March 2006 - Posts

Creating Code Snippets
Published Sun, Mar 26 2006 21:01 | Paul June
My previous blog entry discusses the essentials on using Code Snippets to speed up your development. But as you would have noticed, not all snippets that are available would cater to your needs. In this scenario, you must create your own Code Snippets...
Using Code Snippets
Published Sat, Mar 25 2006 18:54 | Paul June
Visual Studio 2005 offers a great IDE for improving your coding speeds. One if the feature that would definitely boost your speed up is the Code Snippet. Code Snippets are pieces of code that you can automatically insert in your source code to avoid redundant...
Indexers
Published Thu, Mar 23 2006 16:33 | Paul June
I had just a run-in-review with this feature when my friend asked me how to enable your class to contain “angle bars []” to return a value from his class, much like an array. Well, the proper way of doing this is to use Indexers in your class. Indexers...
Previewing LinQ
Published Mon, Mar 20 2006 19:45 | Paul June
Just today, I tried previewing the LinQ project. If anyone of doesn’t know what the LinQ project is, it’s a new set of API’s to enable enhanced querying that is embedded to your code. LinQ stands for Language Integrated Query. The first preview was made...
Serialization
Published Fri, Mar 17 2006 20:26 | Paul June
I know that this is an old age technology in .Net. But I was surprised that some C# programmers still don’t know about serialization. So I’m creating this blog for the ones who still hasn’t got any idea on serialization. But if you already know this,...
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C# GetObject and CreateObject
Published Wed, Mar 15 2006 17:08 | Paul June
When interoperating with COM applicaitons, sometimes you need to get the running instance of the application object of the app. In VB you would be doing this by using the GetObject method. Basically the GetObject method returns a reference to an object...
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Windows Vista Logo
Published Wed, Mar 15 2006 16:28 | Paul June
Microsoft has just posted the requirements or guidelines in order for your application to use this logo. Vista is fast approaching its release date. And it offers many new functionalities for programmers to be able to develop superb softwares for Vista...
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Made In Express Contest
Published Wed, Mar 15 2006 16:18 | Paul June
Are you a .Net programmer who wants a crispy $10,000? Then join the Made In Express Contest! You must have a creative concept and programming skills. This contest was made for promoting the new Visual Studio 2005 products. All you need to have is skills...
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Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer (Sparkle)
Published Wed, Mar 15 2006 16:17 | Paul June
I have just installed Sparkle March 2006 CTP. I’ve already heard XAML in WinFx(Avalon, Vista Presentation Layer) on numerous blogs, but I really haven’t got the chance to use it. Not until now. This software is part of the Microsoft Expression Product...
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Generics 101
Published Sun, Mar 5 2006 19:08 | Paul June
Another new feature of C# 2.0 is the ability to create classes that can handle different types while eradicating type boxing on the underlying type. This new feature is called Generic Classes. This type of class enable its user to create a somewhat “general...
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