If you are like me, you hate hand editing HTML and XML! But unfortunately, as a .NET Developer you often find yourself doing it, and if for no other reason, you have to do it for parts of the Web.Config and Application.Config files. Last night, I was googling for something, and just found this tool from ASPhere by luck. It's really easy, nice, and looks great :)
Here you are the URL : http://www.asphere.cz/asphere.zip
At last, you can now debug the .NET Framework code, and can have a detailed look at the code, and not just the signatures :)
Previously, Scott Gu announced in his Blog that we will be able to see the Framework code, but no idea how; as it wasn't available to everyone.
Luckily, Shawn Burke finally gave us the exact route to the magic! in this post.
I advice you to read Scott Gu's post about this new feature
Happy Programming, and enjoy Microsoft's magic ;)
- open the “BizTalk WCF Service Publishing Wizard”
-Select your Http Binding
-Browse for your BizTalk application
-Browse for your BTS application dll.
-Type the name of your namespace.
-Type the name of the Service on the IIS.
The SOAP Adapter fails to register
Or
The following error may occur when BizTalk Server attempts to register the SOAP (or HTTP) adapter.
"The Messaging Engine failed to register an adapter "SOAP" (Or "HTTP"). Details: "Registering multiple adapter types within the same process is not a supported scenario. For e.g. HTTP and SOAP receive adapters cannot co-exist in the same process".
Cause:
When running BizTalk Server on Windows Server 2003 / IIS 6.x, the SOAP and HTTP adapters cannot execute in the same process space or application pool.
Resolution:
If an installation requires using both the SOAP and HTTP adapters on the same Web server then separate application pools must be created for each adapter. Once created, the virtual directories for each adapter are each assigned to a different application pool.
Cause
You forgot to assign the receive port of the orchestration to the generated receive port of the WCF service.
Resolution
In the “BizTalk Server Administration” Tool >> Orchestration properties >> Bindings
Microsoft finally decided to help us remember some code using the code snippets, that was a new technique since Visual Studio 2005. Visual Studio 2005 came up with some built in code snippets too that I personally didn't find them as much useful as expected. However, later in October 2006, they produced a very nice and vast set of C# code snippets that you can download to integrate those already installed with Visual Studio 2005.
You can download it from this link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=57395&clcid=0x409
As you can see below, these snippets have a wide range of functionality that we need in our daily programming activities. You no longer have to know how to Read Data from a Serial port or even compute the hashcode of a password. It's really a great one from Microsoft.
Here you are, and you are done. Right click, Insert Snippet, and you will find the new Visual C# code Snippets appear.
Enjoy and Happy Programming ;)
Don't be limited to plain text. You can paste strings into Visual Studio as comments, string, StringBuilders, and more.
SmartPaster is a plug-in for Visual Studio .NET 2003 that allows text on the clipboard to be pasted in a format compatible with C# and Visual Basic code. SmartPaster can be downloaded from http://www.papadimoulis.com/alex/SmartPaster1.1.zip.
After downloading and installing SmartPaster, you will see a new item on the right-click (context) menu
I find myself most frequently pasting text as a string or a StringBuilder. You can copy any sort of text from another application, then when you paste that text into Visual Studio, you can choose to paste it as a string or as a StringBuilder.
Many developers like to build a SQL statement using a tool such as Query Analyzer, for easy testing and debugging, or Microsoft Access, for quick, visual development. As simple as it is to build queries externally, putting them into code can often be a challenge, especially when the queries span multiple lines. SmartPaster eases the task of bringing external queries to code: simply copy your query to the clipboard and paste as a string or StringBuilder. For example, if you copied the following SQL to your clipboard:
SET ROWCOUNT 10 SELECT ProductName FROM Products ORDER BY Products.UnitPrice DESC
then paste the code into Visual Studio using Paste As String, you would see the following code:
@"SET ROWCOUNT 10" + Environment.NewLine + @"SELECT ProductName" + Environment.NewLine + @"FROM Products" + Environment.NewLine + @"ORDER BY Products.UnitPrice DESC" + Environment.NewLine + @""
You could also paste this code using Paste As StringBuilder and specify a StringBuilder name of "sqlBuilder," and this would result in the following code:
StringBuilder sqlBuilder = new StringBuilder(141);
sqlBuilder.AppendFormat(@"SET ROWCOUNT 10{0}", Environment.NewLine);
sqlBuilder.AppendFormat(@"SELECT ProductName{0}", Environment.NewLine);
sqlBuilder.AppendFormat(@"FROM Products{0}", Environment.NewLine);
sqlBuilder.AppendFormat(@"ORDER BY Products.UnitPrice DESC");Like SQL statements, text displayed to the user is often developed externally, either by a copywriter, business analyst, or coder (such as myself), and requires the spellchecker within Microsoft Word. Usually, pasting such code would require going character by character, escaping quotes, and manually adding in line breaks. With SmartPaster, a quick right-click, paste-as, and your external copy is now internal without any of the normal hassle.
