Specifying Resource Keys using Data Binding in WPF(blog.functionalfun.net)

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WPF has no native of using data binding to specify which resource should be used as a value for a property. This article demonstrates a technique for doing just that. read more...

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A Fiddler plug-in for inspecting WCF Binary encoded messages(blog.functionalfun.net)

submitted by samuel_d_jack(415) 2 years, 6 months ago

If ever you're needing to debug the interaction between a Web Service and its clients, Microsoft’s Fiddler is the tool to use - this includes WCF Services so long as they're using a HTTP transport. The only thing Fiddler won't do is decode messages that are sent using WCF's proprietary Binary encoding - until today, that is: at lunch time, I took advantage of Fiddler's neat extensibility mechanism and created a rough-and-ready Inspector that will translate binary messages from gobbledegook to plain xml for your debugging pleasure. read more...

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An introduction to UI Automation - with spooky spirographs(blog.functionalfun.net)

submitted by samuel_d_jack(415) 2 years, 9 months ago

UIAutomation provides a robust way of poking, prodding and perusing any widget shown on the Windows desktop; it even works with Silverlight. It can be used for many things, like building Screen Readers, writing automated UI tests – or for creating a digital spirit to spook your colleagues by possessing Paint.Net and sketching spirographs. read more...

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Conquering VB envy with C# 4(blog.functionalfun.net)

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Hints at how the embedded XML syntax of VB.Net might be implemented using the dynamic language features of C# 4.0 read more...

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Passing references to events (almost)(blog.functionalfun.net)

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Have you ever needed to pass a reference to an event into another object? Think you can't do it in C#? This article shows how you can - some times! read more...

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Doing Planning the Agile way(blog.functionalfun.net)

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An introduction to planning and estimating a project using Agile read more...

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Handling Events by Executing Commands in WPF(blog.functionalfun.net)

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Shows how to hook up a Command in a View-Model so that it is executed when an event is raised in a WPF View. read more...

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How to Label CruiseControl.Net Builds with Folder Version Number(blog.functionalfun.net)

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The source code for a CruiseControl.Net plugin that labels builds with the version number of the source code trunk folder in a SourceGear Vault repository. read more...

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How to Create a Gantt Control in WPF(blog.functionalfun.net)

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Describes the first baby step towards creating a Gantt Control in WPF. That is, creating a new WPF panel that allows controls to be laid out by date. read more...

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Avoiding Inheritance Dependencies Using Generics and Lambdas(managed-world.com)

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A nice implementation of the Command pattern using generics and lambdas read more...

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Reporting Progress During LINQ queries(blog.functionalfun.net)

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Shows how to enable progress reporting in long-running LINQ queries. read more...

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Extending Stopwatch(blog.functionalfun.net)

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Helper methods to make it even easier to get accurate timings for you code. read more...

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Zip method added to Dizzy(codethinked.com)

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A Functional Zip method for processing multiple sequences, one "column" at a time read more...

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DebuggerNonUserCode: Suppressing ignorable exceptions in the debugger(blog.functionalfun.net)

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Shows how to apply the DebuggerNonUserCode attribute so that the debugger doesn't break in methods that catch and handle exceptions. read more...

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(Mis)Using IDisposable: beyond resource clean-up(blog.functionalfun.net)

submitted by samuel_d_jack(415) 4 years ago

Anybody who has ever done any work with files, databases and so on, in C#, has had it drummed into them that they must be good citizens and always tidy up after themselves. Usually that means using using. But did you know that the using statement has uses that go far beyond resource cleanup? read more...

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String Format - Made Simple(blog.toolico.com)

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A Silverlight tool for discovering the correct format strings for string.Format() calls read more...

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