Category Archives: .net

Everything within the .net sphere which attracts my interest

Version and compile date in about screen

Want to show your user version and compile date in your about box without always modifing them somewhere in your code? Here’s your answer. Use the default project properties (right click on the project -> properties, select Application tab, click … Continue reading

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Remove T-Mobile branding on Samsung Omnia 7 (partially)

Dear reader, if you are part of the handful of users that use Internet Explorer on their Samsung Omnia 7 devices and are unsatisfied with the branded T-Mobile search, here is your solution. You can change between Bing and T-Mobile … Continue reading

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Getting a more secure Windows Phone 7 app

Hi all, FORWORD: Currently I do not have an application on the marketplace I can test the code with. I do NOT know if a real windows phone 7 will remove the WMAppPRHeader.xml file. UPDATE1: Looks like the WMAppPRHeader.xml file … Continue reading

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Silverlight 3: AVAILABLE!

Looks like Silverlight 3 is rolled-out: Runtime, SDK and documentation are already available for download. See the Client / Server libs? Runtime: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=143433 Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=11dc7151-dbd6-4e39-878f-5081863cbb5d SDK: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d09b6ecf-9a45-4d99-b752-2a330a937bc4! Documentation:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(vs.96).aspx. Blend 3 Preview: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/blendpreview … Continue reading

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Silverlight 3: Someone pulled the switch too early?

This could be just a little reminder on Silverlight 3 (you know MIX 09 yadda, yadda, yadda) but perhaps it can be a little bit more for you. Check out any download in Microsofts Download Center for Silverlight 2 and … Continue reading

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Framework for DB-centric WPF LOB application is here

After reading a blog post today on the LOB in WPF topic and remembering the countless ones I read before I thought it might be the right time to present the world what I would like to call “the first framework for db-centric line-of-business applications … Continue reading

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.net: You got the source, now grab it

You know the pity: You’re once again working on the train and have only a lousy HSDPA or UMTS connection but right a this point in time you would need to debug into the .net source code. You are actually … Continue reading

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