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Have you ever wondered where ‘.bz’ was?

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(One of the last snippets from CodeKeep.)

I’ve got a console app that I am using to test NHibernate.  The app fails to run because I can’t get connected to my local db.  After checking the current user at runtime, I realized there wasn’t any defined user which messes up my db connection. 

Here is a work-around. 

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(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

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(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

Format a datetime value within a gridview’s boundfield control.  The default shows MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss.  In my case, I didn’t want/need the time portion.  So…

 

<asp:BoundField DataField="timestamp" DataFormatString="{0:MM/dd/yyyy}" HeaderText="Date entered" />

 

Reference:

http://forums.microsoft.com/hongkong/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4003043&SiteID=82

(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

After you finish modifying text within a RichTextBox control, you may want to move the cursor to the top of the control.

Code:

richTextBox1.SelectionStart = 0;
richTextBox1.SelectionLength = 0;

(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

I needed to create a RichTextBox with a title, menu path, and description.  Here’s how I made customized the visuals to suit the project.  Title is enlarged and made bold.  Menu is reduced and made italics.  The description is ‘standard.’

Code:

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(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

Code:

var myList = new List<string>() { "one", "two", "three" }; 

// print out the original list
foreach (string item in myList)
  Console.WriteLine(item); // one two three

myList.Remove("two");

// print out the new list
foreach (string item in myList)
  Console.WriteLine(item); // one three

Notes:

You cannot remove items from a list inside of a foreach.  You can set items to null, but you cannot remove the items.

(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

public enum EFileType
{
    Unknown = –1,
    Test,
    Production
}

...

var fileType = EFileType.Production;
var str = Enum.GetName(typeof(EFileType),fileType); // str == 'Production'

(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

I needed to do a secure file copy to a remote server for an activity report.  I chose to use pscp from PuTTY.

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(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

Using ‘this’ can make your code simpler and easier to read. 

Here is a hard way to create a pair of constructors:

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(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

Need the path to the local temp folder or a temp file name to store some runtime junk?

Look no further…

 

var tempPath = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
var tempFile = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName();

(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

I’d recommend looking at EntLib 5.0 if you are serious about your event logging.  This is but a simple hack…

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(Another snippet I originally posted to CodeKeep.)

Code:

interface IPlural
{
  void Load();
  void Load(ELoadOptions option, int id);
}

interface IMembership
{
  void Save();
  void Delete();
  void Load(int id);
}

Usage:

public class CAddresses : List<CAddress> , IPlural
{
  public void Load()
  {
    // do something
  }

  public void Load(ELoadOptions option, int id)
  {
    // do something
  }
}

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