February 2008 - Posts

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Oh the joy of Semaphore with ThreadPool by REA_ANDREW

I recently created a small routine which would repeat a process using different accounts.  To speed up the process I then used a ThreadPool so I could get multiple process running at the same time to reduce the amount of time the complete process...
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Visual Studio Encapsulation Surprise by REA_ANDREW

When you encapsulate a field using Visual Studio tool as shown, Visual Studio will try to put the first letter to upper case to follow naming conventions.  Now I declare fields with a underscore prefix e.g. _myField , but I have recently started...
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"Organize Usings" by REA_ANDREW

I thought I would just post a little blurb on this, as I really appreciate its simple but effective function.  Remove and Sort, Remove and Sort!! lol, for anyone who has not used this what it does is removes and sorts alphabetically all of your using...
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Group Enabled Web Form Control Extensions by REA_ANDREW

Contents The Idea The Control Library IGroupingControl GroupingEventArgs GroupingManager GroupingPanel A picture of the library The implementation The Files   The Idea If you would like to see the end result before reading on here it is: http://www...
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A little blip with my Skype, "Dog chasing his tail" springs to mind by REA_ANDREW

So I tried to add a video to my Skype and I was informed I had to upgrade my Skype version first.  No problem, only on the one hand it tells me this and on the other it tells me I already have the newest version, hmm... lol Anyone else have this...
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Examples of using System.Data.ParameterDirection with Sql Server by REA_ANDREW

When working with the SqlCommand you will no doubt have to supply parameters to your command whether it be a Stored Procedure or Text command. Although not as efficient as an actual Stored Procedure there are some powerful things you can achieve using...
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Add object to Clipboard using C# in a couple of ways by REA_ANDREW

This is a simple example of using the ClipBoard to transport objects.  In this example I will generate a TreeNode and save it to a ClipBoard entry.  I will then retrieve this node, cast it and either add it to the root of the TreeView or add...
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A version of a WinForms Rounded GroupBox with transparency by REA_ANDREW

I made something similar a while back and never did anything with it.  I started again today as usual because the interest took me lol.  So there are custom group boxes out there and I have seen a few on Code Project, but in this blog I have...
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New Html Canvas Tag by REA_ANDREW

I was reading a blog from Matt Berseth( http://mattberseth.com/blog/ ) and noticed a mention to this tag of Canvas from HTML.  The word Canvas I can associate with Silverlight, WPF, Flash and Flex I think etc... but I never knew about HTML (designed...
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Some sites need to get a hold of their JavaScript by REA_ANDREW

Summary: IE7>Tools>Internet Options>Advanced Tab: Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer) Disable Script Debugging Other This I use along with many other client side debugging tools.  But this one in particular can give you a real head...
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