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Formatting enums using ICustomFormatter

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:07:19 GMT

C# enums are named constants, making code easier to write and read. But the enum names should not be written to the UI. This post shows two methods of formatting an enum to a string suitable for the UI.

Compiling Conditional Code into ASP.NET Websites

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:00:00 GMT

The following article demonstrates how to compile conditional code into your ASP.NET assembly.

Debug windows service

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:40:25 GMT

More one way to debug windows service

C# Language Events Sample

Sun, 31 May 2009 00:39:03 GMT

This tutorial shows how to declare, invoke, and hook up to events in C# - online example with source code.

Fastest way for Creating a memory Dump of your application [DebugDiag]

Mon, 18 May 2009 15:14:34 GMT

Fastest way for Creating a memory Dump of your application

All about the IDisposible Pattern

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:01:02 GMT

Why and how to implement IDisposible pattern in your own code. Here you will find almost all aspects of this pattern

SQL SERVER - Disable Windows Authentication - Remove Windows Authentic

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:31:03 GMT

I just received following email from one of the blog reader. Question : "How to disable Windows Authentication?" Simple answer to this most asked question. Bookmark it.

Skip the Visual Studio Splash Screen

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:16:03 GMT

Anything to speed up Visual Studio.

Enum String Values Revised

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:12:40 GMT

In this article I'll provide an improvement about my previous post talking about String Values from Enumerations. Previously we was only able to handle String Values for Enums but with the following we are now able to handle any type of values like DateTime, String, Decimal, etc..

Development Tools I Use & Recommend

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:16:03 GMT

Eventually I will get to some technical code Posts. But for now, I'm a bit delayed with some other things at work lately. I will be blogging about Code Generation, OOP, and other topics very soon though. In the meantime, I wanted to share a list of tools I regularly use now or have used in the past as a C# / ASP.NET Engineer listed below:

Tips & Tricks: Use DebuggerDisplayAttribute for easier debugging

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:01:02 GMT

When debugging, it's common to hover over an object to get a quick view of what its properties are. This is where DebuggerDisplayAttribute comes in. The format string looks similar to normal .NET format strings in that the values to replace are between curly braces, but instead of being told what to substitute the debugger treats these values as expressions and attempts to evaluate them using the current context.

Visual Studio - See Your TODO Comments In One List

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:58:08 GMT

How many timed did you write a TODO comment in your code? How many time did you forget about this comment and met it again only some months later?

Programmatically Encrypt Decrypt Configuration Sections in web.config

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:46:02 GMT

The ASP.NET Configuration API provides support for encrypting and decrypting configuration sections in web.config. This feature comes extremely handy when you need to hide sensitive information like passwords. In this article, we will explore how to encrypt and decrypt sections of the web.config.

Multi Sorting array of objects

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:49:28 GMT

Code ready.

Forgot that connection string?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:16:03 GMT

Provides connection strings to many databases by many methods. An essential reference.

SQL Server 2005: Get full information about transaction locks

Wed, 07 May 2008 03:16:03 GMT

Get information about what locks are being held by the transaction, what SPID owns the transaction, on which objects the locks are being held, what SQL statement caused the locks, etc...

ScottGu: April 28th Links

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:16:02 GMT

Someone had to submit this sooner or later... :)

Getting column information using T-SQL

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:09:17 GMT

Nice little query that retrieves column information such as the name, order, default values, nullability, etc, from a SQL Server table.

How to: Optimize the memory usage with strings

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:16:03 GMT

System.String type is used in any .NET application. We have strings as: names, addresses, descriptions, error messages, warnings or even application settings. Each application has to create, compare or format string data. Considering the immutability and the fact that any object can be converted to a string, all the available memory can be swallowed by a huge amount of unwanted string duplicates or unclaimed string objects. Now let's see how a string object should be handled to preserve memory.

Can't think of a good class name?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:16:02 GMT

Try this

if ... else if ... else if ... else ... : an alternative

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:16:02 GMT

Did you know there's an alternative way of writing "if .. else if .. else if .. etc.." in C#? You probably do, but if you don't, read on...

Generating On The Fly in C#

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:48:26 GMT

This is a very cool way to serve images in C#. You simply set the src attribute of an image tag to a .aspx page that generates the image based on the size information provided in the querystring. Check it out!

C# HTML Helper Class

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:01:08 GMT

This utility class comes in VERY handy when you have to generate HTML in code. Also a big help when using Ajax with .NET outside of AJAX.NET or Ajax enabled controls.

Disable .pdb file generation in Release Mode

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:01:02 GMT

In VS2005 .pdb files get generated in debug as well as in Release mode. This article explains how to stop .pdb files from getting generated.

How to use delegates to remove duplicated code

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:31:02 GMT

Sometimes you have duplicated code, that is not easy to remove with "ordinary" coding approaches. Think about the following example. You have two or more methods that needs to be encapsulated with try-catch blocks.