Roland Weigelt

AfterLaunch: Vortragsfolien online

WeigeltRo — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:54:12 GMT

Die Folien zu meinem Vortrag "Visual Studio 2008 Tipps und Tricks für die Praxis" beim AfterLaunch in Köln stehen jetzt zum Download bereit:

PowerPoint-Präsentation (1,7MB)

AfterLaunch: Ausgebucht!

WeigeltRo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:16:07 GMT

Die AfterLaunch-Konferenz am 11.4.2008 in Köln, organisiert von den .NET User Groups Bonn-to-Code.Net), .net User Group Köln und .net developer user group niederrhein unter der Schirmherrschaft des JustCommunity e.V. ist restlos ausgebucht.

AfterLaunch: Nur noch zwei Wochen - jetzt anmelden!

WeigeltRo — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:54:34 GMT

Es braut sich etwas zusammen in Nordrhein-Westfalen! Anlässlich der Vorstellung von Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 und Visual Studio 2008 haben sich die User Groups aus Bonn (Bonn-to-Code.Net), Köln (.net User Group Köln) und vom Niederrhein (.net developer user group niederrhein) zusammengetan, um unter der Schirmherrschaft des JustCommunity e.V. ergänzend zum offiziellen Launch ein Community-Event der besonderen Art auf die Beine zu stellen:

Ein ganzer Tag voller Vorträge, verteilt auf drei parallele Tracks
Sprecher, die als Entwickler und IT-Professionals aus ihrer täglichen Arbeit heraus Praxiswissen vermitteln
Große Verlosung von Software (Not-for-resale Versionen von Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 und Visual Studio 2008, Lizenzen für CodeRush with Refactor! Pro, Resharper und dotTrace, ANTS Profiler und SQL Compare Pro)
Vielfältige Möglichkeiten zum Networking mit anderen Teilnehmern und Firmen aus der Region

Und das zu einem Preis von nur 8,- Euro, in dem auch noch Verpflegung, Getränke und Parkausweis enthalten sind.

AFTERLAUNCH
Launch war gestern - heute ist Praxis

Freitag 11. April 2008
KonferenzZentrum im Technologiepark Köln
Anmeldung und weitere Infos auf www.afterlaunch.de

Italian Configuration File for GhostDoc 2.1.3

WeigeltRo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:29:16 GMT

Even though GhostDoc is intended for English documentation (and there are no plans for future versions to change that), Luca Tagliaferri from Italy has created an Italian configuration file for GhostDoc 2.1.3. While I cannot comment on the quality (I haven't tried it, non parlo l'italiano), I recommend checking it out here. Just be sure to export your current configuration as a backup.

An Award for Two Years of Bonn-to-Code.Net!

WeigeltRo — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:32:02 GMT

Wow, that came really unexpected: at a company meeting last Friday I received an award for organizing and leading the .NET User Group Bonn called "Bonn-to-Code.Net" (all credits for the glorious pun go to Jens Schaller).

Comma Soft AG has been very supportive in the past two years by letting the monthly meetings taking place in the conference rooms, but other than that the user group is something I'm running in my spare time - that's why this award was such a (nice) surprise.

Mysterious Mail / The Final Mill / Van Velsenmeer

WeigeltRo — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:55:00 GMT

To whom it may concern: Nice idea, sloppy execution.

Update 2008-02-09: As this thing is getting more and more elaborate, I'd like to clarify the "sloppy" comment. While I do acknowledge the overall effort you (whoever you are) put into this ARG, I must say that the initial impression wasn't favorable in regard to the level of quality - the English texts on the websites of two supposedly no-nonsense companies/organizations really would have benefited from some proof-reading. In a game where the goal seems to be the recruiting of smart people, you should always keep in mind that everything you do reflects on the company behind the game. Anyway, there are people (with way too much time on their hands) working on the various riddles and puzzles and I honestly wish you luck that at least one of them actually ends up working for you in the future.

Vista Tips

WeigeltRo — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:50:51 GMT

My buddy Jens Schaller (of SonicFileFinder fame) has set himself the goal to blog one Vista tip each day of February.

The first posts are

His full blog can be found here, the tips are filed in the category Vista.

1st Place for EventFilter!

WeigeltRo — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:59:09 GMT

The winners of the programming contest over at the German website www.dotnet-snippets.de have been announced – my entry EventFilter was chosen by a jury from almost 100 entries to be the winner.

EventFilter is a generic helper class for dealing with events that may be raised multiple times in rapid succession, when only the last event of a “burst” is of interest.

You find the English version in this blog post I published recently.

GhostDoc 2.1.3 Released

WeigeltRo — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:18:34 GMT

<summary>
GhostDoc is a free add-in for Visual Studio that automatically generates XML
documentation comments for C#. Either by using existing documentation inherited
from base classes or implemented interfaces, or by deducing comments from
name and type of e.g. methods, properties or parameters.
</summary>

Quick Facts

Version 2.1.3 is a minor bugfix release, fixing problem with documentation for specific operators and import/export of partial configurations.
Download on the GhostDoc Website
Users of earlier versions: Please read the ReadMe on upgrading!

What’s New in GhostDoc 2.1.3:

Fixed: No documentation was generated for the operators "&", "<" and ">".
Fixed: Rules for classes, events, interfaces and structs were not shown in the export dialog, making it impossible to exclude them from an export.
Changed: Tags for empty rule collections in config files are now removed (cosmetic change, does not break compatibility of the file format).
Added: Some "of the" triggers and prefixes, "no the" words and acronyms.

Note that VB.Net support is turned off by default and has to be turned on in the configuration dialog.

