.NET

Adding DLL to the GAC

Michael Kalika — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 02:09:00 GMT

Add this text to the registry and you'll be able to add your DLLs to the GAC by right clicking on them: [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\gacutil\command] @="c:\\windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v1.1.4322\\gacutil.exe /i \"%1\"" Found from: http://biztalkia.blogspot.com/2005/12/easier-way-to-add-dll-to-gac.html

The Krypton Toolkit has been released

Michael Kalika — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 10:55:00 GMT

The Krypton Toolkit has been released
It provides user interface controls for Windows Forms
It is targeted at Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework 2.0
It is free for commercial use
A link to http://www.componentfactory.com/downloads.php

VistaDB 2.1 database for .NET has been released

Michael Kalika — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:41:00 GMT

This 2.1 update includes over 60 improvements, including new support for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005. VistaDB is a small-footprint, embedded SQL database alternative to Jet/Access, MSDE and SQL Server Express 2005 that enables developers to build .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0 applications. Features SQL-92 support, small 500KB embedded footprint, free 2-User VistaDB Server for remote TCP/IP data access, royalty free distribution for both embedded and server, Copy 'n Go! deployment, managed ADO.NET Provider, data management and data migration tools. Free trial is available for download.
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Patterns & Practices Guidance: Complete Catalog

Michael Kalika — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 01:06:00 GMT

A whole bunch of all Microsoft patterns and practices is here.

Generics Terminology in .NET Framework

Michael Kalika — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:21:00 GMT

In computer science, generics is a technique that allows one value to take different datatypes (so-called polymorphism) as long as certain contracts such as subtypes and signature are kept. The programming style emphasizing use of this technique is called generic programming. For those of you, who want to get in to generics in NET 2.0, there is a very nice article here.

Partial Classes

Michael Kalika — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:28:00 GMT

An interesting article about partial classes in .NET 2.0, here.