June 2008 - Posts

• X86,x64,IA64,Any CPU

  When a managed application is built on Visual Studio , we get four options to choose for a platform .Lets discuss these options in detail . 1)x86 X86 is the generic name for all Intel x86 32 bit architectures. If you build your application using x86 switch Read More... Posted Saturday, June 28, 2008 1:24 AM by mjawa | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting startup issues with managed application having Authenticode signature

  Authenticode , also referred as a “ digital signature ” , is an industry standard of verifying the source of an application by setting up a trust relationship with the publisher of the application. However, digitally signing your managed application might Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:16 PM by asmartpointer | 5 Comments Filed under: Authenticode

• Troubleshooting when two modules share different copy of CRT

  You may run into the problem, while upgrading from lower CRT to higher CRT version or when you mix the CRT versions. It may result in Access Violation. Here, I have used WinDbg to debug such a scenario. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out the cause if the Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 8:24 PM by Ravi Kumar | 0 Comments Filed under: CRT

• How CRT dependency is added to manifest file.

  Well, the dependency information is added to manifest file by a tool known as mt.exe. But this information is provided to mt.exe by linker. And linker gets this information from linker directives. Now these linker directives are present in two places. Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 7:33 PM by Ravi Kumar | 1 Comments Filed under: CRT, SxS