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Team Foundation Server
Doug talks about the VSTS Proxy Server (and other stuff)
After spending several months working on this it is fun to hear people talking about it - thanks...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 09/12/2005
Where I've been ... Team Foundation Source Control Proxy
While I still work for the MBF (Microsoft Business Framework) team I've been "on loan" for a while...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 05/13/2005
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 11. IntRange explained and the exciting conclusion ...
Tomorrow … next week … read: the next time I post. Specifying an integer range is one of...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/23/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 10. Generating properties and the OneOf constraint explained
Yesterday we generated the fields and initializers, so today let’s move on to the properties....
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/18/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 9. GenerateField and generating array initializers in the CodeDOM.
GenerateField is pretty straight-forward .. here, just look: CodeMemberField...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/17/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 8. Implementing ITaskGenerator (a series within a series)
Now that we’re all good friends with the CodeDOM it’s time to look at the far less...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/16/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 7. Rendering a loop in the CodeDOM.
For those that asked – on a Friday “tomorrow” means Monday. J And a few people...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/15/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 5. Introducing the CodeDOM. Hello World was never so much fun.
Yesterday we looked at a basic implementation of ITaskProperty – and I promised we start...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/11/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 4. Implementing ITaskProperty and introducing a few new attributes.
Yesterday’s post was … well … boring. But a lot of software is boring so this...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/10/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 3. Implementing ITask
Yesterday we introduced the ITask interface. Today we’ll look at a simple implementation of...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/09/2004
MSBuild Task Generator: Part 2. The basic interfaces.
Last time we looked at the XSD file and a sample rendering from XML to C#. This time I’ll...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/08/2004
MSBuild Tasks, code generation and a tangent I've been stuck on for a while...
I'm still quite distracted by MSBuild. I'm also a big fan of code generation. Any time you can...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 03/04/2004
Struct packing, source listings and the Zen of preprocessed code.
It seems that no matter how good at people (definitely including me) are at writing buggy code they...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 02/20/2004
SOLUTION : Spotting Code Defects #3 (C++ 101)
As always thanks to those that emailed responses. Please feel free to post them in the feedback area...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 02/06/2004
Spotting Code Defects #3 (C++ 101)
This is an easy one – something for the C++ 101 kids J When first learning C++ there are some...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 02/03/2004
SOLUTION: Spotting Code Defects #2 (Accessing Registry Values)
This defect seems to have led a few more people astray then the last. While no one posted publicly...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 01/27/2004
HINT: Spotting Code Defects #2 (Accessing Registry Values)
There are a few defects here ... ranging from a design issue to a potential buffer-overrun that...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 01/26/2004
Spotting Code Defects #2 (Accessing Registry Values)
Since there was positive feedback on the last one - here is another. I will post hints and the...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 01/23/2004
SOLUTION: Spotting Code Defects - #1 (Named Pipe Server)
So the results are back – and that was some buggy code! First I want to thank everyone who...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 01/21/2004
Spotting Code Defects - #1 (Named Pipe Server)
When you read bad code you learn what not to do. You learn to identify the many classes of errors...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 01/19/2004
Stack buffer overrun example.
[migrated from my other blog] I can never leave well-enough alone. If I read “this is how this...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 01/16/2004
Native code caller verification - and how not to do it.
[Since people asked - I re-posted this from my other blog. I didn't “steal“ it.]...
Author: Robert Horvick Date: 01/15/2004