Today I’ve decided to republish a post from my original coding blog. This one is in C++ and comes from the days when I used to work on MFC and other C++ applications. Here’s some code which determines the rights of the user under which the code is executed (pretty […]
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Using this sample, you can create a C# based utility which creates stored proc text using some of the nifty new features in SQL Server 2005. This is a little tutorial I posted on my original code blog at http://code.blogdrive.com. I have rewritten most of the original post. […]
Yesterday I read this rather interesting "Ask Slashdot" post on Slashdot.. There are a plethora of reasons why a computer takes time to boot. For the moment, let’s ignore Power On Self Test (POST) and various other hardware and CMOS related tests which are run automatically when a computer boots (this […]
Still no news on when a version of Team Foundation Server (TFS) will be available supporting a single tier installation on the 64-bit processor platform. Word from a trusted Microsoft source is that it’s in the works, but no defined timeline.. It’s worth noting that an x64 platform can […]
It’s nice to see that mature languages are still included in the MSDN Library.. Interestingly enough, I couldn’t find it in the filter list (see below) Haven’t done any ASM work since 2002 (anti virus) and even that was pretty limited. From memory, I think I was […]
Lets take time out to talk about the very tech/geeky topic of enums (enumerators). They can be fun, and also quite frustrating. Apologies in advance, I only do code samples in C# or C++. I might do Visual Basic examples, by request. Here are the Australian states listed […]
MS Labs is a research arm of Microsoft. They’ve released a tech preview of some pretty exciting technology: http://labs.live.com/photosynth It’s pretty impressive stuff.. recommended for viewing on a broadband (fast) connection, for optimum viewing. You need to be running on Windows XP or Vista (though it will run on […]