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In Visual Studio 2011 you can pin the most used files. Namoskar!!!

Now in Visual Studio 2011 you can filter the error list based on the open document. So it will show you only those errors which are part of the currently focused file. Namoskar!!!

POCO in ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 has been discussed in many places. Here I am not going to talk about it. However, I created a small sample to demonstrate the capability of POCO in much more cleaner “code-only” approach. <<Apology for this blog post issue>>. There were some images, due...

I generally avoid meta blogging, but while going through my MSDN RSS feed I found one very detailed article on few of my favorite Visual Studio 2010 Features at http://blogs.msdn.com/jennifer/archive/2010/05/11/visual-studio-2010-how-to-understand-your-code-using-dependency-graphs-sequence-diagrams-and...

In .NET Framework 4.0 using the System.Device.Location namespace one can easily access user’s computer’s location. For more detailed discussion please visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.device.location(VS.100).aspx Namoskar!!!

In .NET Framework 4.0 we have String .IsNullOrWhiteSpace . String sData = " " ; if ( String .IsNullOrWhiteSpace(sData)) { Console .WriteLine( "Nothing to do" ); } This would help us to determine whether to work with a string without calling additional Trim() method. Namoskar...

Very helpful article http://blogs.msdn.com/psiman/archive/2010/03/02/installing-visual-studio-2010-rc1-on-xp-sp3.aspx Namoskar!!!

In .NET Framework 4.0 we have a new class called SortedSet<T>. This helps us to sort the elements without explicitly we implementing any sort method. var sSet = new SortedSet < int > { 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 1, 3, 5, 7 }; //Getting directly the sorted output foreach ( int iVal in sSet...

There are a few obsolete types and members in .NET Framework 4.0. This is an extensive reference for those who write code. Obsolete Types in .NET Framework 4.0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee461503(VS.100).aspx Obsolete Members in .NET Framework 4.0 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...

My 3rd Channel 9 video on Code Analysis in Visual Studio 2010 at http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/wriju/Code-Analysis-Using-Visual-Studio-2010/ Namoskar!!!

My 4th Channel 9 video on Performance Analyzer Tool at http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/wriju/CPU-Sampling-using-Visual-Studio-2010-Performance-Analyzer-Tool/ Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2010 you can have URLs which you may click just like MS Word. This ULR clicking supported in normal String declaration and comments as well. Below is the screen shot, Namoskar!!!

In Visual Studio 2010 you can now create the dependency graph to view the complex structure of your class and the call tree. Once you explore it has got some additional view like, Right to Left. If you click on any entity it will take you to the code. This...

In Visual Studio 2010 we have a great tool called Architecture Explorer to view the structure of our objects. Unlike object browser or class diagram this also helps us to view the calls per element is made in the project. This is one additional step towards the enhancement. This can be found at Namoskar...

In Visual Studio 2010 we can now get all the available extensions from http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com and add to our project from and within Visual Studio. You will find it under Tools > Extension Manager. Here you can add, search and modify the available extensions. Namoskar!!!

Watch out the videos on Visual Studio 2010 at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/dd441784.aspx Here are some of them, Ø Dynamic Programming in Visual C# and Visual Basic Ø Office Programmability in Visual C# and VisualBasic Ø Test-driven Development with Generate From Usage...

When you do not see “Immediate” window under Debug menu of Visual Studio you may get frustrated. But there is a quick way to get it when required, Go to View > Other Windows > Command Window or press Ctrl+W, A Then type immed . It will bring the Immediate Window . And inside the...

ASP.NET 3.5 comes with bundle of new data bound controls. Among them ListView and DataPager are the ones I am going talk here. To me ListView is the enhanced from of DataRepeater. It has got everything you might need to create an app with your HTML/CSS skill set. Today you often visit blogs and you subscribe...

Must read http://www.sidarok.com/web/blog/content/2008/05/02/10-tips-to-improve-your-linq-to-sql-application-performance.html Namoskar!!!

Many of you might be following John Papa’s article on Data and related topics. Myself have came across many of his and are still following. I would like to share a list of articles by him published in MSDN Magazine and available online for you. Data Points: Designing an Entity Data Model With the...

There is a correction for this Post , so do I have changed the title. Thanks to Chris Love who pointed me the faults with earlier post, I got few question on some of the popular paging methods of LINQ which does not work on LINQ to Entity. This is by design and quite logical. In LINQ to SQL scenario...

Windows Application and shortcut key are synonyms. People prefer to use shortcut keys for faster activity. Assume you are in a text box and you want to hit F5 to reload the form. You do not want to move your mouse cursor. So what you will be doing is that you will be adding “Key Down” event to the text...

Live.com you need to automate that in your Windows application. You will use the WebBrowser control. This is a very powerful control and allows us to control things through DOM. Here is a small code which insert values to the live.com’s seach text box and clicks the “Go” button. I have created a windows...

I use Visual Studio 2008 code snippet a lot when I write code for my presentation. It saves a lot of time and it is very elegant. But I used to struggle a lot while changing my demo machine. Because I had to repeat the same process again and again from Tools > Snippet Manager , I find it very inconvenient...

When I show demo using my desktop I often come across to the scenarios where things are very small. I was using Windows Magnifier. I found this tool later and this is very helpful. This tool was created by Microsoft Technical Fellow, Mark Russinovich. Some facts, Ø ZoomIt runs on System Tray ...