Scattered Notes
Stefano Mapelli's weblog
Windows Server 2008 developer stuff
There is a great set of white papers, reference documentation and training samples that has been...
Author: esseemme Date: 03/12/2008
Date and Time .NET classes FAQ
Want to know the recommended way to convert a DateTime to text or to binary? Take a look here....
Author: esseemme Date: 03/11/2008
MSDN screencasts
You problably already know the Microsoft Webcasts which are often 1 hour long (or more) registered...
Author: esseemme Date: 03/06/2008
"Understanding Programming Languages" free ebook
I just now found this nice free ebook that gathers a vast set of concepts related to programming...
Author: esseemme Date: 03/06/2008
XSD.exe: Error generating classes for schema 'MySchema.xsd'. - The element 'https://schemas.DomainName.com/types:MyType' is missing.
If you are getting this kind of error it is probably because the XSD.exe utility is not following...
Author: esseemme Date: 02/20/2008
"TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows" ebook
A downloadable version of the "TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows" online documentation...
Author: esseemme Date: 02/18/2008
"Visual Basic v9.0 Language Specification" ebook
For my .NET developements I only use the C# language, but I still wanted to provide the link to...
Author: esseemme Date: 01/30/2008
"Overview of C# 3.0" article
A recent enough article (38 printed pages) on all the new features introduced in version 3.0 of the...
Author: esseemme Date: 01/30/2008
"C# 3.0 Language Specification" ebook
You can download a 519 pages long Word document providing the full C# 3.0 language specification...
Author: esseemme Date: 01/28/2008
LINQ docs and code samples
If you are interested in trying out LINQ capabilities, you might want to take a look at the...
Author: esseemme Date: 12/29/2007
Another interesting .NET 3.5 WPF article
In addition to the white paper I suggested in my last post, I'd like to forward you to the WP...
Author: esseemme Date: 12/17/2007
XAML: the key to new collaborations between developers and designers?
There is an interesting white paper that you can read both online or offline (a 32 pages PDF) about...
Author: esseemme Date: 12/16/2007
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit
A training kit full of presentations, hands-on labs, and demos is available to help you get to speed...
Author: esseemme Date: 12/12/2007
Stop a Virtual PC image from synchronizing the date with the host OS
As you might know, Virtual PC virtual machines synchronize their date with the date of the hosting...
Author: esseemme Date: 12/05/2007
Microsoft .NET 2.0 and 3.0 service pack 1
As you might already know, Visual Studio 2008 upgrades both .NET 2.0 and 3.0 to service pack 1. You...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/29/2007
Security settings for this service require 'Anonymous' Authentication but it is not enabled for the IIS application that hosts this service.
You might get a "Security settings for this service require 'Anonymous' Authentication but it is not...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/28/2007
Visual Studio 2008 SDK v1.0
For you fans of Visual Studio extensibility the VS 2008 SDK is already available. For a whole page...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/21/2007
Visual Studio 2008 is out!
As you all probably know, yesterday Visual Studio 2008 was released in its RTM version. You can...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/20/2007
Whitepapers on .NET 3.5
The following nice set of whitepapers written by the authoritative David Chappell is available for...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/17/2007
Line Of Code Counter tool
Just a few days ago Microsoft has released this nice free tool called "Microsoft Line Of Code...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/14/2007
Remove the Open button from the File Download dialog box in Internet Explorer
I casually discovered that you can easily avoid to display the Open button shown by the File...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/12/2007
Code Protection SDK for .NET from Microsoft
Disassemblers and decompilers are sometimes essential tools in a developer's toolbox but it is true...
Author: esseemme Date: 11/12/2007
Visual Studio 2005 C# Code Snippets
There is a very nice and vast set of C# code snippets that you can download to integrate those...
Author: esseemme Date: 10/22/2007
Windows search not searching inside some file types?
The other day I was searching for a specific configuration section I had made time before inside the...
Author: esseemme Date: 10/03/2007
"Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server" free ebook
The final release of the guide "Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server" can be...
