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Correct Comparisons for files and paths in .NET
01 February 08 12:36 PM | john | 0 Comments   
So exactly how should you compare file and path names in .NET programs? Ordinal case insensitive comparisons are the correct approach according to this MSDN article . Read More...
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Dynamic Code Generation in .NET
05 January 08 03:08 PM | john | 0 Comments   
I recently had the need/desire to dynamically generate some code in .NET. It's not something you tend to do a lot unless you are creating a compiler, so it was an interesting experience. In the end it didn't solve my problem, but it was educational none-the-less. Read More...
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VS Macro to insert TODO
04 May 07 04:59 PM | john | 2 Comments   
Here's another useful VS macro. When I write code there are always weird edge cases that I think of while so I like to liberally sprinkle // TODO: comments around. When you do this though you should always put in your alias and the date. That way someone Read More...
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Running MSBuild scripts programmatically
01 May 07 11:39 AM | john | 2 Comments   
I love msbuild. Before it came along I was a big nant user, but now I'm an msbuild convert. It's not perfect, but it sure is better than batch files. It really, really needs embeddable code snippets, and a debugger but once it has those it will totally Read More...
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Reading Custom Configuration Sections in .NET 2.0
22 March 07 09:35 AM | john | 2 Comments   
I just spent an annoying amount of time figuring out how to do this because sadly our documentation is so bad. So I'm going to blog it quickly so that I at least have a record of what I did and hopefully someone else will find it useful. Thanks go to Read More...
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Standalone Unit Test Programs
29 December 06 10:20 PM | admin | 2 Comments   
In the project that I'm working on we wanted to have certain of our MSTest unit tests be available as standalone programs. Various reasons for this include: It is useful for demos It's makes certain debugging scenarios a little easier, i.e. those where Read More...
Assembly Probing and Windows Installer
09 January 06 08:13 PM | john | 0 Comments   
Some platform features are like the stuff hiding under rocks at the seashore. No, I don't mean the one's that are slimey and stinky. I'm talking about the one's that are interesting but hard to spot. But, all you need to do is catch a glimpse of them Read More...
Test Signing and Instrumentation
30 December 05 07:54 PM | john | 1 Comments   
Boy, I seem to spend all my time in the deep dark recesses of the CLR. OK, this post is a little bit out there; I hope someone finds it useful. There's a problem with doing instrumented profiling of applications in Visual Studio 2005 Team System that Read More...
Refactoring XmlValidatingReader in .NET 2.0
28 December 05 12:42 PM | john | 0 Comments   
I seem to have come across this several times in the past week or two, so it's worth making a note. In .NET 2.0 XmlValidatingReader is obsolete. You need to do something like the following in order to create a validating reader now: XmlReaderSettings Read More...
John's Dvorak Keyboard Self Help Guide
16 August 05 03:03 PM | john | 0 Comments   
You find yourself facing a seemingly broken logon screen. Every character you type seems to come out as some other character. Perhaps you know JohnL-S had something to do with configuring that system. You type ASDF and it comes out AOEU. What’s going Read More...
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Changing MVID's
12 August 05 03:22 PM | john | 0 Comments   
Ahhhhh. There's nothing quite like pasting a big chunk of code into your blog. It makes the prose writing part so much easier! My last entry was about counting bits. Today I put that in the context of the original problem. Todays entry comes from an internal Read More...