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An Old Problem is New Again

I ran into a problem yesterday that brought back memories. And not the good kind of memories either. I'm doing some work using TypeConverters. In particular, I'm creating a Windows Forms control that functions in a manner similar to a PropertyGrid, but Read More...

Looking for Mr (or Ms) GoodDeveloper

Business has been booming of late at ObjectSharp. Don't know whether it's the weather or the business cycle, but our recent company barbeque had more new faces that I've seen in many years. And we haven't lost any of the old faces either. And yet it doesn't Read More...

Relieving File in Use Problems

It's quite possible this is old news to people, but it took me more than a couple of minutes to find the solution. I was using the FromFile method on the Image class to create a new Image object. When I was done with the Image, I needed to move the file. Read More...

Identifying Formatting Errors with Expression Web

One of the more interesting aspects of Expression Web is its ability to help debug CSS errors. I'm in a talk on Designing with Expression Web and the story is about how to use Expression Web to identify problems in a web page. The web page is loaded and Read More...

A Big Strike Against TableAdapters

I'm hoping that someone reads this post and corrects me. But I'm not holding out much hope. I don't normally use TableAdapters, but for a small application I decided that they seem like a reasonable choice. And so long as I was using them on my development Read More...

WebParts and the need for a Database

I'm doing some work creating WebPart components in ASP.NET 2.0 and discovered a dependency that I wasn't initially expecting...the need for a database. It appears that in order to even place a WebPart onto a form, you need to have a database. Or at least Read More...

DataFormatString doesn't seem to work on BoundField elements

I was using the BoundField element in ASP.NET 2.0’s GridView control. More specifically, I was attempting to use the DataFormatString element in order to change the look of dates and dollar amounts as they get displayed. Much to my dismay, it didn’t Read More...

Register for the Toronto Code Camp

The registration page has been available since the middle of December (at http://www.torontocodecamp.net ), but my heads-down end of year mode kept me from mentioning it until now. If you’re not familiar with the Code Camp concept, it is a free Read More...