Disk Space Fan

by | Mar 2, 2010 | General

lifehacker.com posted an interesting disk visualization tool. http://www.diskspacefan.com/ it’s one of those things, where you think,… “yeah funny,.. eyecandy,…” but it often helps you localize your biggest harddrive waste. If not it’s still darn pretty eyecandy...

SQL Server: Update Cursor

by | Mar 1, 2010 | General

How to use an Update Cursor on MS SQL Server. Requirements: If the update-table does not have a Primary Key, the cursor is read-only. So I advise to create at least a temporary Primary Key, and delete it afterwards. Usage: DECLARE curs as CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM...

Customize your Windows 7 Logon Screen

by | Feb 25, 2010 | General

Good news: In former times you had to disable System Restore, exchange some dlls n’stuff. Today Windows 7 allows you to change the background of the Logon Screen pretty easy: It’s only the the following 2 steps: 1) set the value of the registry key from 0...

Unrecognized configuration settings UserSettings.

by | Feb 24, 2010 | General

Today I run into a strange error: In an .NET Windows Form I’m referencing a ConnectionString from Application Settings. At 12:00 it worked. Changed a line of code; recompiled; started over at 12:01. The app came up with an error: “Unrecognized...

ASP.NET MVC 2 RC 2 on Visual Studio 2010 RC

by | Feb 18, 2010 | General

Visual Studio 2010 RC – doesn’t contain the latest version of MVC2 – which is RC2 luckily I found this post:  Installing ASP.NET MVC 2 RC 2 on Visual Studio 2010 RC After this procedures everything should be fine and ready to exploit the latest...

CF ComboBox Dropped Down

by | Feb 18, 2010 | General

ich wurde wieder mal gefragt wie man auf dem CompactFramework abfragt ob die Liste einer Combobox angezeigt wird (Dropdown == true). hier ein C# CodeSnippet mit dem dies ausgelesen werden kann: private bool DroppDown(ComboBox comboBox) { Message msg =...

MWC Barcelona again Windows CE

by | Feb 18, 2010 | General

I was always excited by the long runtimes and the sunlight readability provided by Ebooks! Yet most of them are not really “programmable” – maybe with the Exception of the Rex (but hey we are not Linux C++ guys).  The EBook from Malata based on Windows CE gives...

Big>Days 2010 – Surface App

by | Feb 18, 2010 | General

  Wir sind heuer als Tourpartner auf der ganzen Tour und wir freuen uns schon auf viele Gespräche bei uns am Stand – aber auch in der Community Lounge, für die wir gerade eine Microsoft Surface Applikation entwickeln. Vor allem die WebCam Anbindung, in unserem...