FileSystemWatcher Tips

The .NET FileSystemWatcher [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemIOFileSystemWatcherClassTopic.asp] class makes it possible to quickly and easily launch business processes when certain files or directories are created, modified, or deleted. The FileSystemWatcher class, for example, can be quite useful in application integration,…

Rules to Better .NET Projects

Rules to Better .NET Projects [http://www.ssw.com.au/SSW/Standards/Rules/RulestoBetterdotNETProjects.aspx] by SSW.com.au. Some basic but interesting?points discussed there. Some other SSW rules worth reading: Successful Projects [http://www.ssw.com.au/SSW/Standards/Rules/RulestoSuccessfulProjects.aspx], Better Code [http://www.ssw.com.…

Scheduled Execution in ASP.NET

On a .NET-based project, I had the need to run scheduled maintenance tasks on the web server. My first preference was building a Windows Service or a Console Application (and scheduling it using the Windows Scheduler to run at regular intervals). However, this option was not feasible considering that the…

.NET News (Portal?!?!)

Mama Mia! [http://www.woodster.com/jumpstart/dotnet.aspx]?by Michael?Woodruff [http://woodster.typepad.com/] The General News [http://www.woodster.com/jumpstart/default.aspx] one is sooo cool, kind of geeky?with so much on a single page 🙂…

.NET India User Groups

MSDN .NET?India User Groups exist to help facilitate education and knowledge exchange among developers, architects and managers (residing/working in India) with an interest in Microsoft’s .NET technologies. They provide a great place for local developers to come together to learn about .NET technologies, to network with their…

VS.NET Full Screen Mode

Just discovered the full screen mode in VS.NET – Press Alt + Shift + Enter in the IDE to toggle between the normal and full screen mode. Sure looks awesome on a 17” monitor!…

Longhorn Bits

On October 27 2003, the day after the PDC starts, Microsoft will launch the “Longhorn” Developer Center [http://msdn.microsoft.com/longhorn/] on MSDN. The actual product is expected sometime in 2005?but all the buzz?reminds me of the hype that was before Windows 95 was launched. Ofcourse, this…

Sample Chapters

Srinivasa Sivakumar [http://weblogs.asp.net/ssivakumar/] has listed more than 500?sample chapters (in HTML/PDF format)?on his resource site [http://www3.brinkster.com/webguru/Sample.Asp],?from various books?related to?.NET. A great resource!…