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Code Scrap: Testing for Domain presence on Windows

2nd January 20212nd April 2024 @davidcostello42

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 […]

 Code Scraps, Programming  C#, PowerShell  Leave a comment

Code Scraps: Add a custom transformation file to an MSBuild project

9th October 20189th October 2018 @davidcostello42

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 […]

 Code Scraps, Programming  C#, Continuous Integration, MSBuild, Programming, TeamCity, Visual Basic, Visual Studio  Leave a comment

Run a C# or VB.NET Windows Service in debug mode inside Visual Studio

22nd August 201822nd August 2018 @davidcostello42

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, Programming  .NET, C#, VB.NET, Visual Basic, Visual Studio, Windows, Windows Services  Leave a comment

Code Scraps: GenerateApplicationManifest build error in Visual Studio

6th June 20186th June 2018 @davidcostello42

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 […]

 Code Scraps, Programming  C#, Visual Studio, VS2013, Windows  Leave a comment

Summertime/DST in programming; Do’s and Dont’s

14th March 20178th September 2017 @davidcostello42

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 […]

 Programming  C#, Dates, DateTimes, Java, Programming, Rants, Time  Leave a comment

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