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"Thoughtex" released. Nice WPF App.
Sunday, March 25, 2007 11:47 PM

Joseph Cooney has released his first version of a "mind mapping" piece of software written in WPF . Joseph had me do some alpha testing on some earlier versions and its a real quality piece of code. Nice to use, nice to look at. I'd encourage you to give it a look, and provide some feedback to Joseph so that future versions are made even better... Read More...

by Glav | 1 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Component, Visual Studio, Winforms, WPF, Community News

MVC/MVP - Overused Patterns?
Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:57 PM

I did an engagement recently where a client wanted to create a windows forms application from an existing legacy application. The existing legacy app was important but relatively simple in terms of architecture. A previous consultant went in and recommended the use of the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern, with the possible use of the CAB (Composite UI Application... Read More...

by Glav | 9 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Visual Studio, Winforms, WCF, MVP, MVC, Architecture

Secure TextBox Updated
Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:53 PM

There has been quite some interest in my SecureTextBox control that I developed. Basically it offers textual entry via a standard textbox, but uses the SecureString as its internal storage. Typically aimed at entering passwords and similar secure information on a windows form. Domink Zemp recently downloaded the control and has been using it with good success... Read More...

by Glav | 12 comment(s)

Filed under: .NET, Component, Visual Studio, Controls, Winforms