Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET

Public Shared Function BrainDump(ByVal dotNet As String) As [Value]

  • What I've Been Up To Lately OR "Assembly Hell Redux"

    The .NET Framework still has some serious issues to work out RE: versioning. It's not so much that the versioning scheme doesn't work... it's that Microsoft has not put forth a single document on build versioning recommendations, and how to version your assemblies to be easily identified with different .NET runtimes, so the whole .NET distribution infrastructure is extremely fractured. Anyway, over the past several months, I've experienced a problem that has taken DLL Hell to a whole new level, and so I thought I'd share it today.

  • Deleting Items from a WindowsForms CheckedListBox

    I've been working on a new utility today, and it required me to interact with a WindowsForms CheckedListBox control. It took me about 20 minutes to figure this out, but if you delete a SelectedItem from the source list, you MUST change the SelectedIndex before you delete the item and rebind. Otherwise you'll through an IndexOutOfRange exception with a non-existent stack trace.

  • VS2005: Smells Like Beta 2

    I think VS2005 Beta 2 shaping up to be released very soon (Within the next week or two). I seem to remember MS saying that you wouldn't see it before TechEd 2005, but I think they may be trying to make up for slip dates by at least having a downloadable version available by the time the techies hit the tarmac. Many of the VS guys have been relatively quiet, and the builds I've seen are starting to take on the characteristics of a final package.

  • Site Outage Notice for LonghornBlogs.com & Others

    As some of you might have already known, my company hosts it's servers at ServerBeach. They're a great hoster, and have treated us very well. They were recently bought out by a European hosting company called Peer1, and have since constructed a new datacenter. Last week, our servers were moved to the new facility, and over the past week, InterscapeUSA.com, LonghornBlogs.com and other sites have been experiencing intermittent outtages. I confirmed on Thursday that the hard drive on our webserver is failing (most likely damaged in transit), which is the reason for the current outtage.

  • Gimme a break....

    I'm with Wally, Paul, and Jeff. I'm definitely not joining the ranks of the Old Guard anytime soon. PS, I've been programming on some form of BASIC since the Apple IIc. Sure, VB.NET was tough to get over. Objects? Event-driven programming? But I got over it. Like thousands of other people did. And I still learn new things every day. Something tells me half of these people are just pissed off that Microsoft didn't listen to them, and now they wanna pout about it.

  • Thinking Of You, Chris Sells

    My roommate has a bathroom book called "The Rules: A Man's Guide to Life." by Esquire Magazine. I was sitting reading it the other day (use your imagination.... actually, please don't) and I came across Rule 390, which made me think of Chris Sells. I will give you just a second to snicker at that while I type the rule.

  • Any Good WinForms HTML Edit Controls?

    I'm looking at ramping up development on VisualBlogger again, and I'm still looking for a really solid WinForms HTML edit control. Anyone know of any good ones?