Rick Strahl's Web Log

Weblog Posts in February 2005

I turned 200!
February 26, 2005 @ 1:31 pm

I've managed 200 - uh, 201 now - entries since I started in December of 2003. Lots of time invested here

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Making Web Connection work with huge files in COM mode
February 25, 2005 @ 12:48 am

Here's some background on a new feature for Web Connection to allow sending huge content back to the client using a TransmitFile() implementation that's similar in behavior to the function of the same name in ASP/ASP.NET.

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Using programmatic Impersonation from an ASP.NET Page
February 24, 2005 @ 8:40 pm

Ever have an ASP.NET page that doesn't have the rights you need and wish you raise permissions to do what you need? Well, you can do it using various System APIs but use with care.

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Not enough disk space?
February 23, 2005 @ 12:49 am

Apparently Windows thinks 250 gigs of free space isn't enough to copy a 6 gigabyte file to a new drive. This is kinda funny.

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First impressions with Databinding in Whidbey and a few other thoughts
February 20, 2005 @ 6:05 am

I must be having too much free time on my hands. I set up a simple internal WinForm project today for playing around with Whidbey and here are a few thoughts.

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Could not instantiate resource processor - more SmartPhone SDK woes
February 19, 2005 @ 1:13 am

I've run into some more problems with SmartPhone development. This time around the compiler/resource processor of the SmartPhone SDK apparently doesn't want to cooperate and fails to compile my code.

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Multiple versions in .NET COM Assembly
February 18, 2005 @ 3:01 am

Got a scare today when the Help Builder add-in wouldn't load on an auto-update. Turns out .NET registered two separate versions of the addin COM component and picked the wrong version to launch the add-in.

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Handling OnMouseWheel for scrolling the HTML Edit control
February 18, 2005 @ 12:20 am

The IE Html Edit control doesn't support the mousewheel natively unless you enable the OnMouseWheel event and handle the scrolling manually. This entry shows how...

Using custom icons in a compiled HTML Help 1.0 (CHM) file
February 17, 2005 @ 12:58 pm

Here's some info on how to use custom icons in your CHM Html Help 1.0 files.

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Fixing user input for Display in HTML pages
February 15, 2005 @ 3:20 am

Spent a little time cleaning up some routines that I use for displaying text entered by users back to them.

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I hate Adobe Acrobat (even more now!)
February 14, 2005 @ 3:23 am

I installed Acrobat Reader 7.0 today thinking it might improve the crappy Reader that came before it. Nope - but it sure pissed me off some more by installing my full version of Adobe Acrobat removing Distiller and all PDF creation options. Nice.

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Rethinking my HTML Editing - switching to plain Web Browser Control from DHTMLEdit
February 13, 2005 @ 11:40 pm

Here are a few notes on my latest HTML Editing travails for Help Builder.

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Whidbey SmartPhone Dev - Unable to start Debugging
February 13, 2005 @ 1:58 pm

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Reading up on Indigo
February 12, 2005 @ 9:07 pm

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Comparing West Wind Web Connection and classic ASP + COM
February 12, 2005 @ 12:12 pm

I took the time today to summarize my thoughts on the comparison between Web Connection vs. using VFP COM components with classic ASP (and indirectly with ASP.NET). I also did some performance tests that demonstrate that ASP + COM is not any faster or more scalable by any means.

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Printing on CDs
February 11, 2005 @ 10:29 pm

Anybody know of some good software to print onto CDs or better yet how to use any software to print to the CD tray?

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A few notes about making IE and FireFox render the 'same'
February 10, 2005 @ 9:46 pm

I spent some time today cleaning up some of the style differences between IE and FireFox in the Web Store. Here are a few comments, a couple of questions and some observations.

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Help Builder - The Movie... Not!
February 07, 2005 @ 1:17 am

I spent some time create Video demos of Help Builder over the weekend. This is no trivial job even though it should have been easy - after all I've demo'd Help Builder a gazillion times before. It wasn't to be quite that way...

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The company I keep - The Microsoft Gecko?
February 07, 2005 @ 12:47 am

The local Gecko population digs the Microsoft Ergo keyboard. Go figure.

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Installing a Printer Driver programmatically - sort of - using PrintUi.dll
February 05, 2005 @ 11:40 am

Installing a printer under program (or batch) control is easy to do with PrintUi.dll which allows many configuration tasks through a command line utility.

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Rethinking the Help Builder HelpProvider: An excercise in Component, Parent and Windows Forms Design time
February 05, 2005 @ 3:02 am

I decided to enhance the behavior of the Help Builder HelpProvider today to make a it easier to use by automatically having it activated without any custom code on the form. Drop the provider and it connects to the form to fire the custom hook events. Easier said than done. Getting a reference to the form without manually assigning it is no trivial task, in fact I could only do it through a design time trick.

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