MySQL: you get what you're paying for
Long, long time ago in the galaxy not so far away I installed mySql 5.05 on my server. After some time I decided to upgrade to the current version, MySql […]
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WPF user controls: do not use merged dictionaries for shared resources
Resource dictionaries in WPF are not shared, unless they are part of App.xaml. That is, if you have a user control that loads (and uses) some resource dictionary, new instance […]
Checksum program that actually works
Often when I download files from the Internet I need to verify the checksum. That is, calculate actual checksum of the file and make sure it matches the expected value. […]
One more time about Resource vs. EmbeddedResource
In Visual Studio you can set “Build Action” for a project item to ‘Resource’ or ‘Embedded Resource’, among other things. The difference between the two is confusing, and exact up-to-date […]
The Git language
I came to realize that Git is not only a “fast version control”, but also a language (lingo, slang) that sounds very obscure to the non-initiated. This is exacerbated by […]
Capturing unhandled exceptions in a mixed native/CLR environment
Observing Unhandled Exceptions In .NET unhandled exceptions can be observed via AppDomain.UnhandledException event: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += myHandler; // C# In Win32 unhandled exceptions are observed via SetUnhandledExceptionFilter call: SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(myfilter); // C/C++ […]
Windows: Getting callback on child process exit in C++
In my current capacity I sometimes descend into the virtually forgotten depths of C++ desktop programming. One interesting problem I needed to solve is how to get notified about a […]
Program to restart Belkin – N300 Wireless-N Router
Various Wi-Fi devices, especially mobile ones, started to “lose” the router. They can easily find the network, but then are stuck on obtaining the IP address. I guess this is […]
Android OS eats the battery
My Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX suddenly started eating the battery much faster than it did just a couple of days ago. I went to System Settings->Battery and discovered that the […]
WPF: Editable ComboBox Text Disappears
ComboBox looks like a simple thing, but it’s surprisingly hard to get right. Today I bumped into another bug (or feature) of the WPF combo-box. I am recording it here, […]