Tag Archives: .net

C# / .NET MessageBox is hidden behind the Form

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Maris

Imagine calling the following C# code:MessageBox.Show(this, “Some text…”, “Title”, MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel); After executing this line, the Message Box is not visible, it seems like hidden behind your form, without input focus, mouse clicks cause default beeps, and it suddenly appears if … 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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.NET Framework 2.0 is not installed on Windows 8 Developer Preview by default

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Maris

.NET Framework 2.0 is not installed on Windows 8 Developer Preview by default. To install it, go to Control Panel – Programs – Turn Windows features on or off – Check ‘Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1′ – OK. Note, that .NET … 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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March 2011, links

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Maris

HTML5 Web Storage in Essence from Wayne Ye. Sacha Barber again about: Task Parallel Library (3 of n). Video of: Upgrading through every version of Microsoft Windows.

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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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VMware vSphere Client errors on Windows 7

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Maris

Trying to start VMware vSphere Client on Windows 7 to connect ESX / ESXi machine or vCenter, throws two error boxes: Could Not Connect — Error parsing the server “vcenter.lan” “clients.xml” file. Login will continue, contact your system administrator. and … Continue reading →

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