I’ve just been having a little play around with some methods for binding UI elements (in this case a ComboBox) to static data sources. As you may know Blend offers. read more…
Well, I’ve spent the best part of a week trying to figure out why my application was constantly falling over on my test machine. I’ve been taking bits of code. read more…
I’ve spent a large portion of today trying to figure out why my project wasn’t able to create an MSI for me … I found this, no luck … still. read more…
Just found this really useful collection of byte sized tidbits to improve the performance of your usage of the data context. Takes less that 5 mins to read some of. read more…
If like me you are trying to use this really handy method and are having problems, it’s not your code … There is a bug with this method if you. read more…
OMG, its only been a matter of years I’ve been waiting for this, but finally the first real taste of Spore is out now! You can grab a trial version. read more…
UPDATED After a lot of poking around on this subject I found a rather neat way of enforcing an application to behave in a single instance manner. I’ve only just. read more…
I spent far too long today thinking about ways to code what at first appears to be a simple C# statement regarding file recursion. I’m building a new class based. read more…
I’ve just put together a really dirty and VERY simple app that uses the MediaElement class in .NET 3.5 as an example for someone on CodeProject so I thought I’d. read more…
I recently found myself needing to do this and it took longer than expected! Anyway here is my solution! [source:c-sharp] BrushConverter bc = new BrushConverter(); Brush brush; brush = (Brush)bc.ConvertFrom(ci.Colour);. read more…
Well its now official! According to the WC3 web site FireFox is now the most popular browser used on the internet. A whopping great 39% of internet users!! This is. read more…
This is actually pretty cool in my opinion. Someone actually placeing a cash value on some rainforest is probably a good step in the right direction for the market to. read more…
I’m not sure if I’m missing something here but a couple of hours into looking at LINQ for the first time and I almost instantly butted up against a limitation.. read more…
This is a really tough one sometimes. I’ve recently had to debug an error that initially seemed a bit odd. Viewing the main window XAML in Visual Studio 2008 or. read more…
I can’t believe what is happening over there at the moment. Its just disgraceful. All this heading towards the Olympics as well. In fact I can’t believe China has actually. read more…
Hmm … this is potentially one of the nicest tools to come out of the Microsoft camp in living memory. Its got some seriously nice work flows inside it, a. read more…
I’m on a steady road of learning first the basics of this new (to me) technology. Coming from a FoxPro background this has been a massive change of direction and. read more…
Well today yielded one interesting new thing about WPF 3D content and how Windows XP is setup in relation to utilising the 3D classes in the new .NET 3.5 Framework.. read more…
I’ve recently found the need to really optimise some C# code using regular expressions instead of using multiple statements to tidy up strings before processing the contents of those strings.. read more…
XAML, Blend & Binding to Static Data Sources
I’ve just been having a little play around with some methods for binding UI elements (in this case a ComboBox) to static data sources. As you may know Blend offers. read more…
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LINQ, SQL Compact, Private Install
Well, I’ve spent the best part of a week trying to figure out why my application was constantly falling over on my test machine. I’ve been taking bits of code. read more…
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Visual Studio StartUp Projects
I’ve spent a large portion of today trying to figure out why my project wasn’t able to create an MSI for me … I found this, no luck … still. read more…
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New to LINQ?
Just found this really useful collection of byte sized tidbits to improve the performance of your usage of the data context. Takes less that 5 mins to read some of. read more…
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LINQ SQL Compact – DatabaseExists()
If like me you are trying to use this really handy method and are having problems, it’s not your code … There is a bug with this method if you. read more…
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Spore Creature Creator
OMG, its only been a matter of years I’ve been waiting for this, but finally the first real taste of Spore is out now! You can grab a trial version. read more…
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WPF Single Instance Application
UPDATED After a lot of poking around on this subject I found a rather neat way of enforcing an application to behave in a single instance manner. I’ve only just. read more…
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Download FireFox 3 Today!!
Mozilla are trying to go for a World Record with the number of downloads of Firefox 3 today! Pledge to download and help them out!! Download FIreFox 3
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Empty if(){} …
I spent far too long today thinking about ways to code what at first appears to be a simple C# statement regarding file recursion. I’m building a new class based. read more…
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Using MediaElement
I’ve just put together a really dirty and VERY simple app that uses the MediaElement class in .NET 3.5 as an example for someone on CodeProject so I thought I’d. read more…
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WPF Hex to Brush Conversion
I recently found myself needing to do this and it took longer than expected! Anyway here is my solution! [source:c-sharp] BrushConverter bc = new BrushConverter(); Brush brush; brush = (Brush)bc.ConvertFrom(ci.Colour);. read more…
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FireFox
Well its now official! According to the WC3 web site FireFox is now the most popular browser used on the internet. A whopping great 39% of internet users!! This is. read more…
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Investor buys stake in Guyana forest
This is actually pretty cool in my opinion. Someone actually placeing a cash value on some rainforest is probably a good step in the right direction for the market to. read more…
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LINQ
I’m not sure if I’m missing something here but a couple of hours into looking at LINQ for the first time and I almost instantly butted up against a limitation.. read more…
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Debugging XAML
This is a really tough one sometimes. I’ve recently had to debug an error that initially seemed a bit odd. Viewing the main window XAML in Visual Studio 2008 or. read more…
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Tibet
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Expression Blend
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Learning C# / .NET
I’m on a steady road of learning first the basics of this new (to me) technology. Coming from a FoxPro background this has been a massive change of direction and. read more…
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WPF, 3D, Windows XP Anti Aliasing
Well today yielded one interesting new thing about WPF 3D content and how Windows XP is setup in relation to utilising the 3D classes in the new .NET 3.5 Framework.. read more…
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C# Regular Expressions
I’ve recently found the need to really optimise some C# code using regular expressions instead of using multiple statements to tidy up strings before processing the contents of those strings.. read more…
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