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The old mate decided to move on, I found this a use full free decompiler whenever I need to look into the DLL...
Today's $10 Deal of the day book from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Visual C# 2010 Recipes - A Problem-Solution Approach"When you are facing a Visual C# 2010 problem, this book likely contains a recipe providing the solution—or at least points you in the right direction. Even if you are simply looking to broaden your knowledge of the .NET Framework class library, Visual C# 2010 Recipes is the perfect resource to assist you. " This is an excellent book full of "How To" examples...
I saw the previous transit of Venus in 2004 and I am looking forward to one this year on 5/6 June. Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration...
I don’t like to own tons of things really. I don’t need stuff in my life. I’d rather collect solid awesome friends and people in my life. So I keep telling people I had a bad year obviously. 2011 was the worst year ever. I feel incredibly bad because a lot of people helped me out in amazing ways in my time of need last year. The holidays to me have just not been right for a long time. I never liked Valentine’s Day it has always felt like the most miserable time of the year. The reason being I just...
Computer Components Virtually all contemporary computer designs are based on concepts developed by John von Neumen, which includes the following three concepts… Data and instructions are stored in a single read-write memory The contents of this memory are addressable by location, without regard to the type of data contained there Execution occurs in a sequential fashion (unless explicitly modified) from one instruction to the next Keep in mind that software and hardware are typically interchangeable...
If you missed it, you can now download or stream (whichever you prefer) the sessions from the Going Native 2012 conference. I watched the whole thing and it was fascinating. If you’re new to C++, then some of the sessions are likely to be at a higher level than you may be ready for (though you can certainly watch them if you like). But there are some sessions I think any C++ developer would profit from watching. These are they: Day 1: Bjarne Stroustrup - C++11 Style Stephan T. Lavavej - STL11 – Magic...
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A proxy is an object that can be used to control creation and access of a more complex object thereby deferring the cost of creating it until the time its needed. Below is a simple implementation of the proxy pattern in C#. The ComplexProtectedExpensiveRe... is private to the ProxyContainer and cannot be instantiated by a client. The client creates an instance of the SimpleProxy class which controls its access to the more complex and expensive to create ComplexProtectedExpensiveRe... class....
It seems 2012 has started with an even faster pace than 2011 did. And with that the activities for a year full of promise have started. So far this year I am scheduled to be at the following events in Q1. Inaugural Office 365 Saturday in Redmond: February 25th, 2012. codepaLOUsa, Louisville, KY: March 15-17, 2012. There have been changes and more changes going on, but will be back to post and go through a memory dump of the challenges I have encountered, but more importantly, the solutions that have...
This blog provides links to a presentation and a sample application that shows how to load data in SQL Azure using different techniques and tools. The presentation compares the following techniques: INSERT, BCP, INSERT BULK, SQLBulkCopy and a few tools like SSIS and Enzo Data Copy. The presentation contains load tests performed from a local machine with 4 CPUs, using 8 threads (leveraging the Task Parallel Library), to a SQL Azure database using the code provided below. The test loads 40,000 records....
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Consider the following code:<%= Html.DropDownList("State", new SelectList(new string[] { "","AK","AL","AR","AS","AZ"... "IL","IN","KS","KY","LA","M... "OH","OK","OR","PA","PR","P... %> Simple enough, right? Display a dropdown list with a value for each state. There is only one problem. The resulting...
I have to do some mocking of an ITable to be able to test some of my code, as you may imagine this is the point where we’re crossing the data boundary… Now, ITable is a total bugger to mock, I’ve tried on (at least) 3 separate occasions to get it mocked, and have only now, finally achieved an 80% solution. (Nothing is ever 100%) I’m not using any mock framework, they just take too long to setup (in this case) and instead have a concrete class that implements ITable and uses an IList as it’s base....
Coded UI Test comes news with Vs2010. Use Hand Coding Coded UI Test For Automated Vs2010 Test Scripting Hand Coding Coded UI Test use the scripting Language c# or vb.net Thanks Abhishek...
While working with database we often require to use Cursor. Cursors force the database engine to repeatedly fetch rows. This may slow down your database and locking may occur. As a result cursor are not suggested to use if not extremely necessary. If there is a primary key on a table, you can usually write a WHILE loop to do the same work without incurring the overhead of a cursor. The following example demonstrate the idea: Declare @ItemId bigint Declare @OldItemCode varchar(50) SELECT Top 1 @ItemId=...
