robgruen's WebLog
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Showing a topmost form without deactivating current active form
Q: Is there a way to show a borderless, topmost form on the screen without deactivating the current...
Author: robgruen Date: 03/24/2004
Different IL when compiling .NET assemblies on different Windows versions?
Someone asked if you compile a .NET assembly on two different operating systems (ex: Windows 2003...
Author: robgruen Date: 03/22/2004
Near-Earth Asteroid visible with Binoculars
For those of you living in the Southern Hemisphere, some parts of Europe and Asia: The LINEAR...
Author: robgruen Date: 03/18/2004
"That would be a redundant waste of time."
While walking down the hallway I heard this sentence uttered and was completely confused. Say the...
Author: robgruen Date: 03/12/2004
A Primer for Restoring Lost Source Code from IL (a.k.a. Reverse Engineering .NET apps)
I’ve been working on several internal tools for some of the folks on the exchange support...
Author: robgruen Date: 03/08/2004
Win32Exception when creating a form that's minmized and is not shown in the taskbar (Can I be more obscure?)
The Charlotte, NC Microsoft site was closed on both Thursday and Friday due to overwhelming amounts...
Author: robgruen Date: 02/28/2004
Having Problems with the Visual Basic 6 Code Advisor?
The Code Advisor is an add-in for the VB6 IDE that analyzes VB6 source and identifies code areas...
Author: robgruen Date: 02/27/2004
Programmatically Showing the Desktop (ToggleDesktop)
Have you ever used the Win+D (Show/Hide Desktop) or Win+M (Minimize All) shortcut keys? Have you...
Author: robgruen Date: 02/24/2004
Interesting Issue in the Windows Form Designer for VS.NET
I was working with a customer the other day and came accross an interesting issue: Controls on a...
Author: robgruen Date: 02/20/2004