Fix: Program does not contain a static ‘Main’ method suitable for an entry point
This does not require a detailed post and just requires a quick solution for the problem- Understanding the problem... Why? When? When you convert a Winform ...
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Using Injectors with CInject
If you don't know what is CInject, I would recommend you to read this article and get the latest version of CInject from CodePlex website. There are few inje...
Mobile platform - the strongest with .NET
Microsoft .NET has recently emerged as one of the most mature and strongest platforms for Mobile Computing. Until sometime back, Windows Phone 6.5 was the...
Certificate Signing in ClickOnce
Why do we need to sign the ClickOnce Deployment using a certificate? Signing the deployment is just another way to ensure that the local version agrees with ...
WPF vs WPF XBAP vs Silverlight
Many have answered this question and many have asked me the same... So after research from various sites including http://silverlight.net and http://blogs.ms...
Winform Tip#10: Getting File Properties
Instantiate a FileInfo object with the full path as constructor arg. Then simply call FileInfo.Extension and you will get just the extension of the file. F...
Winform Tip#9: ColorPicker
Choose a textbox over which we will test this experiment: [sourcecode language='csharp'] ColorDialog colorDialog1 = new ColorDialog(); //fontDialog1.ShowColo...
Winform Tip#8: Clearing cache Webbrowser
Check out: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q326/2/01.asp It is indeed a good read.
Winform Tip#7:Browser within Winform
WebBrowser control can be used inside a form to display HTML contents and listen to events such as NavigateComplete or BeforeNavigate Use of ActiveX wrappers...
Winform tip#6:DataGrid vs DataGridView
DataGridView is an enhanced version of DataGrid. Some of the features lacking in DataGrid are: Multiple column types Multiple ways to display data Multiple...
Winform Tip#5: Programmatically maximize or minimize a form
Use the form's WindowState property. To minimize: this.WindowState = System.Windows.Forms.FormWindowState.Minimized; To maximize: this.WindowState = S...
Winform Tip#4: Deployment in Winform
Best way to deploy is by using ClickOnce deployment. This allows user to get regular updates, patches to the product while conforming to the security standar...
Winform Tip#3:Avoiding multiple instances of child forms
Use Singleton pattern on Child Form and change the method of invocation in Parent form. Child form: //Used for singleton pattern static frmChildForm childFor...
Winform Tip#2:Managing Properties of multiple controls
An easier way to control properties of multiple controls is to place all the controls into a single GroupBox and then use the GroupBox properties property to...
Finding currently focused control
Good question! Now, this was a question in one of my sessions at Microsoft Community at Cognizant. We need to use User32 API's to do this stuff. It isn't t...
Winform Tip#1: Transparent Form
The opacity property enables you to specify a level of transparency for the form and its controls. See the .NET documentation for Form.Opacity for difference...
ComboBox Sorting Defect!
Oops! Never expected this behavior from such a standard control: Winforms ComboBox. One of the common things our applications require is bind a data source w...
Exception Message Box in C#
Its time to forget the old traditional message box with limited functionalities. buttons, icons, text area and what not! Microsoft has unleashed a new mess...
.NET 4.0 Unleashed
Cities can sleep – but Microsoft won’t let people sleep. They are back with a bang with their new .NET 4.0 and an improved IDE – Visual Studio 2010 that pro...
Using Smart Client with Enterprise Library 4
Wow! Compatibility between SCSF and EL 4 has troubled me many a times in some of my critical projects. Visual Studio 2008 does not allow installation of EL ...
Strong Naming an existing assembly
Now this is one problem that we face when we use a 3rd party DLL, which is not-strongly named & we still want to dump it to GAC. So, lets see the 5-step ...
VS 2008 : Plugin Pop-up issue
While adding a pop-up to a plugin, designed in VS 2008, one of the commonly faced problem is: Error 1 The best overloaded method match for 'EnvDTE80.Commands...
Bluetooth with C#
Bluetooth Manager has following functionalities: 1. Discovery of devices 2. Finding out MAC address 3. Sending a File through Bluetooth You can search the d...