Santhosh Pillai
Globalization challenges... one at a time.
Extracting Text from PSD Files
Localizers often need to extract text from PSD (Photoshop) files, translate them, and put the text...
Date: 04/30/2008
Kinsoku, anyone?
I should admit that I am a little rusty as my last post was a while ago. I am interested to find out...
Date: 11/06/2007
Media Center SDK Vista Beta 2
Media Center SDK for Windows Vista Beta 2 is now available here for download. The good news is that...
Date: 06/14/2006
Indeo Codec & XP SP2
Do you have an AVI file encoded with Indeo codec that stopped displaying video when accessed from a...
Date: 11/17/2004
Account Protection, Baby!
So, here I am calling up my credit card company to have my address changed (well, I tried online,...
Date: 07/13/2004
Calling C++ Unmanaged Class from C#
This may be a no-brainer, but I thought I'd post it anyway. If you have a C++ class in an unmanaged...
Date: 07/07/2004
P/Invoke: Should it be this hard?
Obviously, no! We are trying everything we can to make it less painful for the developers. Most of...
Date: 03/31/2004
Hard to Find a Technical Resource? Think About Microsoft Developer Support!
I often see questions like this in various forums: We are about start the coding phase of our...
Date: 03/26/2004
DCOM: Is there a way to get the IP of the DCOM client from the DCOM server?
Another FAQ. Short answer: may be. Shorter answer: no. To be honest: no supported way....
Date: 03/01/2004
Post your Remoting questions in microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.remoting
As I look through the feedback for my post, I thought it may be a good idea that I propose this:...
Date: 02/24/2004
Error: The type is not supported because it implements IDictionary.
Ferris Beuller asked me in response to my previous post: Why can the serializer not serialize types...
Date: 02/24/2004
So, What's the Deal with SerializationException in Remoting & TypeFilterLevel?
Applications that used to work well in Framework 1.0 give...
Date: 02/23/2004
About Me: Santhosh Pillai
My Name is Santhosh Pillai. I am a Technical Lead in the Microsoft Developer Support Organization....
Date: 02/23/2004