Discoveries / Experiences in .Net Application development https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/feed.xml Discoveries during Web Application development using Asp.Net, C# etc Wed, 17 Apr 2019 03:27:27 GMT en-US hourly 1 Windows 8 Start Menu Back again https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/windows-8-start-menu-back-again Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:35:48 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2012/07/04/windows-8-start-menu-back-again/ Windows 8 Start Menu Bring it back

https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/easily-revive-the-classic-start-menu-hidden-within-windows-8/5945

]]> .Net Code Comment Analyzer. https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/net-code-comment-analyzer Tue, 05 Jun 2012 06:47:31 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2012/06/05/net-code-comment-analyzer/ Counts the code comments for a c#.Net Code .This is a plug in which embeds into Vs2010 IDE and on Invocation gives a count of the comments in the code.

The solution can contain multiple projects, It gives a count of each and every C# project in the solution and gives a nicely formatted Report / Grid with no of comments in every file.

https://comment.codeplex.com/

]]> Undo other users checkout https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/undo-other-users-checkout Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:31:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2012/03/18/undo-other-users-checkout/ 1. Log in as Tfs Admin

2. Launch Visual studio command prompt

3. use the below Undo workspace command.


tf undo /workspace:userxyzworkpacename  "$/Silver/Documents/Project Management/Sprint 12/*.*" /s:https://servername:8080/TFS/[ProjectCollectionName]

4.For recursively deleting all files under the folder use

tf undo /workspace:userxyzworkpacename  "$/Silver/Documents/Project Management/Sprint 12/" /s:https://servername:8080/TFS/[ProjectCollectionName] /RECURSIVE

]]> Wurfl 51degrees Mobile Capabilities Viewer https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/wurfl-51degrees-mobile-capabilities-viewer Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:39:01 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2011/02/04/wurfl-51degrees-mobile-capabilities-viewer/ I have created a  simple codeplex project to view all the mobile capabilities given by Wurfl.Sourceforge.net.

It uses 51degrees.codeplex.com .Net helper binary to get the capabilities from the Wurfl file.

check it out here, Download  here

]]> Mini Memory Dump Diagnosis using Asp.Net https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/mini-memory-dump-diagnosis-using-asp-net Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:23:50 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2011/01/04/mini-memory-dump-diagnosis-using-asp-net/ To Enable developers to generate mini memory dumps in case of unhandled exceptions or for specific exception scenarios without using any external tools , only using Asp.Net 2.0 and above. Many times in production , QA Servers the issues require post-mortem or low-level system debugging efforts. This Memory dump generator will help in those scenarios.

Can be applied to WCF Applications , Sharepoint Application and WinForms (only custom Events for WinForms) Applications as well.

used Vs 2008 and .Net 3.5

Have a look at this https://minimemorydump.codeplex.com/

]]> Network Adapter/ Interface Analyzer, viewer, Speed Calculator https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/network-adapter-interface-analyzer-viewer-speed-calculator Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:25:51 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2010/12/16/network-adapter-interface-analyzer-viewer-speed-calculator/ I have written a simple .net 3.5 based winforms solution, which shows all information about the Network Adapters and the download / upload speed etc.

check it out here.https://netanalyzer.codeplex.com/

Download here https://netanalyzer.codeplex.com/releases/57518/download/186523

]]> Windows Forms GUI based Trace Listener https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/windows-forms-gui-based-trace-listener Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:25:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2010/12/06/windows-forms-gui-based-trace-listener/ Many times we find it difficult to view Trace information written from our Win Forms Application. Since we dont have a Trace.axd like Web Apps have.

I have created a simple UI based Trace Listener to debug / Trace information .
Displays all the Trace.Writeline's or Debug.Writelines in the entire Windows Forms Application to the WinForms Grid View Control. Check it out  in the Releases  zip file. Unzip and Run the Exe.

If this Windows form is included in an existing App, and kept open in the background, All the Applications Trace entries will be captured in the GridView Control.

https://wintrace.codeplex.com/ 

  • No need to look at EventLog / Xml file etc.
  • This code Library helps you View the Trace and debug entries.
  • You Can plug in to your WinForms App as well.


Needs.Net 2.0 or 3.5 and Above
Currently built using Vs 2008, c#, .Net 3.5

]]> Override SaveViewState Custom Controls - Cautious https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/override-saveviewstate-custom-controls-cautious Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:54:50 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2010/07/19/override-saveviewstate-custom-controls-cautious/ Be cautious when you Override SaveViewState during Custom Control development.

The SaveViewState is called on Page Load and all Post Backs, irrespective of whether the property

backed by the viewstate is modified  programatically or at runtime.

It could cost you heavily if the Page has a lot of viewstate backed properties..

 

]]> Optimize Viewstate and Enum https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/optimize-viewstate-and-enum Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:50:09 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2010/07/19/optimize-viewstate-and-enum/ In Asp.Net , When we use custom enumerations , and store them in the ViewState as Enum Text (Single or Married),
for eg.

enum MyStatus {

Single = 0,

Married

}

The FullTypeName, i.e, name of the Type, the assembly Name, Strong name public key,

culture  etc are stored in the viewstate. takeus up Almost 200 to 300 bytes

so it is always advised to cast it to integer before storing it in the viewstate

and parse it back to Enum while reading it.
eg.

public MyStatus Status

{

get{ (MyStatus) Enum.Parse(typeof(MyStatus) , ViewState["MyStatus"]) ;

}

set

{

 ViewState["MyStatus"]  = (int) value;

}

}
]]> .Net 1.1 to 2.0 Migration Guidelines https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/technet-blog/net-1-1-to-2-0-migration-guidelines Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:10:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/technet/2010/06/24/net-1-1-to-2-0-migration-guidelines/ Vista_Install_AcelpNet.zip

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