GhostDoc: A Look Back at 2007

WeigeltRo — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:58:00 GMT

Here are some statistics for my Visual Studio add-in GhostDoc for the year 2007.

Downloads for Visual Studio 2005

Version 1.9.5 (released back in 2006): 15294
Version 2.0.0 (released 2007–05–01): 11395
Version 2.1.0 (released 2007–06–24): 2351
Version 2.1.1 (released 2007–07–04): 24909
Version 2.1.2 (released 2007–11–25): 4873
Total: 58822

Downloads for Visual Studio 2008

Version 2.0.0 (released 2007–05–01): 444
Version 2.1.0 (released 2007–06–24): 153
Version 2.1.1 (released 2007–07–04): 3202
Version 2.1.2 (released 2007–11–25): 3140
Total: 6939

Downloads for Visual Studio .NET 2003

Version 1.3.0 (released back in 2005): 4409

Donations by chosing an item from my Amazon WishLists (US, UK, DE):

Total: 7 (a huge Thank You to you guys and gals!)

EventFilter Helper Class

WeigeltRo — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:33:33 GMT

EventFilter is a generic helper class for dealing with events that may be raised multiple times in rapid succession, when only the last event of a “burst” is of interest.

Introduction

Imagine a Windows Forms program mimicking the GUI of the Windows Explorer, where selecting a folder in the tree view on the left side will update the list of files on the right. A "quick'n dirty" implementation would handle the SelectedNodeChanged event of the TreeView control to update the file list, but a robust implementation that works nicely with slow media like CD/DVD or network drives should use a different approach.

When playing around with an actual instance of Windows Explorer and watching it more closely, you'll quickly notice that the file list is not updated immediately, but after a slight delay. You can use the keyboard in the tree view to move quickly from folder to folder, skipping folders you are not interested in. Only after you stay on a folder for a little while, the file list gets updated.

This approach of "wait until things have settled down a bit and then handle the last occurrence of an event" is pretty common in GUI development. The typical implementation uses a timer that is reset each time a new event is raised within a certain time interval, until the timer is finally allowed to elapse. Only at that time the event will actually be handled.

During development of a small hobby project called RemoteCanvas I got tired of taking care of timers, helper variables and event handlers over and over again, so I finally wrote a helper class acting as a "filter" for events.

Usage

Declare a member variable to hold an instance of the EventFilter class, with an event argument type matching that of the event to be filtered:
private EventFilter<EventArgs> _filter = new EventFilter<EventArgs>();.
Hook up the HandleOriginalEvent method to the original event of the control. There's no great design time support for this, so you have to do that manually, e.g.
myControl.SelectedIndexChanged += _filter.HandleOriginalEvent;
Connect the FilteredEventRaised event to your event handler:
_filter.FilteredEventRaised += MyHandler;
That's it!

Download

The source code for the helper class (plus a small demo project for Visual Studio 2005) can be downloaded here.

SonicFileFinder 1.9 Released

WeigeltRo — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:16:21 GMT

My colleague Jens Schaller has released a new version of his free Visual Studio add-in SonicFileFinder which I regard as a personal must-have on my development machines (along with GhostDoc, obviously).

Version 1.9 fixes two bugs (regarding C++ projects and debugging of websites) and adds search for folder names. More information in this blog bost.

GhostDoc 2.1.2 Released

WeigeltRo — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:41 GMT

<summary>
GhostDoc is a free add-in for Visual Studio that automatically generates XML
documentation comments for C#. Either by using existing documentation inherited
from base classes or implemented interfaces, or by deducing comments from
name and type of e.g. methods, properties or parameters.
</summary>

Quick Facts

Bugfix release
Download on the GhostDoc Website
Users of earlier versions: Please read the ReadMe on upgrading!

About this Release

Version 2.1.2 fixes a problem with side-by-side installations of GhostDoc versions for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.

What’s New in GhostDoc 2.1.2:

Fixed: GhostDoc versions for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 interfering when installed side-by-side.
Changed: An upgrade installation by starting the MSI file while an older version is installed is no longer supported, i.e. you have to uninstall GhostDoc before running the new setup. Note that this does not affect an upgrade of the configuration of earlier versions: the configuration file is not removed during uninstallation of the GhostDoc add-in, so you'll still be offered to upgrade your configuration when installing the new version. For detailed installation instructions, please take a look at the ReadMe in the ZIP file.
Added: A few special words for ("of the" trigger and prefix words, "no the" words).

Note that VB.Net support is turned off by default and has to be turned on in the configuration dialog.

Microsoft TechTalk zu Besuch bei "Bonn-to-Code.Net"

WeigeltRo — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:33:43 GMT

Am 20.11. findet an Stelle des üblichen User-Treffens der Bonner .NET User Group ein Microsoft TechTalk mit dem Titel “Übersicht zum Expression Studio” in den Räumen der Comma Soft AG statt. Anders als sonst beginnt die Veranstaltung bereits um 18:00, auch ist dieses Mal eine (kostenlose) Anmeldung erforderlich.

Anmeldung und weitere Infos bei Microsoft, eine ausführliche Beschreibung der Anfahrt gibt es auf der Website von Bonn-to-Code.Net.

Also: Anmelden nicht vergessen!

.NET UG Frankfurt @ BASTA! 2007: Folien online

WeigeltRo — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:10:00 GMT

Die Materialien zu meinem Vortrag “Code Snippets, Item Templates und Wizards” beim Treffen der .NET User Group Frankfurt auf der BASTA! 2007 stehen jetzt zum Download bereit:

Powerpoint-Folien ink. Beispiele