Manni on DotNet

Ok, maybe I’m missing the point, but here is an item I don’t understand: When you want to throw an ArgumentException with the parameter nam...

I’m aware that there are quite a few examples already for how to implement and consume services using WCF in Visual Studio 2008. However, I’...

If you are using both ASP.NET Web Deployment Projects and Subversion you might have come across the issue that the deployment project copies...

It's a bit strange but I'm observing the following: ASP.NET Web Application + Service Reference + master page = compile errors in f...

With the new features that are part of the DLR you can create plenty of cool stuff like Dynamic Method Bags , ExpandoObject , etc. More blog...

Just noticed that running tests through Selenium RC in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) displays a message containing an info to disable pop-up bl...

Where possible I try to implement functionality with the minimum code I can get away with. Yes, that means that I leave out all 'flexibi...

Testing master pages in ASP.NET using Selenium can be tricky at the beginning since ASP.NET mangles the identifiers of controls on your page...

Until recently we used InstallShield for all our software packaging needs. It was never a love relationship as the product is complicated to...

Working on a web based user interface? New or existing? Need automated testing? No problem: Use Selenium . Yes, it's Java-based but that...

One way of loading an assembly into an AppDomain is using the static method Assembly.LoadFrom (). An interesting aspect here is: Which fold...

In Visual Studio 2008 (and possibly other versions) when you create a C# project in many cases the wizard also creates the AssemblyInfo.cs f...

Since I'm using csUnit and ReSharper in combination I certainly would like to have a better integration here. While JetBrains provides a...

Namespace System.Diagnostics contains the class Process. With this class you can determine how many modules your process has loaded, even ac...

We are using TeamCity for continuous integration. Here I'll give provide a few tips in particular for people who are less familiar with ...

Trying to stay on top of the latest UI developments of Windows was never easy not only from a technical perspective. At times it also appear...

In case you try to use the Fusion Log Viewer (fuslogvw.exe) and you can't change the Log Settings because they are all disabled then sim...

On July 07, 2009, Microsoft published the download for the "Silverlight 3 Tools" for Visual Studio 2008. You can find a short lis...

In a WPF application (as of .NET 3.5) you can set the background color for a text block as follows: < TextBlock ... Background ="Re...

Both WPF and Silverlight share XAML as the language to describe the layout, look and feel of a user interface. So I thought. There are diffe...