August 2008 - Posts

• System.Windows.Automation

  It has always been difficult to solve UI automation problems. There are many UI automation frameworks not only on the Internet but also internal at Microsoft. Choosing the right one that best fits your need could be difficult. Finally, there is an ultimate Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:19 PM by hilliao | 2 Comments Filed under: UI Automation

• Code Coverage using Visual Studio 2008’s Code Coverage tools

  The code coverage tools in Visual Studio have existed since 2005 in the Team Developer and Tester Tools -> Code Analysis Tools in Visual Studio Team System 2008 installation. However, there have not been enough articles about how to use them on Windows Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 6:12 PM by hilliao | 3 Comments Filed under: Code Coverage

• PowerShell for system administration work

  Since Windows Server 2000, VB script has been the primary language for doing system administration work. The philosophy and design were to provide more scripting features than the .bat or .cmd batching programming. As .NET evolves, developers build sophisticated Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:33 PM by hilliao | 2 Comments Filed under: PowerShell

• ASP.NET 2.0 and LINQ

  I have been developing and maintaining an internal website at Microsoft IT which monitors the status of multiple master data management systems for almost 1 year. At the beginning of the development phase, I decided to use ADO.NET for querying and updating Read More... Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 11:48 PM by hilliao | 1 Comments Filed under: LINQ