I ran across a unique scenario recently, and I’m not sure if I should be proud of the solution, or appalled at the Frankenstein result. Either way, I thought I’d post about it to possibly help others in the same situation. I was developing a website leveraging jQuery / AJAX to query views of data at runtime. The kicker? I didn’t know which views. The choice of database view was determined via configuration and user choice. I was leveraging jqGrid for the client-side grid presentation, sorting, filtering,...
In a previous post I showed how to create a custom multi-line ListView bound to an ArrayList. Let’s make it a little more visually appealing and give each item some rounded corners. If you followed the previous how-to you wound up with something that looked like this: To put each ListView item (name, address & phone) into its own rounded-corner box, create a new file in your res/drawable directory called border.xml, and paste in the following code: <shape xmlns:android="http://schem...
Sometimes we want to make a changes to the database or create a backup, but the users must be disconnected for this time. The easiest way is to set the database to the offline state: ALTER DATABASE dbname SET OffLine WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATEand backALTER DATABASE dbname SET OnLine WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATEThe alternative is to set the Restrict Access to the Restricted User in the database Properties/Options...
Previously I talked about how to create a custom BizTalk pipeline component, and gave a few examples for accessing specific context properties. I wanted to be able to dump all the context properties to disk for examination, so I added a few lines of code and an on/off switch. First, add two properties to your component: private bool _EnableContextTrace; private string _FileTraceLocation; public bool EnableContextTrace { get { return _EnableContextTrace; } set { _EnableContextTrace = value; } } public...
In the lifespan of an organisation it’s messaging environment be transitioned to a newer version several times. Whilst this is not a complicated thing to do it does require some level of planning and thought. I’ll be addressing the transitioning from Exchange 2003 to 2007 from a fairly simple view here. Since the general outlines of the process are the same for nearly every situation there is no need for different detailed documents on this. We’ll be working with the following infrastructure in this...
This article is written to assist SQL Azure customers to copy a SCHEMA container from one SQL Azure database to another. Schema separation (or compress shard) is a technique used by applications that hold multiple customer “databases” inside the same physical database, but separated logically by a SCHEMA container. At times it may be necessary to copy a given SCHEMA container from one database to another. Copying a SCHEMA container from one database to another can be very difficult because you need...
Composition is an integral part of Windows 8 UI design from both aesthetic and logical perspectives. This post modified my previous post, Refactoring Windows 8 Code-Behind to MVVM. adding to the variety of compositional examples. I’ll start with an explanation of composition in Windows 8, modify the previous code to show the power of composition, and then highlight a few more existing examples of where composition naturally fits into the Windows 8 UI environment. Understanding Windows 8 Composition...
Mac type grid view control for asp.net/java web applications For one of my project, I made a very dynamic grid which is totally HTML based and very fast while rendering data from server. Features: 1. No viewstate 2. Dynamic grid which gets data on scroll using REST based WCF service in JSon 3. No DOM modifications which makes the rendering very fast 4. Custom control which can be integrated in any web application – Java / Asp.Net (However I built it for Asp.Net) 5. Support for very large record set....
Random and unique are two different words with very different meaning. To generate random number, there are many algorithms but none to guarantee unique number. This causes a problem of non-unique GUID and SessionId generated in any application whether you use .NET / java / php. (I have seen this in ASP.NET and java). If you grill down to the algorithm that is used to create SessionId, it does never guarantee a unique number whenever it is generated. When you hover over the SessionId in ASP.NET application...
The latest stylecop checks the ReSharper build number. In case you have to put on a more recent nightly build (as I am in the process of doing), here is the URL:http://confluence.jetbr... 4.7.8.0 checks the build number of ReSharper) Can't code withoutPowerful search and navigation in C#,VB, XML, ASP.NET, XAML and more...
I've recently migrated over to 2010 -- this is to say that I've recently started working at a company with an enterprise level 2010 SharePoint instance.As I was doing to customer requirement - content type-architecture-alignment and testing last week, I noticed that there are various SharePoint site columns that can't be modified and / or removed from (even) a custom list once they've been added.I did quick internet search and wasn't able to find anything riveting.Anyone know what the scoop is on...
Imagine this scenario: You are sitting in your final technical interview the lead architect asks you about your experience using the MVC pattern noted on your resume. Before you can answer the coworker who developed that application with you says “I can answer this one, if that’s OK.” The interview goes great and in two weeks you get the call and receive an offer for both of you. That’s one offer with given to a team of job applicants. You all accept together as one unit or agree to reject the offer...
Stylecop 4.7.8.0 has been released at http://stylecop.codeplex.co... version is now compatible with R# 5.1 (5.1.3000.12), R# 6.0 (6.0.2202.688), R# 6.1 (6.1.37.86) and R# 6.1.1 (6.1.42.60) available from http://confluence.jetbrains... are the bug details for fixed in 4.7 and closed in 4.7 issues (over 20 issues fixed since 4.6)" Can't code withoutPowerful search and navigation in C#,VB, XML, ASP.NET, XAML and more...
