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Virtual Post-It #012 - Cancelling compilation/deployment in Visual Studio
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:26 AM

Ever hit F5 when all you wanted to do was compile? This can be a pain, especially with mobile applications because VS also then starts to deploy to the emulator etc etc. Simple tip - You can cancel the build by using CTRL-Break. [Thanks jfo's coding ] Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

by Kevin Trethewey | with no comments

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Virtual Post-It #011 - The difference between font height and font size
Friday, July 21, 2006 12:55 PM

Font Size : This is the baseline distance for which the font was designed. A font should normally be identified and selected by this size, because the intended baseline distance is much more relevant for practical layout work than the actual dimensions of certain characters. Font Height: This is the height in mm of letters such as k or H. Typically, the font... Read More...

by Kevin Trethewey | with no comments

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Virtual Post-It #010 - Microsoft Codenames
Tuesday, September 20, 2005 4:46 PM

With the PDC come and gone, a lot of MS codenames have been replaced by their official versions, so to avoid confusion (mostly my own) here is a quick reference post so that when I forget something again, I can come back here and remind myself... Acrylic Microsoft's New Image Editing program based on its acquired Expression. Sparkle Tool to automate XAML application... Read More...

by Kevin Trethewey | with no comments

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Virtual Post-It #009 - Content Files
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:25 PM

When using Visual Studio 2003, if you add content files to your solution they are not automatically copied to the target directory, even if you flag them as 'Content' - which causes all sorts of time wasting frustration (like making the build look broken when it isn't). Here is how to get around that problem (found whilst playing with the AUB 2.0... Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #008
Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:36 AM

Did you know... you can Ctrl+C to copy the text of a Windows popup error message box to the clipboard? I didn't. (Thanks Joel ) Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #007
Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:07 PM

In the Visual Studio task list, the 'Show Tasks-All' item in the context menu is a bit misleading: Comment tokens (like TODO or HACK) will only appear in the task list if you actually have the code window for that comment open in the IDE. This means that if you would like to see *all* of your comments, you will need to first open *all* of you code files... Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #006
Thursday, August 05, 2004 12:10 PM

SqlCommandBuilder.DeriveParameters(<command>) does not support transactions. If the command is within a transaction, you will get the following error: “SqlCommandBuilder Execute requires the command to have a transaction object when the connection assigned to the command is in a pending local transaction” - even when the command object does... Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #005
Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:07 PM

I have noticed some people (esp those new to .NET) can get confused by the Command Window. They inadvertently arrive at the little greater than prompt '>' and can't seem to get the '?' syntax to work anymore. If this means you, then what you need to know is that the Command window actually has two modes; and Immediate Mode and a Command... Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #004
Wednesday, August 04, 2004 7:03 PM

Be careful when installing (or more specifically un installing) VS.NET plugins. The creators of the plug-in installations sometimes do not create their packages correctly and they end up uninstalling critical components along with their own (early versions of ReSharper for instance). This could result in an unusable IDE, and a few hours time doing a repair installation... Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #003
Wednesday, August 04, 2004 7:00 PM

The constructor and loading events of a user control are executed at design time when you open a form that has an instance of the control on it. Any code that accesses resources that are only available at runtime is a bad idea (i.e. database access routines). Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #002
Wednesday, August 04, 2004 6:53 PM

Avoid showing messageboxes during load or activate events of your form or usercontrol. This could result in a weird Win32 handle error. (found this one as hard to repro as it was to debug, but be warned). Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More...

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Virtual Post-It #001
Wednesday, August 04, 2004 6:46 PM

When you are extending a usercontrol in C# (and possibly other .NET languages, i didn't check), don't define any enums within the derived class. If you do, when you use the control on your forms, VS.NET will constantly report the enum as not being used. Rather define the enum outside of the class, in the same namespace. Share this post: email it! | bookmark... Read More...

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