Tag Archives: C#

C++ now allows to forward declare enum(s)

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Maris

Thanks to recently approved standard (C++11 / C++0x), it is possible to forward declare enums. It was possible with classes for the long time, for example, “class MyClass;” in C++ [forward] declares class without providing underlying details. For enums it … Continue reading →

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.NET text box blank/empty/invisible/hidden when text reaches certain length

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Maris

It seems, that .NET 2.0 have bug when text box (TextBox control) appears blank / empty / invisible / hidden — not showing text when text length reaches certain size. My quick tests shows, that the length of the text … Continue reading →

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Static code analysis for C++ for free and for Pro

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Maris

Up and until Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft decided that Code Analysis tool was available only for Visual Studio Premium and Ultimate editions. I have Visual Studio 2010 Pro w/MSDN subscriptions (actually 2 of them), but can not use Code Analysis … Continue reading →

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2011 links no. 3

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Maris

Interview With Sacha Barber in The Code Project. The ABA problem occurs during synchronization, when a location is read twice, has the same value for both reads, and “value is the same” is used to indicate “nothing has changed”. However, … Continue reading →

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2011 links no. 2

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Maris

Stack Overflow profiler open sourced: Profiling your website like a true Ninja. Smaller is Faster (and Safer Too). Chrome team have just started using a new compression algorithm called Courgette to make Google Chrome updates small. Read more. Ask Amir … Continue reading →

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Call to OpenFileDialog or SaveFileDialog hangs or freezes

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Maris

Today I was debugging a very strange issue when call to OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog hanged, froze, never returned… At first I thought the problem is, that call is made from SysTray (Notification area) hidden window. However, digging deeper things got … Continue reading →

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2011 links no. 1

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Maris

3D Software Rendering Engine – Part I by darkoman. Fluent CSV/XML Exporter For List by Sacha Barber allows to export / save any C# container to CSV and XML. Push Framework – A C++ toolkit for high performance server development … Continue reading →

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Test Silverlight speed or Test CPU speed with Silverlight

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Maris

While we were developing SilverBench (online multicore CPU benchmarking with Silverlight), I found one interesting benchmark project. It is called Balls / Bubblemark animation test. You can test and directly compare speed / performance for the following programming languages: JavaScript, … Continue reading →

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Free C# / .NET Profiler with Silverlight support

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Maris

World is still lacking a good free .NET / C# / VB.NET / F# Profiler. There are plenty of overpriced tools (some very useful, but expensive). I need simple profiler for one of my free / hobby projects, so I … Continue reading →

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x64 C# warning – Referenced assembly ‘System.Data.dll’ targets a different processor

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Maris

Using Visual Studio 2010 C# to compile .NET project for Target Platform x64, the following two warnings appears: —— Rebuild All started: Project: TestProject-64-bit, Configuration: Debug x64 —— warning CS1607: Assembly generation — Referenced assembly ‘System.Data.dll’ targets a different processor … Continue reading →

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