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Virtual file.... from IStream

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:16:07 GMT

The blogpost shows how to create a virtual file if you have implementation of IStream. The article includes a C# implemenation of IStream and a few samples. So you can create a virtual file with any behavior! Hope it can be interesting for .net developers :)

Managed C++: Embedding Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:16:11 GMT

If you use a DLL written in Managed C++, you should a few DLLs from the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package installed. There are no usual ways to link these libraries statically (due to C++ / CLI restrictions). But there a way to include these DLLs into your application, see how in this article.

Make a positive number a negative number in 1 line of C# code - A Quiz

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:02:46 GMT

Any other cool ways of making a positive number a negative?

JavaScript ShowModalDialog Aspx page_load event not fires

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:15:47 GMT

I was using javascript to show Popup window. In popup window I was loading .aspx page.......

How To Grab Frames From A Flash Movie

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:46:02 GMT

A small article with code sample of how to grab frames of a flash movie in realtime.

Use ActiveX components without registration

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:31:02 GMT

The article describes how to use ActiveXs without registration. The method is also usable for .net applications, many of them still use many Activexs ;) The concept is interesting: all changes made by ActiveX's registration saves in virtual registry only.

VisualSVN Server 1.5 Released

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:31:02 GMT

We are glad to announce the new and improved version of the popular all-in-one Subversion server package for Windows platform - VisualSVN Server 1.5. This release brings new Subversion 1.5 with a bunch of great features and several important improvements in VisualSVN Server itself: Windows Authorization and UI for hooks.

VisualSVN 1.5 Released

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:31:02 GMT

We are glad to announce new version of the professional Subversion integration for Microsoft Visual Studio - VisualSVN 1.5. This release brings to you the new release of Subversion 1.5 with a bunch of great fetures and bug fixes.

MVC CAPTCHA for Preview Release 3

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:19:37 GMT

Since my last release of the MVC toolkit some major changes have taken place in the MVC Framework. I am going to do a quick run through of how they changed the MVC CAPTCHA for the better. And what ActionParameters are and how they can benefit you.

Flash Component for .NET

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:01:03 GMT

Sometime ago I had a task: to create a flash projector (something like Zinc or mProjector) with C#. This program should convert input SWF files and other resources into single EXE file that should work in semitransparent or window mode. Optionally, flash.ocx / flash9.ocx can be included into final exe file. After surfing over Internet, I've found this interesting product. I hope we will create a good flash projector with it :)

.NET Runtime Embedding

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:01:08 GMT

Hi all, One interesting product, BoxedApp, can be used to pack .NET runtime with .NET application into a single exe. Instead of other solutions (Salamander), you will see which files are embbeded and how does it work at all, you will see the whole picture. BTW, I've tested it under my Win2k3 machine and it really works well...