Marcelo's WebLog
Improving the world one entity at a time (now tweeting on @mlrdev)
Comments, choosing names and refactoring
Over at Teaching Students to Comment Part 1, AlfredTh blogs about the importance of comments and the...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 08/05/2005
How to nest Avalon List items in a document?
List objects are containers for ListItem objects. ListItem objects, in turn, contain blocks, such as...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 07/26/2005
Custom cursors in Avalon
So, how do you create a custom cursor in Avalon? The most straightforward way is to reference it...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 07/25/2005
Some notes on Avalon TextBox properties
The Avalon TextBox is an interesting control. Its purpose in life is to edit a string, as opposed to...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 07/25/2005
Assonant Announcement About Avalon Adorners Article
Henry has posted a sample on Adorners, showing how to create and use them, and how to leverage the...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 07/20/2005
Finding matches in unsorted collections (or: how to find pairs of socks efficiently)
I was sorting through my clothes after taking them out of the drier today, and I realized that over...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 07/03/2005
Combining marks and interesting effects
I'm planning to blog about some of the challenges involved in creating a world-class text editor,...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 07/02/2005
How many machines does it take to make a Microsoft employee happy?
It's late, I'm sorry I can't of anything more clever to play with 'how many foo does it take for...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 06/26/2005
Table border and Avalon resources
So, do you want your table cell borders to be visible? Try the new and improved Resources, now...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 06/20/2005
Just some fun with Avalon
Did you know that the text editor in Avalon is currently implemented on the commanding architecture?...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 06/18/2005
Hibernate is your friend
Last week I drove up to Vancouver to get a new visa. Lovely city. I staid in the downtown area, and...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 06/13/2005
Did you know...? (using syntax in C#)
Most of the C# files I read are structured similarly to the following... /* * My fancy header du...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 05/26/2005
A good day for reading blogs
In How To Do A Good Performance Investigation, Rico spells out step-by-step instructions on how to,...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 05/23/2005
SQL Server backup and restore
I have a soft spot for the data management field. I have friends who consider it boring, but I think...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 05/05/2005
Do Da Drag Dance, Dude
Ha! Check out the blog title - it's so... so... alliterative. I'm so witty, sometimes I wonder why...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
Geek Fuel
Yes, I'll admit it - my work is so fun, I will work until I drop unless I have some commitment I...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 04/30/2005
Microsoft Solutions Framework Fun
I remember reading all the MSF content around 98-99, and thinking "this is super-cool stuff - it's...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 04/24/2005
Channel 9 - An hour with the Avalon Team
Check it out over here. Get to know some of our program managers, and what's on their minds. For a...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 04/15/2005
More about font niftiness in Avalon
Filipe has some posts about contextual alternates, ligatures, and another one putting it together...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 04/13/2005
Forums - better together
Two things that I find very satisfying are the following: to help out someone who needs help, and to...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 04/08/2005
Avalon typography helps you impress your users
We spend a lot of time in front of computers. So do our users. Something that makes that time more...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 04/07/2005
New looks, new content a-coming
Nifty, nifty new look on the website. I'm unsure about the link colors, but I suppose I'll spend...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 04/06/2005
Data transfer in Avalon
Data transfer in Avalon is all about sharing data between applications. Getting your data from one...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 03/31/2005
Avalon and Indigo March CTP available
Oooh, this is going to be exciting. I've been out of the blogosphere for a while, but there are a...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 03/16/2005
Time-saving tip for Outlook users
Dare to turn off the Outlook Reading Pane. I tried it - by accident - and now I can go through my...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 02/03/2005
Oracle tradeoffs: musings of a test designer
There are many levels of sophistication when designing tests. A simple and straightforward test...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 01/30/2005
The Avalon Editing Test Team is hiring!
My team is looking for a new member to help us ensure that Avalon rocks your socks. Read on for a...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 01/23/2005
Avalon reaches out, and no more vacations
Well, that was a pretty long hiatus, but at last I'm back from vacations and now I'm ready to get...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 01/15/2005
Hats off to Cem Kaner
I've read his article, Architectures of Test Automation [https://www.kaner.com/testarch.html]. I've...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 12/20/2004
Don Box on Technical Presentations
Don Box, of COM and SOAP and Web Services and .NET fame, shares some good advise about what goes...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 12/10/2004
Office Update is quite the productivity tool
It has to be said: Office Update is really, really, really cool. Check it out at...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 12/08/2004
Creating a Custom Avalon Expression
At last, I've got time to write about the Expression sample I mentioned before. I'll actually walk...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 12/06/2004
Avalon, high DPI and screen real estate
Today, beloved readers, I will weave a story of powerful forces in conflict with each other through...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 12/03/2004
Avalon lets you express your true self...
Or something along those lines. If there is something that I think is truly wicked cool about...
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 12/01/2004
Marcelo joins the blogosphere!
At last, a space for a good-looking Test Lead in the Avalon group to communicate with the world....
Author: Marcelo Lopez Ruiz - MSFT Date: 11/30/2004