tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33092432024-03-13T11:01:23.166-07:00Periodic ramblings about .NET and all related topicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger413125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-50313193080619871702011-03-23T16:22:00.000-07:002011-03-23T16:22:06.357-07:00

Get an exception when debugging a VS unit test through the R# unit test window (debug selected tests).System.ArgumentException: The directory name C:\Program Files\JetBrains\ReSharper\v5.1\Bin\PrivateAssemblies\DataCollectors is invalid.Looks like the fix is to create a empty PrivateAssemblies and DataCollectors folders to make the directory structure above.Weird error when running unit tests :

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-8611081048105657082008-12-15T20:52:00.000-08:002008-12-15T20:59:49.657-08:00

Ugh - Microsoft is making a mess out of all these terms and confusing us all along the way. Based on a little help from this post, here's the lineup:Live Sync (formerly FolderShare). sync folders amongst machines. Currently PC only I think (FolderShare used to have Mac support). Used internally by Mesh to do syncLive Mesh - part of the Azure Services Platform. Contains the "Live Desktop"

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-11560154430469444312008-10-03T18:08:00.000-07:002008-10-03T18:08:07.206-07:00

Whenever I get around to posting code, this highlighting helper Javascript will come in handy.highlight.js

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-16771544469558285872008-06-22T20:02:00.000-07:002008-06-22T20:04:46.480-07:00

After another machine rebuild due to thinking that I had hosed up my VS install, I finally found this documented problem. I was missing two things in the VS 2008 XAML editor: (a) Intellisense, and (b) +/- collapsable regions automagically created for all XML nodes.Turns out they're both fixed by the same issue: Running Windows SDK 6.1 for .NET 3.5 AFTER VS 2008 breaks it.http://

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-31554960399779169112008-03-11T12:27:00.000-07:002008-03-11T12:27:57.780-07:00

Just as it says, after installing the Windows SDK for .NET 3.5, intellisense in VS 2008 stops working. I followed the steps for the manual re-reg of TextMgrP.dll and things seem to work ok.Microsoft Windows SDK Blog : Workaround: Installing Win SDK after VS2008 breaks XAML Intellisense

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-72148233271183707412008-03-10T15:58:00.000-07:002008-03-10T15:58:01.408-07:00

There is some chatter these days about the WPF (and other .NET 3.5 techs) test for MCTS - I guess so far in beta. Here's the info on the WPF test.Preparation Guide for Exam 70-502: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Presentation Foundation

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-44132982734951426632007-09-15T21:34:00.000-07:002007-09-15T21:36:02.150-07:00

Thanks to Josh Smith for pointing out a couple of good thoughts on supporting INotifyPropertyChanged in a base class.Cache PropertyChangedEventArgs so there's only one per property nameVerify property name (in debug mode) since it's just a string - in case dev fat fingered the name (of course dev should be using code snippets to create the property, right?)Do some setter post processingA base

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-22122386036694609292007-06-26T10:56:00.001-07:002007-06-26T10:56:53.075-07:00

The thing I have the biggest trouble with in WPF is debugging - when it comes to Bindings, ControlTemplates, generic.xaml, etc. it's sometimes difficult to figure out what the underlying WPF engine is doing "for you".Below are some good tips. The overview:Look at InnerException (or set the debugger to break on all exceptions)Use the various TraceSources - I have the full config file in my local

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-84889692477816512152007-05-30T15:12:00.000-07:002007-05-30T15:19:29.180-07:00

I was writing a custom control today - started by using the VS 2005 "Add New Item..." dialog. After providing the filename, it barfed with a message "Value does not fall within the expected range". Obviously the new item wizard doesn't like something about my project. It actually created the code-behind file successfully, but nothing else, so I was left to setup the themes\generic.xaml file

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-65032128546050083292007-05-17T12:47:00.000-07:002007-05-17T13:50:06.977-07:00

Another from the "not necessarily related to .NET proper" category ...I'm doing quite a bit of manual merging of source code files lately, and am trying to come up with the best process and toolset to do so. In order of age, there's WinDiff (ancient Win32 days), then the SourceSafe diff tool, and TFS. There are a ton more, but those are what are in my current arsenal.I know that TFS is

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-20198487511834902852007-05-15T14:43:00.000-07:002007-05-15T14:50:45.248-07:00

I've been experimenting with Visual Studio Orcas (beta 1) lately, to see if it's any better, particularly in 2 places where I'm having pain writing WPF apps in VS 2005:Showing XAML files in design view, if they contain UserControls, or represent a custom class that derives from a WPF control type.Describing the ACTUAL error when there's a problem loading a XAML file. (the dreaded "Cannot create

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1220344267024726202007-05-07T16:28:00.000-07:002007-05-07T16:29:21.088-07:00

