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Language Integrated Query (LINQ)

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Bob

Last night I attended a San Diego .NET Users Group meeting where the topic was LINQ. The presentation was done by Julie Lerman (http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog and http://blogs.devsource.com/devlife). Since I have an interest in ORM (see here) I’ve done some reading on … Continue reading →

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A .NET code sample: Real-time data streaming and control.

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Bob

This is a follow-up to the Developing a real-time data flow and control model with WCF post. My original plan was to write a full-fledged article on this. I’ve gotten some requests for the code, but it does not appear … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, GUI, WCF | 3 Comments

More on using a Named Mutex in Vista

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Bob

This is a follow-up to the Kernel Object Namespace and Vista post. Those previous findings were made using an administrative user in Vista. When I tried creating a ‘Session\AppName’ Mutex as a non-administrative user though, the application hung! Just to … Continue reading →

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Kernel Object Namespace and Vista

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Bob

Just a quick development note: According to Kernel Object Namespaces objects can have one of three predefined prefixes — ‘Local\’, ‘Global\’, or ‘Session\’. For Win2K/XP I’ve always used the ‘Local\’ prefix, which works fine. My primary use is with a … Continue reading →

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Developing a real-time data flow and control model with WCF

Posted on August 11, 2007 by Bob

A Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service is defined through its operations and data contracts. One of the major benefits of WCF is the ease with which a client can create and use these services through the automatically generated proxy classes. … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, Networking, WCF | 9 Comments

SolutionZipper Updated

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Bob

I’ve updated my SolutionZipper source and installer to version 1.3 on CodeProject. Here are the changes: Fixed a bug that was causing SZ to fail during the “Handle external projects” phase. Ignore VC++ Intellisense Database files, i.e. *.ncb. Ignore hidden … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, Visual Studio | 2 Comments

First Look: Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI)

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Bob

My initial impression is that the current implementation of the Microsoft Health CUI (v1.0.114.000) is strong on depth and weak on breadth. Because of the limited number of components available this software is too early in its implementation of be … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI)

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Bob

This looks like an interesting initiative. Links (originally found here): Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI) Controls and Library from CodePlex From the CodePlex site: The Toolkit controls developed for this release conform to the recommendations contained in the Design … Continue reading →

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Selecting an ORM for a .NET project: A real-world tale.

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Bob

This is a story that I’m sure is being written over and over again by software designers like myself that need to develop relatively complex applications in a short amount of time. The only realistic way to accomplish this is … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, LINQ, ORM | 10 Comments