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"Could not open in Design view. Quote values differently..." solved!
Ever get this message when working in the Vs.Net webform designer? “Could not open in Design view. Quote values differently inside a '<%...” etc This problem is easily solved by replacing nesting double quotes with…
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No smiling! We're Canadian
I just had to post this . Sorry :) “ The new measure took effect on Aug. 15, but there is a smile amnesty for the next two months to accommodate those who have already filed happy-looking photos or have not heard of the…
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ASP.Net dialog hell - a little easier..?
Jesse helps ASP.Net developers save themselves from dialog hell by posting some base classes that can be used to more easily create web-based dialogs. That's worth like a medal or something.
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Advice for article writers - part II
Mike Gunderloy has put together part II of his advice for newbie article writers . A must read if you have ever wanted to publish an article and didn't know where to start.
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Loading Winform UI controls from a different AppDomain is problematic
I recently got a question regarding a problem loading dynamic UI controls at runtime. Part of the solution that person tried to do was to try and load the controls in a separate AppDomain , so that they can later unload…
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A meeting with Udi, and a talk about performance Do's and Don'ts
The last time I went to a user group meeting I got to meet a very interesting fellow named Udi Dahan . I've seen him a couple of times before in previous meetings, but I didn't know him. Apparently he's been reading my…
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Developing Software in Visual Studio .NET with Non-Administrative Privileges
There was a big discussion not long ago in the .Net community whether it is feasible to actually do Dev work as a non-admin. While the benefits are very big for the end user, a lot of people insisted that it is just too…
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The ultimate connection string reference
This is the most complete reference of any connection string you'll ever need: http://www.connectionstrings.com/
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NUnit v2.1 RC1 released
NUnit v2.1 RC1 was released last night on SourceForge. From the release documentation: * Support for the .NET framework versions 1.0 and 1.1 * The ability to run test suites across multiple assemblies * New…
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Combobox binding trouble - with a solution
I recently had a very annoying “thing”. On my winfom app, I wanted to bind a combobox to a dataset. For some reason the combo would not show anything. The Dataset was perfect, I even bound it to a grid to see that it…
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Mike is handing out free advice. Grab it.
As someone who is just beginning as an article writer I'm not going to miss the chance and read some tips from people with much much more experience .
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Some debugging tips
I was pretty sick last night and only got 1 or 2 hours of sleep. I had to stay in a little to sleep it off but now I feel better. I thought I'd put out a quick post before I get off to work. A lot of people don't know…
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Finally some helpful code!
I don't know any german, but it looks like Ralf Westphal posted some seriously cool code that deletes email messages from your POP3 mail account that are sent by the worm. What's so cool is just how simple the code is.…
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MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian
This totally sucks . Instead of doing that, why don't MS do what Trillian did ,and allow us all to use the same client for multiple networks?
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Was that a shout out?
Is it just me, or did Israel's very own Yosi Taguri manage to sneak in his name into the shoutouts of this week's .Net Rocks show ? Coolness. Israel is definitely on the map now ;)
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Screensaver from hell
You might want to think twice before installing this screensaver on a friends computer.
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Good example of asynchronous delegates at work
Grant Killian shows a very simple and informative example of asynchronous delegates using VB.Net. A good read if you never really “got” why they're so useful.
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Make your app support plugins - Part II
Make your app support plugins - Part II , including the source code for it (which was not available before), can now be found on MSDNAA . Thanks Lauri :)
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Free WMI book chapter
SBC Adds that there's a free book chapter on WMI over at APress: .NET Framework and Windows Management Instrumentation
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MSDN has launched the Mobility & Embedded Developer Center
“ MSDN has launched the Mobility & Embedded Developer Center at http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility . Hooray! ” [ Ed Kaim ]
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User Group notes: WMI, CLR hosting and AppDomains
If you missed it. Today was the monthly group meeting of the Israel visual C++ users group (I’ve been meaning to add a list of Israel’s .Net user groups to my blog links but somehow I always end up doing something…
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I give up - Career Calculus
OK! I'll link to it too. It's too damn good to be passed over (even if half the world had already blogged about it). Career Calculus - Ever wonder why you haven't gotten that promotion you wanted? Why you aren't doing…
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Commandments for a publishable article
I was having a chat with Lauri Travis, one of the editors of MSDNAA . Lauri has been reading some of the blogs here, and was glad to find lots of great .Net content in this little community. In our chat, I suggested…
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Make your app support plugins
Another one of mine made MSDNAA - Make your app support plugins .
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It's so hardcore you could say it's CLR Porn
Chris brumme managed to create yet another brain killer “post” (at 9,000+ words it's hardly that). Go drench your thirst for knowledge . Highly recommended.
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New book and blog from Ingo
Looks like Ingo Rammer , the Remoting machine, is gonna write a new book and blog about the writing process .
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Google minus weblogs
“ Wonder what Google will be like with blogs filtered? Have a look . You'll need an API Key (details within). Let me know what you think! “ [ BlogWise ]
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Coding tips and tricks by Eric Gunnerson
Here is a nice article by Eric Gunnerson with various tips and tricks. I really liked the first one : “What is the difference between a Windows Forms project and a Console Application project? The somewhat surprising…
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CodeSmart.Net
Is it just me or does CodeSmart.Net seem like one of the coolest VS.Net add-ins around the block? I've been a loyal Axtools customer in my VB6 days and thought the move to VS.Net would leave them little to enhance - but…