Now that I'm in full swing WPF development, there's definitely a tendency by the customers to do whacky things in the UI.Here's a list of UI guidelines / rules to adhere to.MSDN: Top Rules for the Windows Vista User Experience

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-63729420601936827082007-04-03T08:03:00.001-07:002007-04-03T08:03:45.790-07:00

I don't know much about this, but the paper is short and an interesting read. For me, it pointed out the issues to take care of when using an AJAX-like technology. So, if you use XmlHttpRequest, read this.Why is it .NET related? Well, as of the writing, supposedly many "AJAX frameworks" can be "hijacked", including Atlas.http://www.fortifysoftware.com/servlet/downloads/public/

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-24692644608674864842007-03-29T08:16:00.000-07:002007-03-29T08:24:54.786-07:00

I'll be increasing a few PageRanks by doing this, but here's how I started.First, go here:Building a WPF WorkstationIt's actually a little dated, but still works if you want to go the VS C# express route. The November CTP of WPF seems to be the very last that isn't integrated into "Orcas". And going "Orcas" means getting Virtual Server and billions of bits. I don't know I want that.Then, go

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-14993703440518130342007-03-22T12:51:00.000-07:002007-03-22T12:51:38.949-07:00

I'm always hearing from my buddy Intern Joe about UrlRewriting. Someday I better read this post by ScottGu so I can discuss the technology from an ASP.NET point of view.ScottGu's Blog : Tip/Trick: Url Rewriting with ASP.NET

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-91899860229348620192007-03-07T16:12:00.000-08:002007-03-07T16:12:05.973-08:00

Thanks to ScottGu for pointing out these free training videos. Free SQL Server Training Videos (and other good data tutorial pointers)Free ASP.NET AJAX "How Do I?" Videoskeywords: SQL Server SQLServer AJAX Atlas asp.net

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-75611743411872187362007-03-01T16:28:00.000-08:002007-03-01T16:28:04.043-08:00

We use VPCs all the time around the company to experiment with beta bits. Today I'm running into a problem trying to install the Orcas CTP on a VPC (running in virtual server) that has a dynamic disk. How can a dynamic disk run out of space? -- isn't it supposed to grow as needed? (I converted this one to dynamic from fixed, not sure yet if that has something to do with it.)Anyway - when

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-289000048618529722007-02-21T16:09:00.000-08:002007-02-21T16:09:45.160-08:00

I am familiar with localizing WinForms and ASP.NET apps, but now that we're getting into WPF, here is a decent article on getting started. Looks like a lot of the concepts are carried over from WinForms...Localizing WPF Applications using Locbaml - The Code Project - Windows Presentation Foundation

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1172019441817384312007-02-20T16:57:00.000-08:002007-02-20T16:57:21.860-08:00

When it's time to ramp up on Reporting Services, I should probably start here. This looks like a pretty decent 4-part writeup on SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.Beginning SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (Part 1)

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1170285577561805112007-01-31T15:19:00.000-08:002007-01-31T15:20:21.676-08:00

I am digging around today looking for some TFS info, and found these reg hacks, which would have helped a ton when working for our last client. I wouldn't always be connected through their VPN, so when firing up VS2005 it would take a long time to timeout on the TFS server connection.Rants of a Hippie Coder : A couple helpful Team Foundation registry settingsperma-info:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1169676456744200742007-01-24T14:05:00.000-08:002007-01-24T14:07:36.786-08:00

Over on my IK blog, I posted a quick note on WinForms: DataBinding a DateTimePicker control (with ShowCheckBox=true) to a Nullable .

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1167114269671969162006-12-25T22:22:00.000-08:002007-01-01T11:55:01.016-08:00

Some things to think about and do before installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1.First off, a requirement:If you have installed the Web Application Project type from the MS downloads, you must uninstall it before installing the service pack. (Apparently the pack includes it)Post is here - talks about the following:disable patch cache (save 1.3 GB of disk space and lots of I/O time during install)

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1165988150352814812006-12-12T21:27:00.000-08:002007-02-21T08:22:23.452-08:00

I've been working on an integration project for our client where we are wrapping some legacy data with a web service layer, and pointing an existing WinForms app at it. There is a bunch of client side code that calls DataSet.Merge and fails with the error Failed to enable constraints.Many times, the problem is what the error is trying to tell you - you have a relationship defined in the dataset

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1165206992420246792006-12-03T20:35:00.000-08:002006-12-03T20:36:32.420-08:00

Well, after I realized this is using VirtualPC to run one of the versions, I was not as impressed. Given that, why are there 19 steps to this process? Anyway - some decent info about various settings, etc.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3309243.post-1165206821464208232006-12-03T20:31:00.000-08:002006-12-03T20:33:41.486-08:00

via LifeHacker, here is a decent list of the top 30 Windows freeware apps. Things such as:Virus scanPhoto editingRSS readerMedia playerNote takingIM client(s)

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