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I posted both slides and demo code from my "Making ORM applications more secure/Naredimo ORM aplikacije varnejše" presentation held at Bleeding Edge conference in Portorož on 1.10.2008.The material is in Slovene language. Enjoy.

Developer Express, my favorite 3rd party .net component vendor, has just made its first public step into Windows Presentation Foundation world. They released a beta version of their charting product DXCharts for WPF (hey, where are those Xtra, Xpress, Express prefixes - ''DX for WPF'', shhh, boring ;-)). Anyway, everything is as one would expected ...

If you use Developer Express ASPxGridView within MS Ajax' UpdatePanel (ASPxGridView.EnableCallBacks="False") you should be aware that you should perform DataBind() method within OnInit method (Init event). Otherwise editing just won't work, or better, it works, just the modifications aren't persisted. It took me some time to ...

As a (late) new year gift I've removed annoying expiration restriction from my dataset debugger visualizer. Find the 0.9.12 update here. I've also rebuilt it for Visual Studio 2008 version which will be the only one supported from now on. Find the 0.9.12 version for 2008 here. Read more about Righthand Dataset Debugger Visualizer.

RightHand.DataSet.Visualizer is an MDI application that lets you inspect DataSet structure and its data plus tons of other useful operations on DataSet. Why would I need a DataSet visualizer?How often does a programmer wonder what data a dataset holds? It is certainly not easy to see the data in regular debugger windows. It is even harder to check ...

I often wonder why is everybody jumping on the (Office like) ribbon wagon. Ribbon UI is clumsy if it isn't done properly and furthermore, if you ask me, it just isn't suited for all applications. So I came across this example of application:The image is taken from this "Case Study: Itagent chooses DXperience" blog ...

Developer Express improved public insight into DXperience next versions - they created a forum where their employees post news about forthcoming versions. So, if you curious what's next by Developer Express or you want to ask something (current license holders only) make sure you take a peek into DXperience v2007 vol 3 Release Candidate ...

Here is an output from Intel's Matrix Storage Console when repairing a RAID array: Yep, it says Verifing instead of Verifying. This is a common harmless error that happens in an application. While it is a harmless one it makes you feel uncomfortable though - if developers are producing such obvious errors they also might ... if there ...

Recently I've discovered that XtraVerticalGrid, a nice vertical grid from Developer Express, has some serious problems with speed when doing batch updates. Usually you should enclose batch updates within BeginUpdate/EndUpdate method calls. This usually prevents processing/redrawing within the control when one does many updates to underlying ...

I saw a question about how to extend Developer Express' ComboBoxEdit control to include spin down and up buttons in their forums. The buttons should cycle through available items. I thought I could easily create such a control and here it is in all its glory: Note the two added spin buttons at the right side. Now, let's test it. Here is my ...