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79 days ago
This is just a very tiny item to stoke the coals of your excitement about the .Net 4.0! I know this will seem pretty simple but dealing with COM objects or DOM or other externally bound type structures can be pretty tedious if you cannot statically bind to those type libraries. For example, if you are calling a Calculator object, if you can statically bind and invoke, the code is pretty simple: // Static Invocation Calculator calc = GetCalculator(); int sum = calc.Add(10, 20); However, if you cannot statically bind, you have to go thru the tedious way of doing dynamic invocation. The code would looks something like this: // v3.x .Net Dynamic Invocation object calc = GetCalculator(); Type calcType = calc.GetType(); object result = calcType.InvokeMember( "Add" , ...
104 days ago
I found a handy set of tools for VS 2008 IDE. One of my favorites is the "Collapse Projects"! Why this isn't already in the IDE, I have no idea. But here is the link and a list of commands: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/PowerCommands Below is a list of the included in PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008 version 1.1. Refer to the Readme document for additional command details and screenshots. Enable/Disable PowerCommands in Options dialog This feature allows you to select which commands to enable in the Visual Studio IDE. Point to the Tools menu, then click Options. Expand the PowerCommands options, then click Commands. Check the commands you would like to enable. Note: All power commands are initially defaulted Enabled. Format document on save / Remove and Sort Usings on save The Format document on save option formats the tabs, spaces, and so on of the document being saved. It is equivalent to pointing to the Edit menu, ...
136 days ago
I have not been immune to the tortuous IDE crashes in Visual Studio SP1. Thankfully, enough screams have been raised that a fix is available. Somehow I missed this back in May. Hopefully, the rest of you won't miss it even longer than I have. You can find the information about it here along with the associated hotfix. Just make sure that you are suffering from the problem indicated before installing. Happy Coding!
142 days ago
When working with Windows Workflow Foundation projects, it's easy to get into the routine of working with your activities in the designer. This is all great and wonderful until the complexity increases. For example, if you have activities that are sequential workflow units themselves, this can lead to some real 'Workflow Designer Heartburn'. One example, I have a large application with many workflow activities that are sequential workflow units themselves. If I create yet another activity that is a 'Code' activity (as opposed to code behind), then the current VS 2008 designer will sometimes just flat refuse to let me drop other sequential workflow code activities into it. To get around this, you can create a code behind activity. For some reason, the designer seems to have less problems with this. I'm just hoping that some of these designer issues are addressed in the forthcoming VS2010. Happy Coding
273 days ago
What’s new in .NET Framework 4.0 · Next versions of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) will provide better support for Web 2.0 technologies like REST, POX, ATOM. · Performance and Scalability of WCF and WF are expected to increase by minimum 10X. · New workflow models. · Seamless integration between WCF and WF including a new Visual Designer. · Parallel Programming framework using PLINQ, Task Parallel Library and Coordination Data Structures to better utilize power of multi-processor and multi-core machines. · Build declarative applications with WF, WCF and WPF using XAML. So, XAML is no more only for WPF and WF. · WCF enhancements : o RESTful enhancements § Simplifying the building of REST Singleton & Collection Services, ATOM Feed and ...