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Free OCR scanning software is available from http://www.paperfile.net/Click link below to download FreeOCR.net. This is a bootstrap installer and will only download the files needed to install the latest version of FreeOCR Download Here This includes the English language Pack...
Today's $10 Deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Applied ASP.NET 4 in Context"Applied ASP.NET 4 in Context answers the commonly asked question, "Yes, but how does it work in reality?" Through a series of carefully constructed examples, the book shows how ASP.NET works in a real-world context, showing how technologies and best practices can be drawn together to create well-crafted web applications." I have read other books by Alan Freeman and I know he is an excellent...
When you first create a new table, there is no index created by default. In technical terms, a table without an index is called a “heap”. We can confirm the fact that this new table doesn’t have an index by taking a look at the sysindexes system table, which contains one for this table with an of indid = 0. The sysindexes table, which exists in every database, tracks table and index information. “Indid” refers to Index ID, and is used to identify indexes. An indid of 0 means that a table does not...
Intuit Partner Platform and Data Access I’m going to make some assumptions that will cover a lot of folks developing applications to work with QuickBooks. 1. You are running a copy of QuickBooks on your development machine. 2. You are running Visual Studio 2010 as your development environment of choice. 3. You have some flavor of Microsoft LightSwitch installed. 4. You want to access QuickBooks data on your machine to USE LightSwitch. Well now you have an option. Head on over to http://www.rssbus.com...
Nationwide search on dice.comFeb. 4, 2012C# - 8,518ASP.NET 4,957.NET MVC 1,101Biztalk 409Microsoft Dynamics CRM 461Sharepoint 4,022SQL Server 14,390Java 16,854groovy 292Oracle 18,118...
Monster.comNationwide searchJob Title: Empty ; Skills/keyword: mvc location: emptyResults: 523 jobs nationwide (mostly java )Change to Skills/keyword ASP.NET MVCResults: 80 jobs nationwide.net mvc = 129groovy = 66 jobsgrails = 44 jobsC# 3,481VB.NET 855.NET >5,000ASP.NET 2,245Java > 5,000Delphi = 93VB = 2,559Visual Basic 2,604ORM - 150Hibernate - 851NHibernate - 53Linq = 162Entity Framework = 97fxcop = 5 jobsOracle = >5,000SQL Server = 4,148mysql = 1,431db2 = 699Nunit = 120JUnit = 422Selenium...
It's been exactly over three years and two months since I last logged in to this blog. The last post which I made on Dec 2008, was itself after a one year gap :). Well, now let me try if I can continue this activity. Lot of learning, lot of new cool stuffs. Technology itself has been changed quite dramatically over this period with the addition of new cool stuffs and I believe my English as well improved a little bit :). Microsoft developers finally started realizing the drawbacks of ASP.NET architecture...
Lambda expressions are a powerful tool to writing quick, concise code. They can be used in numerous situations, most notably in conjuction with LINQ statements.A lambda expression is an anonymous function that can contain expressions and statements, and can be used to create delegates or expression tree types.All lambda expressions use the lambda operator =>, which is read as “goes to”. The left side of the lambda operator specifies the input parameters (if any) and the right side holds the expression...
Wake up in the morning feeling all C Sharpy Grab my laptop by my bed, I'm going to code this pretty Brush my teeth and my hair much later I'm sure Cause when I'm coding an idea I ain't looking to score I'm talking curly braces have to close, close Writing comments all in prose, prose. Errors blowing up my codes, codes Music popping, coding my favorite ideas Pulling up, reading the tweets Starting to get a little bit Lispy No slop, make it top Coding, blow that keyboard up Today I'm going write Till...
Patches have been issued for PC Anywhere. Please see:http://www.symantec.com...
Bob Borchers revealed that the reason a lot of iPhone adverts show the time as 9:42 am on the iPhone was because the iPhone was originally launched at that time.For one of the commercial for the original iPhone, Borchers said the phone number used to demo the Google Map function was genuine and is the actual number number of the Pacific Catch Restaurant in San Franscisco and the last time he was there they still had the iPhone special, which is calamari.http://www.macnn.c...
Designing for Performance The basic building blocks for todays computers are virtually the same as those of the early IAS computers. The focus has been on optimizing and increasing speeds while keeping the same architecture. Processors Increasing speed with processors uses several techniques including… Branch prediction – a processor looks ahead in the instruction code fetched from memory and predicts which branches or groups of instructions are likely to be processed next. Data flow analysis – the...
