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Get the physical path of a path that uses a subst drive
My previous employer used a tool to attach databases that were located on a substituted path. I needed this conversion logic in another kind of environment and used the almighty google. So I hit an article on Avner Kashtan 's blog titled Query SUBST information...
VS2005: Solution to 'Where is that damn exception dialog?'
Today I had a very annoying issue. I was debugging an application on an VS2005 instance of a computer that I did not prepare / installed myself. I wanted the "break on all exceptions" behaviour in the debugger. Normally you just go to the menu and select...
Tool : Add string as resource
I found this really nice little to add a string as a resource . You just select a string in the editor, right click to get the context menu and select to add it as a resource. You then get a dialog in which you can specify the key value and the resourcefile...
Don't use viewstate compression! Use http compression instead!
Just google a bit with the keywords compression plus viewstate and lots of articles are to be found about this subject like this one . The problem is that in most situations programmers are doing something that the webserver already can do for you. Not...
The && and the & operators
Today a collegue had me flabbergasted by using the & operator in a boolean comparison like the following example. return x & y; Both x and y were booleans and I said "Hey you just forgot an &! A single & is a bitwise operator.". And he...
Failed for 70-300 exam
I failed for the Microsoft 70-300 examen this afternoon. I am disappointed in the result because I expected to pass. When I saw the score it felt very weird to see I had failed. I really don't have a clue which questions I did wrong.... so it is almost...
Game studio express and XNA
Yesterday I posted about a news scoop at Ars-Technica referring Game studio express . Microsoft already posted a press bulletin about this at their site ( here ). But I wasn't aware of this. Rob Tillie mentioned in the comments that he doesn't think that...
NDepend 2.0 beta
I just received a notification that NDepend 2.0 beta is released by Patrick Smacchie. NDepend analyzes your dotnet 1.x assemblies and outputs a huge set of code metrics based on the IL. It can also create a nice dependancy chart of your assemblies where...
WS-Addressing and routing is a pain in the ass
The problems I am having with the WS-Addressing specs....
Kids programming language reminds me of Amos
My view on the kids programming language (KPL) and what it is all about....
HttpHandler to format csharp, xml, vb.net, etc.
So wouldn't it be handy if you have a HttpHandler that formats sourcecode like csharp, vb.net, xml (related) and html? So I started googling but could find one! So that left me with some work!...
Sign your distributables free and easy!
Using signtool to sign your applications to prevent tampering and allow mass distribution over the web. Use free certificate authorities like CAcert for signing....
Use command line option '/keyfile' or appropriate project settings instead of 'AssemblyKeyFile'
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...
Debug and Release build in Visual Studio Express edition
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 -->...
String Resource Generator (SRG) and VS2005
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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