February 2003 - Posts

VB.Net to C# code converter

ImmuniCodeSM Introduces VBCSM - for Automatic Conversion of VB Source Code to C#
VBC is the only software available that takes VB6 or VB.NET code and turns it into C# inside Visual Studio.NET. VBC is an Add-In for Visual Studio.NET, accessible from Visual Studios Tools menu. Translating a VB6 or VB.NET project file to C# takes just one click. ImmuniCode's VBC increases productivity, decreases labor cost, and simplifies the translation process from VB6 or VB.NET to C#. VBC is available at a special pre-release price until April 1, 2003.[.netWire]

There are not many products that will do this conversion, I kind of wonder how well this product does the coversion. However cool this might be I think the price they are asking is a bit steep for a simple code converter.

Curiosity...

Just out of curiosity I would like to know how many people (if any) are subscribed directly to my blog? 

Is there anyone who even reads it?

I wonder if Scott is planning on displaying statistics, such has the number of people who have visited a particular blog entry.

File Uploading with ASP.Net

File Uploading with ASP.NET
A comprehensive tutorial on uploading files to server hard disk using built-in ASP.NET server controls. Describes how to upload more than one file, how to upload only image files, how to retrieve other form non-binary field values, how to view and delete files uploaded on the server, and so on. [.netWire]

This is a pretty nice article on how to use ASP.Net to upload files to a server.  To use ASP.Net or Web Services?  I think we should choose web services to upload files, web services are the wave of the future.  Am I right?

Change file templates in VS.Net

If you are like me every time you create a new file in VS.Net you change the way code is arranged or laid out.  Well here is a tip for you. 

Change file templates: Here is how you would change your windows form file template(for C#):

    Open up <VS.NET Install Dir>\VC#\VC#Wizards\CSharpAddWinFormWiz\Templates\1033 directory
    Open NewWinForm.cs
    Make any changes to the template(NewWinForm.cs)
    Special symbols:
    • For the class name use [!output SAFE_CLASS_NAME]
    • For the default namespase use [!output SAFE_NAMESPACE_NAME]
    Once you are done with your changes just save the file and your done (test it when you create a new window form it should use that template)

This same idea should work for any of the file you want to change you just need to figure out the Wizard that is used to create a new file, it is usually pretty ease because they name the Wizard folders with a similar name and the file type (ie CSharpAddWinFormWiz and New Windows form). This should also work for VB just gointo the VB\VBWizards instead of VC#\VC#Wizards.

I hope this helps someone out there.

Quick Reference Cards

Maybe you guys have already seen this site but I just stumbled upon it today http://www.digilife.be/quickreferences/quickrefs.htm.  It has some good condensed reference cards for some (older) programming technologies. These could come in handy sometime if anyone ever needs a quick reference on something.  The uml reference would have came in handy a few weeks ago when I was looking for some nice clean examples.
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NewsIsFree.com

Does anyone use newsIsFree?  If so can you tell me if dotnetweblogs supports Blogger API or the metaWeblog API so that I can setup my blog through there site.  Also does anyone subscribe to there premium services, I'm wondering if they are useful? 

Can anyone tell me anything good/bad about the newsIsFree site?

Thanks

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Why Did Google Want Blogger?

This is an interesting article about how Google acquired Pyra Labs, the company behind Blogger, because of possible searching techniques.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,57754,00.html

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Saving Application/User Settings using XmlSerialization

Quite a few people seemed to like the XmlSerializer-based IConfigurationSectionHandler I wrote. Cool! A few people asked about how we could use this same technology to write to the config file, though. Of course, this is a Bad Idea. As anyone who has taken the plunge knows, normal users do not have permission to write to the application configuration file. What you are supposed to do is to write to one of the special folders under Documents and Settings. Here is s a simple helper class to help you do exactly that.[CraigBlog]

I wish I could take credit for this, but I can't. I did not write this, but this and many other gems could be yours with a subscription to C#Today :D

It you want to quickly and easily searilize almost any object, just derive your class from the Selfserializer class here and you will be on your way.[ScottW's ASP.NET WebLog]

Both of these are a great references for saving application/user settings easily using XmlSerialization. Thanks for the references guys.
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Y2K bug still alive

106 woman was told she needed to goto first grade (because the computer thought she was 6)

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1138427

How to interview a programmer

How to Interview a Programmer
In attending a summit on code quality recently, we each shared the techniques we use in screening/hiring a programmer. This story provides a summary.

Chris Sells, Monday, February 24, 2003

I afraid of my next interview after reading all this.
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