Rob Garrett - Blogs

November 2005 - Posts

• From C++ to C#

  I have gone back in time this week to work on a legacy ISAPI application. The ISAPI application is being developed in C++ and makes use of MSXML to read an XML configuration file. Below is some code in C++ to open the XML file and read two text values, Read More... Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 4:04 PM by Rob Garrett | 2 Comments

• WinFX CTP Available

  Yippie! The a CTP version of WinFX is available for Visual Studio 2005 RTM. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E5376297-DA10-4FC3-967D-38C96F767FC4&displaylang=en What are you waiting for? Go download and start writing Avalon Read More... Posted Monday, November 21, 2005 9:04 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Sony is still advising users to install their rootkit...

  Quoted from: http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/howtouse.html To install the software on this disc, you must have Administrator rights on your computer. Administrator rights are typically the default setting for home computers, however, in many work environments Read More... Posted Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:15 PM by Rob Garrett | 2 Comments

• VS.NET 2003 and 2005 on the same box

  I have quashed a rumor that has been circulating around my office about not being able to install Visual Studio .NET 2003 and 2005 on the same machine. I had dinner with my friend Chris , this evening, who not only had both versions of VS.NET on his laptop Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:30 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• String.IsNullOrEmpty

  C# 2.0 Tip: You no longer need to write the following code: if (null != someString && someString.Length > 0) { ... } Instead you can now just write the following: if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(someString)) { ... } Share this post: Email it! | bookmark it! Read More... Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:07 AM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Avoiding Sony's DRM Rootkit

  It may not have escaped your attention that Sony has been featured in the news a lot recently, concerning proven allegations about Sony BMG installing DRM root kits on Windows computers, belonging to consumers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4400148.stm Read More... Posted Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:04 AM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Debugging ASP.NET as non-admin (LUA)

  See my previous post about LUA , and why it is a good idea. Today I managed to get ASP.NET 2.0 to debug correctly, using Visual Studio .NET 2005 under LUA. Thanks to Andrew Duthie's post . I needed to tweak my system a little, here are my steps in digest Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:51 PM by Rob Garrett | 0 Comments

• Running as Non-Admin

  I have recently converted my developer workstations over to running as non-admin. I was inspired to move over to a least-privilege user account after sitting in on a talk by Randy Hayes – president for the CMAP (Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals) Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:31 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments

• Mid-Atlantic Code Camp - an awesome event

  Happy November 1 st , trust everyone enjoyed Halloween yesterday. I have been my usual busy self this last weekend. Saturday was host to the second Mid-Atlantic Code Camp in Reston , VA , the theme of the day was security. When it comes down to software Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 1:38 PM by Rob Garrett | 1 Comments