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{ Monthly Archives } November 2007

On Versioning DB Metadata

Cary Jensen gave a presentation at today’s CodeRage on versioning database metadata. In it, he showed a tool he had written which [...]

2007 11 30 Databases
Delphi
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Parallel Programming with .NET

Hey, look! The ParallelFX team at Microsoft has a new blog.
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2007 11 30 .NET Comments (0)

Installing ActiveX Controls in RAD Studio 2007

The procedure for installing ActiveX controls on the Delphi/RAD Studio 2007 component palette is apparently confusing to some users of older versions of Delphi. So here’s a simple example.

2007 11 29 Delphi Comments (3)

Rock Musician Reviews Rock Band

I’m almost completely uninterested in video games, but enjoyed this nonetheless: Slate asked an actual rock musician, Carrie Brownstein of the late, great Sleater-Kinney, to review the game Rock Band.

2007 11 28 General Software Development Comments (0)

"My Application Dies on Server 2003"

From time to time, I’ll answer a question in the Delphi newsgroups like this:
I have a problem with Windows Server 2003 (SP1): My program runs
briefly, fleetingly. Appears in the task manager and disappears very
fleetingly. In other OS does not have this problem.
The problem is almost certainly Data Execution Prevention, which is enabled by default in [...]

2007 11 27 Delphi Comments (2)

ECO for Visual Studio Fieldtest

As the title says, ECO for VS is in beta.
There are certain limitations at present:
For this first field test, we would like to welcome experienced Eco users. Currently you will need to do your modeling in BDS and Delphi.net and then use the generated DLL in VS. We are in the process of arranging beta [...]

2007 11 14 .NET
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Immutable Types for .NET

Check out this post from Microsoft’s Joe Duffy on immutable types for. NET. Well, he actually calls it "Immutable types for C#," but he does it with custom attributes and an FxCop rule, this is far as I can see it will work with any .NET language.

2007 11 13 .NET
C#
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Delphi Unit Testing Power Tools

Here’s an outline of my upcoming CodeRage II presentation:
Ready to move beyond basic unit testing? This presentation will explain several techniques for getting the most out of your testing effort, including:

A system, inspired by Haskell’s QuickCheck, which helps generate semi-random test cases for you.
A simple, Delphi-friendly technique for enumerating lists [...]

2007 11 05 Conference Papers
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