In an ideal world, all messages and dialogs would be stored in an external resource file and all SQL statements would be in views and stored procedures. But in a world of deadlines and disposable microapplications, doing it the right way is often trumped by "make sure it works."
As we've seen, SmartPaster offers the option of pasting your text as a string or a StringBuilder. While the difference may seem cosmetic, there are actually appropriate times to use one over the other. The reasoning behind this is that string literals (i.e., strings explicitly declared in your code, as opposed to those input by the user) are immutable. This means that every operation on a string, such as a concatenation or replacement, involves creating an in-memory buffer, performing the operation, creating a new string, and finally passing the old one to garbage collection.
Knowing that, it's fairly easy to decide whether to use a string or a StringBuilder. If the text will always be static, such as a tool tip, there will be no advantage to using a StringBuilder (even if string literals are concatenated across lines, the compiler joins them in memory). However, if the text will vary on conditions, such as a runtime error message, then there will definitely be a performance hit using a string as opposed to a StringBuilder.
Just as with strings, any text on the clipboard may be pasted as a block of comments. I've found this very helpful in many cases. Having instant blocks of comments makes development much easier because of the following reasons:
Business rule requirements may be pasted directly into the code for easier translation and to explain what is being done.
Documentation from MSDN or other sources may be pasted in, avoiding the need to switch between the code and a browser window.
When upgrading code from another platform, the legacy code can be pasted as a comment, making it easier to ensure the logic is the same.
To paste text as a comment, you simply need to copy text to your clipboard and then choose Paste As Comment. For example, if you copied the following piece of text to your clipboard:
Call the test method to walk through this scenario and test every part.
and then pasted it into your document using Paste As Comment, you would see the following comment added:
//Call the test method to walk through this scenario and test every part.
When pasting as a region, the clipboard text will simply appear between #region and #endregion tags with a region name of your choice. This feature is often helpful when organizing code within your application or pasting regions of code developed by someone else.
First, copy a piece of code like this one to your clipboard:
private void DoSomething( )
{
//Write Code Here
}Then select Paste As Region, and a small dialog will appear.
From this dialog, you specify the name of the region that you want to use; after you click OK, this code will be pasted into your document:
#region DoSomething Method
private void DoSomething( )
{
//Write Code Here
}
#endregionSmartPaster offers a number of configuration options to make the add-in work best for you. The SmartPaster configuration can be accessed through Paste As Configure.
Many people argued that i usually add very lengthy posts here in my technical blog, which they think nobody will do read them. But actually, i am targetting in my posts those who are just beginners as well. So I will try my best to minimize everything as much as possible to be OK with everyone, and everybody is welcommed to ask as many questions as he/she wish and I will be answering them as soon as possible :).
Well this problem I will be mentioning now soon is very common especially for those who live in Arabic countries, as usually they configure their windows in the Regional and language settings to Arabic - [Country].
The problem is that when you get to say
DateTime.Now.ToString();
//Value -> 30/01/2006 10:33:00 م
As it's obvious, you may find instead of the AM and PM added at the end of the time, it became ص and م instead. The problem may further extend and sometimes you may find the monthe name became فبراير instead of February.
ok so what's the problem? well, if you have a field in the Database that is of DataType DateTime, and tried to insert any of the values mentioned above, you will get an error that says that the string is not a valid DateTime string.
The first thing that will come in your mind am sure, is to change the Regional and language settings in your windows configuration (Control Panel> Regional and language settings), and make everything point to United States.
This is not always the case, and wont always fix your problem. So here you are the clue. In your web Application, edit you web.config file if already available, or add it into your application, and add the following line in it.
<configuration>
<system.web>
<globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" uiCulture="en" culture="en-US" />
</system.web>
</configuration>
This forces the website to use the English Culture and the United States Configurations, not just in time formats, but in numbers, currencies, short and long dates. And this sure solves the problem perfectly.
As WPF becomes more and more popular nowadays, many people face the problem where they want to embed WPF pages in ordinary pages made in ordinary Win32 pages. Many reasons are there which make developers forced to think about it. Developers want to benefit from the extraordinary WPF benefits such as the flexible and amazing graphical user interface, ..etc. However, WPF can't do everything, as you can't for example create an extensibility project using WPF, you are still forced to use Win32 forms.
However, sometimes developers prefer using Win32 controls, because simply they are more than WPF controls. So here comes the need to embed Win32 forms in WPF forms.
These two walkthroughs are a very good reference for doing so, Thanks to MSDN
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Presentation Foundation Control in Windows Forms
Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in a Windows Presentation Foundation Page.