Blue Blip : C#

Getting the IP Address of the DNS Server(s)

Siva M — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:39:00 GMT

Yesterday, I came across a question in one of the .NET newsgroups asking how to get the IP address of the DNS servers available in the network. Though there is no direct way of getting this information (yet, at least to my knowledge) via .NET 2.0 class...(read more)

Storing Application-wide Data in WPF

Siva M — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:29:00 GMT

It is very common in Windows applications to store application-wide data such as database connection strings, application title and folder path,etc that should be available for the duration of the application instance. The general strategy for storing...(read more)

Static Breadcrumb with SiteMapPath Control

Siva M — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:36:00 GMT

Today I saw a question in the ASP.NET newsgroup asking about implementing a static (non-hyperlinked) site map path. As you know, the SiteMapPath control in ASP.NET 2.0 displays a breadcrumb showing the current spot in the site map navigation defined in...(read more)

Changing Log On Credentials of Windows Services

Siva M — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:19:00 GMT

There was a question from an internal group asking for a way to programmatically change the log on name (and of course password) of a Windows service - this is the user account, local or domain, under which the service process runs when started. Unfortunately...(read more)

Impersonating Network Share (UNC) Path Access

Siva M — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:22:00 GMT

One of the features of the ASP.NET application that I am currently working on requires copying dynamically generated files to a network share path. As guessed(!), the user identity of the ASP.NET worker process (IIS application pool, in case of Windows...(read more)

Profiling .NET Code with StopWatch

Siva M — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:15:06 GMT

One of the new diagnostics tools introduced in .NET 2.0 is the System.Diagnostics.StopWatch class. It lets you time your code with simplest profiling code possible! And I use this class very regularly during my development/desting. I use it especially...(read more)

Switch Internet Explorer to Offline Mode

Siva M — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:48:17 GMT

I saw a newsgroup post today asking about programmatically (.NET way) switching Internet Explorer to offline mode (checking IE's File | Work Offline menu item). I posted a small C# code that accomplishes this to the newsgroup. Thought would make a blog...(read more)

Getting Windows Process Owner Name

Siva M — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 04:24:18 GMT

The System.Diagnostics.Process class gives almost every data about a running process. But, the most-wanted information it doesn't give about a process is the process owner name. And I ran across a situation recently that asked for the same thing - here...(read more)

Tablet PC App Development

Siva M — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:17:00 GMT

I was recently tasked with developing a utility for Tablet PC - this utility will let users sign using pen/ink and store the signature as an image file. Trust me, I have not even touched a tablet PC before (shameful!) and thinking about writing a utility...(read more)