embedding Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:16:11 GMT

If you use a DLL written in Managed C++, you should a few DLLs from the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package installed. There are no usual ways to link these libraries statically (due to C++ / CLI restrictions). But there a way to include these DLLs into your application, see how in this article.

Make a positive number a negative number in 1 line of C# code - A Quiz

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:02:46 GMT

Any other cool ways of making a positive number a negative?

.NET Assemblies Tutorial Part 1 of 5

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:02:03 GMT

Despite the fact that .NET binaries take the same file extension as COM servers and unmanaged Windows binaries (*.dll or *.exe), they have absolutely no internal similarities. For example, Read Full Article from www.msdotnetsupport.blogspot.com http://msdotnetsupport.blogspot.com/2008/06/net-assemblies-tutorial-part-1-of-4.html

Visual Studio Power Toys Are Back! : Visual Studio Hacks

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:46:10 GMT

The missing power toys have been found and are now on MSDN Code Gallery.

Styling Separators in WPF

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:47:16 GMT

A brief outline on how to style separators for menus and toolbars in WPF.

NHIbernate 2.0 Goes Beta 1 after Microsoft 'Linq to Entities' receives

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:01:09 GMT

The first official beta for NHibernate 2.0 was released today. This comes on the heels of the damaging 'boycott' of the Microsoft 'Linq to Entities' upcoming release, which was anticipated to be a serious competitor to NHibernate. LAST MINUTE UPDATE FROM THE NHIBERNATE TEAM There has been a change in how NHibernate is packaged as the core and contrib aspects now have dedicated locations. Since NHibernate 2.0 Alpha 1, ONLY THE CORE of the project is included at the link above. The Contrib Projects are now in a dedicated location: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nhcontrib There are a few new projects that are essential to investigate for your needs (for example the Burrow project). Also be sure to visit the wiki for these significant projects: http://nhcontrib.wiki.sourceforge.net See the end of this post for a partial list of these contrib efforts. The team at domain.dot.net has been working with 2.0.X since the first alpha, and following the progress of the trunk. In our opinion this beta has the high quality of prior betas and we recommend it for non-critical systems immediately as your risk policy allows. We're working on a more detailed analysis coming soon on some of the key improvements. To download the code direct from the trunk use this SVN URL: https://nhibernate.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/nhibernate This is no minor update, as with this release they will align with the widely used and praised 'Hibernate 3.2' for Java. Here is a listing of the planned new features which are represented to varying degrees of complexness in this beta:

How To Grab Frames From A Flash Movie

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:46:02 GMT

A small article with code sample of how to grab frames of a flash movie in realtime.

Use ActiveX components without registration

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:31:02 GMT

The article describes how to use ActiveXs without registration. The method is also usable for .net applications, many of them still use many Activexs ;) The concept is interesting: all changes made by ActiveX's registration saves in virtual registry only.

OMeta#: Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:16:03 GMT

Introducing a new open source project whose aim is to bring the OMeta language to .net.

.NET Runtime Embedding

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:01:08 GMT

Hi all, One interesting product, BoxedApp, can be used to pack .NET runtime with .NET application into a single exe. Instead of other solutions (Salamander), you will see which files are embbeded and how does it work at all, you will see the whole picture. BTW, I've tested it under my Win2k3 machine and it really works well...