Merging Configs (WCF and otherwise)
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 […]
Hacker’s diary
Sun Java update – WTF?
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 […]
Original XP install CD does not understand SP2 NTFS partition
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 […]
Windows Server 2008 Backup: a True Masterpiece of Absurdity
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 […]
.NET: no trace TextWriter…
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 […]
Unmanaged Hosting API Gotcha
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 […]
.NET Assembly Format: Too Tight?
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 […]
I can't believe ToolStripItem.MergeIndex is an absolute position…
I was working with some integration project where menus of the shell and a plugin are merged a-la MDI. Both menus are ToolStrips. We used ToolStripManager.Merge() to merge them. It […]