In another post I referred to this topic as a phenomena. That’s pretty over-dramatic. But there are some important rules and guidelines for types in .NET and until you know why things happen as they do, it seems like voodoo. Continue reading ByVal, ByRef, Structure, Class, ugh.
After reading the post about events and AddHandler and tracking references and hanging objects, you might be a little concerned about using events at all, maybe because of the added code or the housekeeping. If so, you can consider another Continue reading Uneventful
Applications typically send a lot of emails. At least, they should, since it’s a good, archive-able method for communication and confirmation. Archive-able for the receiver, sure, but what about the sender – the application? You have a couple of options: Continue reading Save That Email. As an Email.
In a current task where I had to consolidate the structure of a website and organize the files better, I ran across this interesting quirk. When developing, we work in a virtual directory on our local machine, while on a Continue reading Staying On The Correct Path
I’m always looking for novel ways to accomplish something. Even if it’s totally inefficient, it still is a good exercise in problem-solving. Sometimes you can find a good challenge by taking something simple, then making it complex. For example, there Continue reading Finding Solutions Before Problems
I’m always looking for novel ways to accomplish something, even it’s totally inefficient… This sounds familiar. Interestingly, the solution I was experimenting with in the last post is closely related to a problem I took up for resolution today. In Continue reading Finding Solutions In Problems
All .NET developers should know that .NET is pretty reference-happy. There’s an interesting phenomena with Structures and Classes that I can illustrate later, but the issue I wanted to point out here involves references and garbage collection. As we know, Continue reading Why Won’t You Go Away?!
I read couple small tips from a SQL Server MVP that I had to try out. I was surprised this is the first I’d ever heard of them. The tips were concerning optional parameters – basically, when you pass a Continue reading Small Changes Make Big Changes
XML can be a wonderful thing. Storing XML in SQL Server can be wonderful, too. It gives you a place to store a lot of data in one field and is especially useful if that data is considered one unit Continue reading Saving Objects–Simple, Not Difficult
I was working with a DataGrid that had a ButtonColumn in it. I had a need to set the CommandArgument for this button. Did you know there is no way to set a CommandArgument for a ButtonColumn? I was all Continue reading They Thought They Could Stop Me.