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Class to Xml tool (test version)

Summary CTX (Class to Xml) tool is a very simple tool which provides you a code editing environment in C# and VB.NET, compiles the source codes and lets you see the Xml output of all serializable types once successfully compiled. Intro Do you use Xml...

Published Sat, Feb 18 2006 15:15 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET, .NET 2.0

Digitally mastering my portraits

I used to paint portraits in oil when I was kid. For different reasons, I had not been able to maintain them as a result of which they have aged a lot :(. The last time I went home, I took close up snapshots of my works with my Canon PowerShot A510 ,...

Published Sun, Jan 15 2006 19:03 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: Personal

XML Serialize IDictionary types (Hashtable, DictionaryBase etc.)

Problem You want to serialize a type; however it: implements IDictionary , or derives from DictionaryBase , contains a member which implements IDictionary or derives from DictionaryBase , which causes XmlSerializer to throw an exception: "System.NotSupportedException...

Published Sun, Jan 15 2006 12:42 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET FAQ

This blog gets updated

Now that http://msmvps.com runs on CS (thanks a lot to Susan and team!), I will be cross posting for a while - here and at http://rakeshrajan.com/blog/ . Also, since some of the readers complain that the LuxLegend skin I am using isn't really attractive...

Published Wed, Dec 14 2005 2:14 by rakeshrajan

I have moved!

Friends, now that I have bought my own little niche in the web world, I have decided to shift this blog to this cool new place . It runs on Community Server with LuxLegend as the skin. Please update your links. For your convenience, I have duplicated...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2005 1:17 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: Personal

Just posted a new article - Delegate and Events Internals

Check it out here: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/DelegatesNEventsInternals.asp

Published Fri, Oct 7 2005 6:46 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET, Personal

Off to the Global Summit! :)

A few more hours, and I will be on board the first flight of my trip to Redmond for attending the Global MVP Summit. It's quite wonderful to know that within a few hours I will be meeting people I have only “seen” at newsgroups. Hope the journey...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2005 17:53 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: Personal

.NET Certifications FAQ

This is something that comes up frequently. Check out the below link I wrote a long long time ago. Hope it has some helpful information. Please drop me a mail if you have questions. http://t-mug.org/certification.aspx

Published Fri, Sep 23 2005 1:57 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET FAQ

How to make Visual Studio .NET create web projects in a user defined folder

Just published this here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555436

Published Mon, Aug 22 2005 9:57 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET FAQ

How to share custom application configuration settings across projects in .NET

Just published this here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555396 Interestingly, I had stumbled upon this while answering this post: http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.dotnet.general&mid=ff9719e6-3829-4122-8b23...

Published Tue, Aug 16 2005 14:12 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET FAQ

Session Start event in .NET 2.0 seems to be updated

In .NET 1.x, the session start event would be invoked if an unhandled exception propagates out of the application scope (in additional to the normal invocation). This meant that the code in the session start event handler may be called multiple times...

Published Sun, Aug 7 2005 23:17 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET 2.0

It's my birthday!

Dear folks, it's my birthday today! You ask how old I am? Keep guessing, 'coz I won't tell ;) Hmm...come to think of it - I haven't decided on any new 'age' resolutions...so I guess I would just continue coding. Nothing special planned for today...being...

Published Sat, Jul 30 2005 18:21 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: Personal

Bugs, developers and testers

Developers usually develop applications with the objective of getting the functionality up and running as quick as possible. After the functionality is complete, they would proceed to test their code. Unfortunately, many developers are neither inclined...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2005 20:29 by rakeshrajan

HttpUnhandledException and HttpParseException - they are now Serializable :)

In .NET 1.x, these exceptions weren't serializable - which meant we couldn't persist/transport them in a direct manner. Thankfully, .NET 2.0 has both of them serializable

Published Fri, Jul 8 2005 19:09 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET 2.0

System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Unspecified error

System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Unspecified error while calling the Connection.Open method on an Access or Excel file within ASP.NET. This is an issue you could face while opening Excel or Access files as data sources in ASP.NET using OleDb Jet. Cause...

Published Mon, Jul 4 2005 15:04 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: ASP.NET

Just finished uploading the MVP Summit pics

I just completed uploading pics from the MVP Summit held @ Singapore on April 2005 (yes...it was long overdue :( ). Here are the MSN Spaces and .Text links to the photo albums: MSN Spaces: http://spaces.msn.com/members/rakeshrajan/ .Text: http://msmvps...

Published Sat, Jul 2 2005 22:06 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: Personal

Why Multiple Inheritance was not implemented in .NET

Just came across this blog entry on why Multiple Inheritance was not implemented in .NET. http://blogs.msdn.com/csharpfaq/archive/2004/03/07/85562.aspx

Published Wed, Jun 29 2005 10:56 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET FAQ

Just posted my first ASP.NET article!

I just posted my first ever ASP.NET article :) That too, after a significant time! Hmm...I should write more frequently...

Published Sun, Jun 5 2005 20:26 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: ASP.NET

How to find out the immediate calling method

Use the StackFrame and StackTrace classes. For example: public static void SourceMethod() { TargetMethod(); } public static void TargetMethod() { StackTrace st = new StackTrace(); // This will output 'SourceMethod' Console.WriteLine(st.GetFrame(1).GetMethod...

Published Mon, May 2 2005 22:55 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET FAQ

Static readonly versus constants

Though both would appear similar – they are both read only and generate almost similar IL code – they have a number of differences. Here they are: Constants are evaluated at compile time, whereas static (or static readonly ) variables at runtime. So,...

Published Sun, May 1 2005 11:03 by rakeshrajan

Filed under: .NET FAQ

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Class to Xml tool (test version)

Digitally mastering my portraits

XML Serialize IDictionary types (Hashtable, DictionaryBase etc.)

This blog gets updated

I have moved!

Just posted a new article - Delegate and Events Internals

Off to the Global Summit! :)

.NET Certifications FAQ

How to make Visual Studio .NET create web projects in a user defined folder

How to share custom application configuration settings across projects in .NET

Session Start event in .NET 2.0 seems to be updated

It's my birthday!

Bugs, developers and testers

HttpUnhandledException and HttpParseException - they are now Serializable :)

System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Unspecified error

Just finished uploading the MVP Summit pics

Why Multiple Inheritance was not implemented in .NET

Just posted my first ASP.NET article!

How to find out the immediate calling method

Static readonly versus constants