June 2006 - Posts

"type search" in reflector
Published 06-28-2006 10:30 PM | jokiz
i can't seem to remember the old way the "Type Search" of Reflector works but currently it return all types with the keyed in word as part of the type name (fully qualified name with their namespace). Searching for "Form" will return a list including...
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del.icio.us
Published 06-28-2006 9:29 AM | jokiz
lately, i have been switching from local storage to online. i shifted from rssbandit to bloglines for my blog reader and from browser bookmarking to del.icio.us . main reason is accessibiliy. del.icio.us is way better since you can tag a link to a number...
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needs a senior and a junior .net developer
Published 06-28-2006 9:21 AM | jokiz
our company is in need of a senior and a junior .net developer. i have seen the post in jobstreet this morning. if you are interested in agile practices (test-driven development, scrum, and continuous integration), join us, hehehe.
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Visual Studio 2003 hate list
Published 06-27-2006 10:35 PM | jokiz
here are some list of the behaviors that i hate with Visual Studio 2003. I hope most of them are fixed with the 2005 version. Crashing while attempting to attach to a process i started experiencing this back in my previous company and once in a while...
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to derive or not to derive from ApplicationException
Published 06-27-2006 10:13 PM | jokiz
remember the rule to always derive custom exceptions from ApplicationException? so you thought that the CLR never throws an ApplicationException? Krzysztof Cwalina (co-author of Brad Adams in the famous Framework Design Guidelines book) blogs about the...
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word selection through double click (with extra space)
Published 06-26-2006 4:52 PM | jokiz
double clicking almost anywhere selects the word where the curret is currently in. i used it a lot to add hyperlinks on blog posts and it's beginning to be a pain when it always select the space after the word. similar post here .
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migrating tech posts from msn spaces
Published 06-26-2006 12:14 AM | jokiz
until now, i haven't fully migrated all my blog posts from my old msn spaces blog account here. i guess this is the right time to learn the metaweblog api of msn spaces, maybe i can use some of the exposed api...
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Databinding BrokenRules
Published 06-25-2006 9:57 PM | jokiz
i was applying the business rules on our CSLA derived business objects last week. when it came to the UI, we have this repeater control to display friendly messages to the user on our master page. i was about to bind the broken rules' descriptions of the concerned business object in the said repeater control when i could not find any slot from the RulesCollection of CSLA....
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purging the email address cache of outlook
Published 06-23-2006 6:50 PM | jokiz
it has been months that the autocomple feature of microsoft outlook has been plaguing me and this time, i have conquered it (sometimes, i am just lazy to google around). i edited some of my contact list and i wanted all my contact email to display their...
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Storing business objects in ViewState
Published 06-23-2006 6:44 PM | jokiz
A very common exception when storing business objects in ViewState is an HttpException telling you : "The type [business object] must be marked as Serializable or have a TypeConverter other than ReferenceConverter to be put in viewstate." But you have...
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css with datagrid
Published 06-21-2006 11:10 AM | jokiz
i was having some problem yesterday on setting the border color of the datagrid. setting the BorderColor property of the datagrid will set the outer box border of the html table together with the borders of the table cells. since i will be using the same...
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Extended Sofware Evaluation Period
Published 06-19-2006 5:37 PM | jokiz
i was laughing the other night when i heard that scott hanselman has some software on its 4th month evaluation period. i have been evaluating resharper (hahaha) i think for the nth time (poor me). it was the reason why i got frustrated when yahoo mail...
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Microsoft MVP
Published 06-18-2006 12:26 AM | jokiz
i just heard that a friend of mine is currently nominated as a Microsoft MVP. I hope he makes it because i believe he deserved it. Being a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional is also one of my dreams (every .NET developer i'm sure wants to be one). He...
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error code 1 returned by nunit.console
Published 06-16-2006 3:55 PM | jokiz
i am having this problem with nunit.console ran by nant. i have recently segrated our tests to have the persistence tests to be on a separate project. all is well, i was able to attach another task for the nant build for the added test project and i have...
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keyboard shortcuts
Published 06-15-2006 11:16 AM | jokiz
Jon Galloway lists a compilation of keyboard shortcuts that will be helpful for keyboard lovers like me. You might as well check it out here . since i have been using firefox for months now, i haven't really dug in on how to optimize its usage using keyboard...
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