In my Introduction to Code Contracts post, I mentioned that the tools to enable runtime checking and static analysis were not included in the .NET Framework 4.0 CTP. Today we are releasing a preview version of the Code Contracts tools on the DevLabs...

.NET managed services are based on NT services, and both need to know how to interact with the ServiceControlManager (SCM) to remain responsive. For managed services, many of the complexities of interacting with the SCM are handled for you by System.ServiceProcess...

The essentials of resource fallback and how to debug failures Resource loading failures can be tricky to debug. However, once you have a basic overview of how the ResourceManager works, as well as a few debugging tools, you’ll be able to easily get...