Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/22
I always seem to forget the solution for the error messages about DsgnIntf or DesignIntf.dcu not found when porting old (D# projects) to new (D####) projects.
Googling for this always gets a few false hits at the top, so for my memory,
here it is: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Component Development, Delphi, Designer Development, Development, Package Development, Software Development | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/17
When you do some maintenance on old projects, you sometimes bump into things you have completely forgotten about.
This time it is in Visual Studio 2005, with a WPF app, and messages about App.xml.
Since there are few threads covering this problem, so I’m not sure how many people bump into this.
I know that the problem does not limit itself to C#; I have seen people in VB.NET and Delphi.net bump into this as well.
This problem is not limited to Visual Studio 2005, some people also have it in Visual Studio 2010.
Some people also have it with other objects than App.xaml (like Windows1.xaml, etc).
If you get this error, the solution is simple:
This trick has worked for me every time I bumped into it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, C#, Delphi, Development, Prism, Software Development, Visual Studio and tools, WPF | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/16
When you want to support long pathnames on Windows, you need to watch for the MAX_PATH limitation.
Some tools, like RoboCopy (developed in C++), Beyond Compare (developed in Delphi) and others get it right.
Getting it right does not depend in your development environment: it is all about calling the right API’s with the right parameters.
Let me take a tool – in this case DropBox, though other tools suffer from the same problem – and investigate how they should do it.
Even though DropBox is cross platform, the Windows version of DropBox limits itself to synchronizing files having less than 260 characters in their path.
This is a big drawback: it is so 20th century having a limitation like this. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, Delphi, Development, Encoding, Opinions, Software Development, Unicode | 6 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/15
In a lot of network environments, you (still ) find a situation where workstations run a .EXE from a network share.
In these situations, you cannot update the .EXE on the server: you get “Access Denied” errors.
Below is a simple batch-file trick to overcome this.
It kills all the handles that the workstations have to the .EXE
After you have run this batch-file, you can copy the .EXE.
Note:
There still is a small race condition: if between you kill the handles and copying the new .EXE, someone starts the old .EXE Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/12
An interesting post on how the Visual C++ compiler backend gets tested:
How we test the compiler backend – Visual C++ Team Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/09
For almost all actions inside the VMware Infrastructure Client UI, you don’t need the “edit…” action.
The only place you need this is in the “Configuration” and “Users & Groups” tabs.
So when you want to enter your ESXi license, you might wonder how to do that.
Well: hit the “Edit…” action on the far right.
Indeed: far right, especially when running 1920×1200 or other high resolutions :-)
I wonder who did the UI design for the VMware Infrastructure Client, and what the reasoning for the placement of the “Edit…” action is.
–jeroen
via: VMware Communities: Where do I enter my ESXi license key? ….
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/07
For a good laugh: read the Modern computer languages are a bit like people in some ways thread in the CodeProject lounge.
–jeroen
Via: The Lounge – CodeProject.
Posted in .NET, C#, Delphi, Development, HTML, Java, Opinions, Software Development, VBS, Web Development, WPF | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/04
Recently I had to do some work in Visual Studio 2005 and TFS 2005.
I missed the “Folder Compare” feature on one of my machines, and I was sure it was on one of my others.
This feature is standard in Visual Studio 2008. A very handy feature indeed :-)
Then this post reminded me to install the Team Foundation System Power Tools. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, Development, Software Development, Visual Studio and tools | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/03
When you try to delete an EISA Hidden Recovery or Diagnostic partion, some options fail:
Luckily, this thread discusses both problems, and points to this page for a solution with DiskPart.
Posted in CommandLine, Development, Power User, Software Development | 6 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/02
Next to Greasemonkey – the script engine that empowers FireFox and Chrome, there is another very powerful way to enhance your browser:
Bookmarklets.
Bookmarklets are like shortcuts, but they don’t point to a static URL: they add action, usually by some JavaScript.
If the bookmarklet returns a string, then the browser will follow that as a URL.
But the since bookmarklet has access to the current page, it can also perform just a local action.
The cool thing is that most bookmarklets work on almost any popular browser.
These are a few bookmarklets that I use on a regular base, most are from bookmarklets.com: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Bookmarklet, Conference Topics, Conferences, Development, Event, Power User, Software Development, Web Browsers, Web Development | Leave a Comment »
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