IASA SE Florida ChapterSoftware Design PatternsNina GrantcharovaSoftware Architect at LL Global 02/21/2012 6:00PM Meet 6:30PM PresentationSign up at: http://www.iasaglobal.org/a... HabermannPresident IASA SE Florida Chapter...
South Florida Code Camp on 02/18/2012 - a free event: 66 Speakers - 14 Tracks - 81 SessionsSign up to attend: http://www.fladotnet.com/co... Rainer HabermannSFCC Speaker Coordinator...
Before I get into this I am not an Office Live Small Business or Office 365 expert but I have used Office Live Small Business for number of years as a light weight way of managing some parts of my business. I now need to migrate to Office 365 and one of the areas which concerned me was around custom lists which had attachments. I had a number of these with lots of rows and I had been waiting for some information on how these would be migrated and hoped they would just be migrated for me automatically....
Thanks to Seif Attar for highlighting this problem. It seems MSMQ doesn’t like sending to computers with names longer than 15 characters (which some may remember is the NetBIOS limitation). To try it out, I created a queue on a Windows XP machine with a computer name of VeryLongMSMQServer and sent off some test messages to DIRECT=os:verylongmsmqserve... I requested acknowledgements so I could see any errors and wasn’t disappointed: As soon as I renamed the machine to ShortMSMQServer,...
If you have seen the Windows Phone commercial where the father is in the grocery store with the shopping list in OneNote you have gotten you first taste of the flexibility that can be had with OneNote. I like most consultants have a lot of fires going and once and I am finding that the templates in OneNote are helping me to get a handle on the different projects and tasks I need to track. I started using OneNote to do simply what its name suggests: take and organize notes. Lately though I am finding...
Most of us spend our time in Visual Studio writing .NET code within a Visual Studio solution. Given this situation we find it very easy to integrate with Team Foundation Server for our source control and have a well known work pattern. But what happens when you want to use TFS as source control for non-Microsoft development? The most important thing to remember is that source control should be as transparent as possible to the developer. If the particular language or product does not have an Integrated...
Geekswithblogs Gets a Facelift
Celebrating the five year anniversary of the first post on Geekswithblogs, the GWB team has launched a new look and functionality for the community designed to help the community continue to grow and increase interaction amongst bloggers.
The new design offers bloggers and readers the ability to quickly check recent posts, popular posts, Twitter users from the community, community news, and featured bloggers.
The redesign also makes it easier for bloggers to find tutorials on how to get the most from their blogs, support information, and a community-wide tag cloud.
We hope that you will enjoy the new features and look. Here’s to another five years and to everyone that makes up Geekswithblogs!
GWB Goes to PDC ’08 – Let Us “Tag Your Top”
Geekswithblogs is proud to be a Silver Media Sponsor for the upcoming PDC ’08! This will be a great opportunity for face-to-face interaction with the developer community.
If you happen to be going to Los Angeles for the PDC, and we highly suggest you do, make sure to swing by the Geekswithblogs booth (#100) in the Expo Hall to say hi! We will have some amazing looking Geekswithblogs stickers hot off the press ready to “tag your top” – so bring your laptop by to take it from drab to fab!
GWB Podcasting from PDC ‘08
Make sure to look for fellow Geekswithbloggers Chris Williams and D’Arcy Lussier roaming around the floor. They will be playing the part of on-site GWB ambassadors and roving reporters; stop and chat with them!
We’d like to know what you think about the upcoming podcast. We are thinking of firing PodcastStudio.net (the official podcast of GWB) back up after the event and would like to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
GWB and PDC ’08 – We’ll Make You Famous!
A major part of our display at our PDC booth is going to include a video featuring none other than the Geekswithblogs community members! We’re proud to have you as contributors to a large, healthy blogging community and want to give you some additional exposure.
Here’s what to do; record yourself saying “I’m a geek with a blog, and I…”. Simply fill in the rest with something interesting about yourself. It could be anything from what technology you love, what you like to do in your spare time, where you live, etc.
Examples include:
- I’m a geek with a blog, and I rock at ASP.NET.
- I'm a geek with a blog, and I support my development community by presenting at user groups.
- I'm a geek with a blog, and I love playing guitar.
- I’m a geek with a blog, and I volunteer to help the homeless.
- I’m a geek with a blog, and I chug energy drinks.
First 30 bloggers that send in a video with at least 5 statements get a ultra-stylish Geekswithblogs t-shirt with their blog URL on the back!
Stay tuned for FTP information for uploading your files!