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Jim Lavin Its all 'bout re-use July 2008 Entries
Don't call store.Dispose() if you didn't create it!
So, I'm happily plugging along, adding the ability to import a WSDL file into one of the DSLs for a new Software Factory we're building at work. And after reading and re-reading the documentation and the DSL Book, I decide I need to call store.Dispose() in my code because I'm finished adding ModelElements to the model and I am leaving the command handler. You know, be neat and tidy when you exit a function dispose of any COM+ interfaces you've might have AddRef'd, etc. So now I'm running the DSL ......

Posted On Monday, July 28, 2008 11:10 PM

30 Days of Nothing but Tech Update
So it has been 30 days since I turned off the cable to the house and started watching nothing but technical content that I could pull from the Internet. A lot of my friends kept waiting for me to move back into my parent's basement since they felt watching so much Tech would turn me into the ultimate nerd. Luckily that did not happen, but I didn't completely watch just technical stuff the whole thirty days. I would say that my daughter put up with it for about two weeks and then she demanded that ......

Posted On Saturday, July 5, 2008 1:29 PM

How to Create a Custom Editor for a Domain Model Element Property
Sometimes when defining a property for a domain model element you may need to use a complex type that has more than one property or can't easily be displayed using a single text field or drop down in the property editor. A good example might be a class that holds a list of strings for a GUI interface or a Rich Text editor for a custom text field required by your framework. To resolve this you can create a custom editor and hook it into your domain model that will provide a proper user interface to ......

Posted On Saturday, July 5, 2008 12:09 PM

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