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oktober 2006 - Posts

Is it now OK to do piracy in Slovenia?

On 20th of October 2006 the Slovene government imposed an act of self reproduction compensation reproduction for personal use. Actually I don't know the proper English term so I'll describe what it is about. The government wants us to pay some
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Using client certificates with RemObjects' WinInetHttpClientChannel

Currently RemObjects ' Http channels don't support client certificates (i.e. client certificates are required in IIS when the option "Require Client Certificates" is selected). Why would you need them anyway? Client certificates are
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Transferring .net object graphs using RemObjects SDK 4.0

If you happen to use RemObjects SDK 4.0 (RO) for an alternative to remoting (I'll discuss the benefits in another post) than you are certainly facing one problem. RO thing doesn't support .net classes as method arguments in favor of interoperability
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Strongsigning an assembly from key container isn't supported even in VS2005 SP1

How can you strong sign an assembly using key located in key container (not in a file) from within Visual Studio 2005 (SP1)? You can't . For whatever reason MS decided not to give us this option in the 2005 RTM timeframe (apparently they didn't have time).
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Windows Presentation Foundation PowerPoint slides available (Slovene)

Yesterday I presented Windows Presentation Foundation . I was speaking in front of audience of about 150. The whole event was using Columbus discovers America theme and we speakers were dressed accordingly - I suppose it was like a carnival. If I take
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Can you spot the problem (VBx/VB.NET)

WARNING: VB code! Here is a very popular problem that many VB developers fail to see. Furthermore, it is hard to find once in the code. Can you spot it? imports Microsoft.VisualBasic imports System public module MyModule sub Main dim a as integer = 0
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Windows Presentation Foundation at Slovene MSDN/Technet 2006 event

I'll be presenting Windows Presentation Foundation at Slovene MSDN/Technet event on Monday, 23rd October in hotel Mons, Ljubljana. There will be other interesting topics covering .net framework 3.0 as well and a IT track. See you there.
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Funny window title

I just saw this item sitting in my taskbar: Khmm.
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Why Microsoft keeps pushing laptop navigation software?

Microsoft has a range of GPS navigation products, such as Street & Trips , Map Point and Pocket Streets (did I forgot any?). The problem is that the former two run only on full blown Windows only (forget Pocket PC devices) while the later has no turn
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Importing Access database into Sql Server 2005

Today I had a need to import an old Access database into Sql Server 2005. First I tried with Sql Server Manager Import function but I quickly gave up on it as it was yielding many errors for some reason. Next I googled for a solution and found that MS
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Default Padding for XtraLayoutControl items

Developer Express XtraLayoutControl sets its items default Padding to 5;5;5;5 (left, right, top, bottom) which might not be always desired value and there is no easy way to alter this default setting as per this support center entry . However, there is
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telerik now ships source code with single r.a.d.controls developer license

According to this blog post telerik decided to ship the sources even with r.a.d.controls single developer licenses. This is very good news as the source code is a must for serious development and I am one of those single developers. There is nothing better
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Visual Studio 2005 SP1 beta looses 3rd party toolbox entries

After installing VS 2005 SP1 beta I noticed that all 3rd party icons disappeared from toolbox. Apparently SP1 beta looses icons on install. The situation is more annoying with Developer Express components because setup won't repair the situation nor will
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Computers enhance your home heating system

I just read the power requirements for new Nvidia G80 DirectX10 based graphic cards. And I can't say I didn't expect this numbers coming, perhaps I didn't expect them being so huge. I mean, graphic cards industry is going berserk. Which sane person will
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