A few days ago I wrote of a GC hole I accidently created in my C++/CLI code (with thanks to commenter Nish for the name of the phenomenon). I had the following code snippet set inside a private … more

In my current project, we have a windows service that we are developing and debugging, which involves a lot of installing/uninstalling the service. One common problem when uninstalling a service is … more

In my current code, I find myself accessing many Sharepoint web services. In one run of code I can access 5-6 different web services on dozens of different sites, not necessarily even on the same … more

Yes, I know I am far from the first to bemoan the atrocious behavior of Visual Studio 2005 when you press the F1 button, even accidently. The first time you do it - or other times, if it deems the … more

Here's another nasty one that tried to bite me today. Let's say I have the following classes: public class COMPlusClass : ServicedComponent{   public COMPlusClass()   {   … more

By a staggering margin, most of my problems integrating C++/CLI code into my C#-based project has been deployment problems. Without fail, every integration or test deployment will be plagued … more

Today, I had a very tight deadline to achieve a very simple task: pass a managed .NET string to an API function that expects a null-terminated char*. Trivial, you would expect? Unfortunately it … more

Recently I've found myself stumbling around some C++/CLI code. C++ is a language which I learned years ago and never really worked with seriously, so I've been cursing and moaning as I worked. … more