December 2005 - Posts

Sign your distributables free and easy!
Published Fri, Dec 30 2005 9:16 PM | Ramon Smits
Using signtool to sign your applications to prevent tampering and allow mass distribution over the web. Use free certificate authorities like CAcert for signing....
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Use command line option '/keyfile' or appropriate project settings instead of 'AssemblyKeyFile'
Published Mon, Dec 26 2005 3:20 PM | Ramon Smits
I got the following error after converting an old project. Use command line option '/keyfile' or appropriate project settings instead of 'AssemblyKeyFile' So I did what it asked me and then suddenly it added my keyfile to my project! Well... that wasn...
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Debug and Release build in Visual Studio Express edition
Published Mon, Dec 26 2005 2:10 PM | Ramon Smits
So.. where did it go? It took me a couple of minutes to find it but it seems to be an "advanced" feature :-) Go to: Tools --> Options... Check the 'Show all settings' box in the lower right corner Then go to: Projects and Solutions -->...
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String Resource Generator (SRG) and VS2005
Published Mon, Dec 26 2005 1:01 PM | Ramon Smits
I thought that VS2005 or well.. Visual Studio Express edition would have the string resource generator (SRG) feature build in. Turns out that it only has the resources as strongtyped properties and lacks the cool parameterized methods. So I installed...
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Christmass coding : RGB Plasma
Published Sun, Dec 25 2005 11:45 PM | Ramon Smits
It seems that I wasn't the only one with some demoscene nostalgia as Frans was first today with his cheesy rotozoomer! Way to go Frans! :-) You can see his christmass coding rotozoomer here. Well I was more in the mood for a simple plasma. I started with...
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Prettige feestdagen en een top 2006 gewenst
Published Sat, Dec 24 2005 11:25 PM | Ramon Smits
ps. I wish everybody a nice christmass and a happy new year although the text on the image is dutch :-)
MSN like idle behaviour in your application
Published Sat, Dec 24 2005 10:15 PM | Ramon Smits
I posted an article that includes a link to a class file I wrote today that can detect if a user is idle for a certain period and triggers an event. This is my own quoted text from the article. I've just created a little nice class that helps in building...
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WSE2 : KerberosToken and WSE policies
Published Fri, Dec 16 2005 5:44 PM | Ramon Smits
I had a weird problem today with a computer in our development domain. We currently use encryption and signing for webservice calls with WSE2. We use a WSE policy to achieve this but today a collegue of mine got an error when he tried to run the code...
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Passed for Implementing Security for Applications 070-340 exam
Published Mon, Dec 12 2005 3:00 PM | Ramon Smits
And yes I did it again :-). I posted a few hours earlier that I still had to do the Implementing Security for Applications 070-340 exam today. I just finished it and passed with a score of 785! I really have to be honest that I was a bit nervous for the...
Passed for 070-316 exam and now MCAD certified
Published Mon, Dec 12 2005 12:12 PM | Ramon Smits
I just passed for the Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with c# 070-316 exam with a score of 880. Not as good as the 070-320 exam results that I did three weeks ago but still a good result. I will start with the Implementing Security...