Code Scrap: Testing for Domain presence on Windows
I’ve been making a support utility that monitors if message queues and database tables are being read from and written to as part of the day to day activities in […]
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Code Scraps: Add a custom transformation file to an MSBuild project
Visual Studio has offered a neat feature for transforming config files for Web Applications for years – that’s where you have a default web.config file, and then a web.<something>.config for […]
Run a C# or VB.NET Windows Service in debug mode inside Visual Studio
Here’s a quick tip for running a C#.NET or VB.NET Windows Service in debug mode inside Visual Studio. First – modify the Main() in your C# or VB project to […]
Code Scraps: GenerateApplicationManifest build error in Visual Studio
I got an unusual error in Visual Studio the other day that I hadn’t encountered before. The error was relating to an issue doing App.Config Transformations on a C# Windows […]
Summertime/DST in programming; Do’s and Dont’s
There has been some fantastic examples over the years of companies getting things wrong with Daylight Savings changes. Probably the most notorious has to be the iPhone and how for […]