Start menu context annoyances(atalasoft.com)

submitted by ericdcoolest(1200) 3 years, 7 months ago

Dave discusses some options when it comes to a context menu add-on used for finding out what files have a lock on them by team members, etc. read more...

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Avoiding the Dangers of Ambiguously Defined Data-Types(atalasoft.com)

submitted by ericdcoolest(1200) 3 years, 7 months ago

When you are handed a string, integer, or any value type, can you know what it really represents? Can you define the range of appropriate behaviors for that data? Can you tell if it's formatted correctly? The problem is, in all of these cases, you can't... read more...

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Late Binding in C# using Dynamic Compilation(atalasoft.com)

submitted by eazyd(970) 3 years, 7 months ago

Steve goes through his approach to using reflection, making the code easier to read, making it easier to maintain, discusses the "middle-class multiple inheritance", and provides a zipped project of the AdapterCompiler. read more...

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How to set up your own free VSLab-based Matlab/Mathematica replacement(atalasoft.com)

submitted by Rickasaurus(1225) 3 years, 8 months ago

VSLab has just been updated with full support for Visual Studio 2008 Shell and the F# CTP release. It has been a rough couple of weeks for the VSLab team as F# CTP changed a number of things and they have been working hard to put together a compatible release. In this article I talk about a bit about what exactly VSLab is and walk you through creating a free VSLab installation. read more...

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Visual Studio Shell 2008: Bringing More .NET Languages into the Fold(atalasoft.com)

submitted by Rickasaurus(1225) 3 years, 8 months ago

Visual Studio Shell was released in January of 2007 without much fanfare. Even though it's free to download, at the time it was not very useful for most developers as few packages had yet been written for it. Now eight months have gone by and quite a few projects are sporting free Visual Studio interfaces. In this article I discuss Visual Studio Shell itself as well as several of the languages which are currently developing shells. read more...

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What if it's not in Environment.SpecialFolder?(atalasoft.com)

submitted by Rickasaurus(1225) 3 years, 8 months ago

The correct way to find the location of system folders not listed in Environment.SpecialFolder. read more...

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Changing Your Garbage Collector Settings on the Fly(atalasoft.com)

submitted by Rickasaurus(1225) 3 years, 8 months ago

.NET 3.5 and 2.0 SP1 jointly included a new feature which lets you programmatically manipulate the way your garbage collector acts. This can be done through changing the value of a new property of the System.Runtime.GCSettings class named LatencyMode. In this article I will walk you through this new property and the different effects of each of it's possible settings. read more...

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Multilingual OCR(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 9 months ago

The challenges of accommodating multilingual OCR engines - and what does "multilingual" really mean anyway when it comes to technical implementation? read more...

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Managed C++ and IDisposable(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 9 months ago

Quick fix for IDisposable compiler error read more...

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Developer Error or TFS Shortcoming?(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 10 months ago

Steve summarizes a recent experience where he had to reinstall his system and apps to eliminate a problem with unmanaged debugging. Source control ended up not having all of his code which could have been a disaster. Steve was able to successfully restore his machine but it took longer than it should have - couldn't TFS have helped with this? read more...

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Menu item usability vs. learnability(atalasoft.com)

submitted by ericdcoolest(1200) 3 years, 10 months ago

Lou Franco gives his take on application UI, inclusion/exclusion of menu items, etc. "A user interface is well-designed when the program behaves exactly how the user thought it would." read more...

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A Safe & Asynchronous One to Many Stream Copy Through IL & Inheritance(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 11 months ago

This post discusses ways to manage or work around problems arising from the statefulness of .NET Streams, including an explanation about how this is possible both through traditional inheritance and also through some indulgence in hacking of object protection levels by emitting custom IL. read more...

1 comment |category: C# |Views: 156

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Custom functions in NAnt(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 11 months ago

Some ideas about using NAnt for multiple builds. Code provided but is there a better way to do this? read more...

1 comment |category: C# |Views: 98

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Queuing up Your Remote Invokes(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 11 months ago

Serializing requests for remote invoke or multiple requests at will? Here is some sample code and a free download that can help with setting this up. read more...

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The Cursed History of Smalltalk in .NET(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 11 months ago

Digging up the history of Smalltalk for .NET - none of the 5 are currently in development read more...

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Visual C++ Compiler Bug Discovered(atalasoft.com)

submitted by tomdog(3230) 3 years, 11 months ago

This bug exists in the optimizer in VC 2003 and 2005. It does not exist in VC 2008. Code, etc. included. read more...

1 comment |category: C++ |Views: 143

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