July 2007 - Posts

Team System Web Access Power Tool Announced
30 July 07 04:05 PM | john | 0 Comments   

OK, in my opinion this is a bit more than a power tool - it's an entire product. If you are using Team System you need to download and set up the Team System Web Access Power Toy that we just released. Team System Web Access (formerly known as TeamPlain) Read More...

Filed under: visual studio, microsoft, team system

Getting Windows crash dumps
27 July 07 03:01 PM | john | 0 Comments   

Every so often I need get a crash dump for a crashing native process, and I always forget where to find the tools. The easiest to use is ADPlus which is part of the Debugging Tools for Windows . The best write-up I've found on other alternatives and how Read More...

Filed under: windows, debugging

Cool IE7 add-ins
24 July 07 07:47 PM | john | 0 Comments   

I have to say that Internet Explorer 7 still hasn't reached the level of functionality provided by Maxthon , but it's really close. So close in fact that I only use IE these days. The IE7Pro Add-in provides a few more cool features that are missing. Read More...

Filed under: windows, vista, internet explorer

Outlook macros for processing e-mail
24 July 07 05:48 PM | john | 0 Comments   

I don't write many Outlook macros primarily because I don't have time to learn the CDO document model. But once upon a time I wrote a couple of macros that have become invaluable to me ever since. Some background. I process my e-mail roughly like this: Read More...

Filed under: macro, .net, visual basic, coding

Hiding the Windows XP recycle bin
23 July 07 08:37 PM | john | 0 Comments   

I'm one of those folks that completely turns off the Windows recycle bin. Primarily, if I accidentally delete a file it's usually some source code that is also in version control, or it's a document and I always store documents on a backed up network Read More...

Filed under: windows, registry

Getting accurate per thread timing on Windows
17 July 07 05:04 PM | john | 2 Comments   

If you need to accurately time operations in Windows, you're usually directed to the QueryPerformanceCounter API. This API is also neatly wrapped in .NET under the Stopwatch class. Indeed, this is this is simplest way to get reasonably accurate timings Read More...

Filed under: windows, c++, performance, vista, team system, coding, xp, vs

Listing All Solution Project Properties
12 July 07 10:04 PM | john | 2 Comments   

Don't ask why, but I needed to list all the properties of all the projects in a solution. Here's the macro that did it for me: Sub ListProjectProperties() Dim pane As EnvDTE.OutputWindowPane pane = Utilities.GetOutputWindowPane( "Output" ) Dim projects Read More...

Filed under: visual studio, macro, vb