Author: esseemme Date: 09/11/2007
Win32 Programming - part 4: C++ runtime redistributable
If you develop Win32 application using Visual C++ 2005 you will probably also have to distribute the...
Author: esseemme Date: 09/11/2007
Regular expression tools
There is a nice set of tools that may be of great help for anyone working with regular expression on...
Author: esseemme Date: 09/10/2007
Win32 Programming - part 3: tools
Here I recap, for those that do not yet have them, what I believe necessary tools and documentation...
Author: esseemme Date: 09/07/2007
Win32 Programming - part 2: forums and newsgroups
In writing any non-trivial application, help from the community of developers if often fundamental....
Author: esseemme Date: 09/05/2007
.NET resources tools
There are few interesting and useful tools around for working with managed application resources....
Author: esseemme Date: 08/30/2007
Win32 Programming - part 1: an introductory tutorial
Something I once enjoyed was developing small Windows applications starting from scratch, that is,...
Author: esseemme Date: 08/24/2007
C#/VB .NET Coding Guidelines free ebook
Steve Sartain, an architect at Iridium Software, has put together a nice set of "C#/VB .NET Coding...
Author: esseemme Date: 08/17/2007
Service Oriented Architecture
If you are into this SOA thing that is so popular lately, you might be interested in reading these...
Author: esseemme Date: 08/01/2007
Patterns & Practices April 2007 DVD
Patterns & Practices are Microsoft's proven recommendations for how to design, develop, deploy,...
Author: esseemme Date: 07/31/2007
Hosting Windows Media Player inside Firefox
You might not know that Microsoft has developed and released a Firefox plug-in to allow hosting...
Author: esseemme Date: 07/17/2007
"Windows PowerShell" free ebook at Microsoft
You can download a 44 pages long ebook introducing "Windows PowerShell" scripting here. The...
Author: esseemme Date: 07/17/2007
"Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for Developers" free ebook
You can download your free copy of the ebook "Introducing Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 for...
Author: esseemme Date: 07/17/2007
error MIDL2020 : error generating type library : LayOut failed
If you get an error like this, chances are that your MIDL compiler is too old. Try using a more...
Author: esseemme Date: 06/14/2007
InfoPath cannot open the selected form because of an error in the form's code
Today while trying to open an InfoPath 2007 form I got the following error:Form template:...
Author: esseemme Date: 06/08/2007
Last Platform SDK compatible with Visual Studio 6.0
Having had recently the need to use the old Visual Studio 6.0 (specifically Visual C++ 6.0), I...
Author: esseemme Date: 06/07/2007
Seaching for .NET contents? Try here...
A site for .NET developers: https://searchdotnet.com/
Author: esseemme Date: 05/30/2007
Skipping .NET assembly strong name validation
This is something I did not know ... you can disable strong name valildation on an assembly using...
Author: esseemme Date: 05/24/2007
LINQ videos by Mike Taulty
Mike Taulty has made a nice set of 18 videos on LINQ that you can download here.
Author: esseemme Date: 04/29/2007
Bundle of SysInternals tools
You can download the entire set of SysInternals tools bundled together from the following...
Author: esseemme Date: 03/28/2007
Free "Introducing Microsoft Code Name 'Atlas' for AJAX Dev" ebook
You can download the 147 pages long "Introducing Microsoft Code Name 'Atlas' for AJAX Development"...
Author: esseemme Date: 03/18/2007
Virtual PC 2007 is now live!
You can download Virtual PC 2007 from the following...
Author: esseemme Date: 02/20/2007
Free WSS 3.0 hosting
You can sign up for a free WSS 3.0 site here. It looks like there is no time limit and no need to...
Author: esseemme Date: 02/16/2007
Free software from Microsoft
This page has collected an awesome list of free software available from Microsoft.
Author: esseemme Date: 02/16/2007
Visual Studio 2005 Shortcut Reference Posters
Visual C++ 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference PosterVisual C# 2005 Keyboard Shortcut Reference...
Author: esseemme Date: 02/12/2007
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition is RTM
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition has been released in its RTM version today.You may...
Author: esseemme Date: 01/11/2007