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Entity Framework - usage hurdles and tips

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:23:04 GMT

Some tips and tricks I found out when trying out the Entity Framework in a Winforms application.

Entity Framework - Some common hurdles

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:21:08 GMT

This is a post that tries to address some of the "issues" in the Entity Framework such as 'Eager Loading' and 'Change Tracking'

Serialize/Deserialize objects in .Net

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:04:47 GMT

It seems new members of a .Net class get set to Null when deserializing from an older binary version.

In depth: The ASP.NET MVC Pipeline

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:46:02 GMT

Lots of technical details about the new ASP.NET MVC framework, with a comprehensive diagram of the whole pipeline. A great way to get to know the new framework.

Change default windows user through LCID

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:53:33 GMT

Change the default windows xp ( or vista ) users regional settings through the use of a LCID code with .Net c# ! This default user is the template that gets used to create new users in Windows.

My new little friend, Enum<T>

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:16:01 GMT

Some description of a help class for working with Enumerations.

Clean .Net program install package through ILMerge

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:01:01 GMT

Get a nice small clean install base package of your software assemblies through use of ILMerge !

DateTime formatting the .Net way

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:13:04 GMT

Some weird 'thruths' about the DateTime formatting in .Net, that wouldn't actually seem obvious !

FolderSize for Windows

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:01:01 GMT

Folder Size for Windows adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer. The new column shows not only the size of files, but also the size of folders. It keeps track of which folders you view, and scans them in the background so you can see complete size of all files within the folder. It's very useful for cleaning up your disk. Once you get used to having that information available, a directory listing simply looks incomplete without it!

Disable Theming and StyleSheet theme for one specific page in Asp.Net

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:52:53 GMT

Disable all layouting for one specific page, when using Theming in Asp.net 2.0