WPF uses “pack” URI schema to point to resources. An absolute pack URI looks like this: pack://application:,,,/ResourceFile.xaml The schema is described in this MSDN article and they claim the URIs […]
I was recently doing and small research project and got kinda tired of mechanically spitting out all those boring chants like using (var cmd = new SqlCommand(“SELECT foo, bar FROM […]
One not so bright day I connected my laptop to the home network and discovered that I lost name resolution. I.e., I could ping other computers by IP address, but […]
Following up on the WCF config theme. Back in April I wrote a config merger for our CAB application. General scenario was as follows: we had a central “shell” application […]
I had a “Java update available” icon on my task bar for a while. Finally I decided to install it. I thought it would be something like a service pack […]
My computer crashed today and would not reboot. I.e. windows starts booting and then says it cannot find c:windowssystem32configsystem file. It suggested to boot from the install CD and use […]
Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worseMurphy’s Law I was looking for a backup solution for a new computer with Windows 2008 Server. Naturally, first I […]
I wanted to create a logger that writes either to a file, or to the System.Diagnostics.Trace. To my astonishment, I found that .NET class library does not have a TextWriter […]
I was playing with .NET 2.0 unmanaged hosting API. I am trying to customize assembly loading and “fix” some assemblies on the fly. I found an interesting gotcha, that I […]
I am playing with the binary format of .NET assemblies, described here. .NET metadata is stored inside regular Windows executable PE file. I explored PE file format in detail when […]
