As I have just been asked to prototype the front end application for the reference architecture that I have recently designed, I was in need of some help. Here is the thing, I really, really suck at Winforms coding. Give me a web application and I can make a UI that sings and dances, looks pretty, and...
The System.ComponentModel namespace (more information here ) in .Net contains an array of various attributes that every .Net developer should know about. These attributes provide a way for the developer to implement design-time and run-time behavior on both controls and components. In addition...
Lately I have been playing around with Microsoft Expression Blend. Expression Blend is a product that allows for the creation of XAML based Windows client (not its only use, but what I am using it for). You can find more information about it here at its product page. I started using Expression Blend...
One of the new cool new classes in .net 2.0 is the PowerStatus class ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.systeminformation.powerstatus(VS.80).aspx ). You can use this class to get information about the battery life of your mobile computer. In my case this is for a Tablet PC...
On my current project I wanted a way to help maintain our application after deployment. Sure I have added logging, I have added the ability to email the stack trace to an email account, but neither of these will tell me exactly what the user was actually doing at the time of the exception. And my experience...