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Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:41 AM

DevExpress and Microsoft Announce CodeRush Xpress for C#

Cool news for those that do not have access to CodeRush and Refactor! Pro .  Developer Express and Microsoft have announced the release of CodeRush Xpress for C# .  Go and check it out. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:47 PM

Pex 0.7

I've been so busy over the last couple of weeks that I completely missed the release of Pex 0.7 as announced by Nikilai . The team also released a draft document on Parameterized Unit Test Patterns which is a pretty good read. If you do Unit Testing in the .NET space then you need to have a look at Pex . No go and Test. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:55 PM

Unit Test Adapter threw exception

When trying to run my tests on a project I was working on I ran into the following error: Unit Test Adapter threw exception: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information… This happened after I setup all my projects to have a strong name.  And the solution is straight forward:  Go to the test run config and set the Re-signing key file to the same key you use to strong name your...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:31 PM

Yea! SP1 for VS 2008 and .NET FX 3.5 has been released

So as you all should know by now, Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 has been released. Here are all the downloads: Visual Studio 2008 SP1 .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with SP1 Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server SP1 Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Saturday, August 09, 2008 11:43 AM

A new version of Pex has been released

I’m a bit late with the news, but the guys at Microsoft Research has released a new version of Pex .  Nikolai Tillmann blogged about it a few days ago .  You can go and download v0.6 here . Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:33 PM

Live Mesh Tech Preview Update

Just got an email telling me about the updates to Live Mesh. I have included the main parts of the email here, but the important part is the limit of invitations have been lifted and if you live in the US, UK, Australia or New Zealand you can sign up directly without going on a waiting list.   The Live Mesh team is pleased to announce the release of our next update, available later today. We are making Live Mesh available to more people and we've greatly streamlined the sign-up process....
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Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:41 PM

ActiveSync does not install on Vista

So I rebuild my machine at home with Vista Ultimate and then I wanted to sync my mobile, so naturally I tried to install ActiveSync, but it refused to install.  So I did a quick Google search and found that you now use Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 instead of active sync and I found this fabulous post on how to get it working . I must say I actually like the new interface and it all worked the first time I installed it. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:17 PM

New Vista install

So I have finally taken the plunge and installed Vista. I decided on Vista Ultimate as I don't like watered down versions of software.  I am the kind of user that does a custom install and selects everything to install, always. The experience has actually been pretty painless, except for getting used to all the bloody nag screens.  Are you sure you want to do this, are you really, really sure you wan to start that app you double clicked on, just in case you made a mistake I am going...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:09 PM

Sync Calendars

I have a PC at home running on Windows XP and with Outlook 2007, at work I run Windows 2003 and Outlook 2007, I also have an i-mate spjas running windows mobile 5.  For some reason my work Outlook does not want to start in anything but safe mode and my ActiveSync does not want to work well at work, but works fine at home, this means that my phone calendar only has my home outlook calendar data on it.  This is a major problem as most of my appointments are for work and I manage them from...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:23 AM

Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for Files on Microsoft Networks

A nice little Protocol Handler that will index your network directories (UNC paths) and FAT drive(s). Get it here . Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:47 PM

Start Multiple Projects in a Solution

I heard ages ago that you could start multiple projects in a solution from VS2008, but I just figured out how to do it.  Just right-click on the Solution and then select Properties and then you get this: Then just select all the projects you want to start, you can even tell the project to start without debugging.  Sweet. Wish I’d figured this one out ages ago! Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Sunday, June 22, 2008 8:55 PM

Pex does not support decimal

So not able to do much this weekend I decided to use Pex to do some testing on a project I am busy on.  The class I needed to test was a quote detail line where there is two quantities, of which only one can be specified depending on the property DealerSupplied.  Here is the bare properties: 1: public decimal DealerQty 2: { 3: get 4: { 5: return _DealerQty; 6: } 7: set 8: { 9: if (!DealerSupplied && value != 0) 10: { 11: throw new ArgumentException( "You cannot set the DealerQty...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:25 PM

Remote Desktop /console now /admin

If you are used to using /console then you will get the following error on Vista and as far as I know Windows 2008 All you need to do is use the /admin switch instead. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:32 PM

API restriction: The assembly <WindowsBase.DLL> has already loaded from a different location.

I have been getting an error similar to the ones found here and here . The difference is mine was for the WindowsBase.dll.  I tried removing the reference, restarting VS.NET, redoing the reference, restarting my machine, nothing wanted to work.  I was getting totally p!$$#d off! So I created a new WPF app, attached all the files from my old app and …..   It worked.   Hope this helps someone else. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:06 PM

I WTF, need to close WHAT?

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