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Get the physical path of a path that uses a subst drive
Published 5 April 7 7:21 PM | Ramon Smits
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...
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Why read uncommitted data?
Published 19 December 6 10:0 AM | Ramon Smits
I just read Dennis post about his adventures in isolation level land . He says he does not know a good reason to read uncommitted data because of dirty reads. Well he should refrase this like: Using the isolation level read uncommitted data could result...
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VS2005: Solution to 'Where is that damn exception dialog?'
Published 27 November 6 2:28 PM | Ramon Smits
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...
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Tool : Add string as resource
Published 19 October 6 4:31 PM | Ramon Smits
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...
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Don't use viewstate compression! Use http compression instead!
Published 1 September 6 12:19 AM | Ramon Smits
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...
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The && and the & operators
Published 29 August 6 2:27 PM | Ramon Smits
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...
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Failed for 70-300 exam
Published 18 August 6 4:28 PM | Ramon Smits
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...
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Game studio express and XNA
Published 15 August 6 1:3 PM | Ramon Smits
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...
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NDepend 2.0 beta
Published 3 April 6 7:32 PM | Ramon Smits
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...
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WS-Addressing and routing is a pain in the ass
Published 10 March 6 2:21 PM | Ramon Smits
The problems I am having with the WS-Addressing specs....
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Kids programming language reminds me of Amos
Published 5 March 6 3:35 PM | Ramon Smits
My view on the kids programming language (KPL) and what it is all about....
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HttpHandler to format csharp, xml, vb.net, etc.
Published 22 January 6 4:26 PM | Ramon Smits
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!...
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Sign your distributables free and easy!
Published 30 December 5 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 26 December 5 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 26 December 5 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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