Kristoffer's tidbits
Bits and pieces of useful information by Kristoffer Henriksson
Calling WinRT functions from low level C++
The high level projection available in C++ targeting WinRT make working with WinRT from C++ a much...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 03/26/2012
A concise history of the Bing Maps Windows 8 Map control.
The Windows 8 Bing map XAML control (as opposed to the javascript control which is an entirely...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 03/20/2012
Shrinking .NET assemblies by removing unnecessary attributes
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 04/28/2010
Streetside photos is live!
Bing Maps just shipped a tech preview of Streetside photos which overlays Flickr photos on...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 02/11/2010
Streetside smoove
Bing Maps Streetside just released a minor update that allows you to smoothly glide through streets...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 01/20/2010
It's 10 pm, do you know what your JITter is doing?
Ever have that awkward feeling like you don't know what actually gets executed as a result of your...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 11/13/2009
OutOfMemoryException is special
Consider the humble OutOfMemoryException and its most common usage. If it is thrown when the system...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 02/25/2009
Troubleshooting a failed Virtual Earth 3D installation
The Virtual Earth 3D setup program is a small executable that downloads and installs pre-requisites...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 05/16/2008
How does Virtual Earth 3D find and load plugins?
On startup VE3D looks in the Plugins folder of the install directory (ProgramFiles\Virtual Earth 3D)...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 12/07/2007
Using a plugin to add a billboard to Virtual Earth 3D
To add objects to the VE3D world we need to create our own actor that knows how to render itself....
Author: Kristoffer Date: 11/14/2007
BillboardPlugin.cs
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 11/14/2007
BillboardActor.cs
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 11/14/2007
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Author: Kristoffer Date: 11/13/2007
Creating a Hello World plugin for Virtual Earth 3D
With latest release of the Virtual Earth 3D release we now support loading plugins to perform...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 11/13/2007
What's the latlong of this location?
Right click on the map to get the latitude and longitude function MouseClick(mapEvent) { if...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 07/23/2007
Is your e-mail going unanswered?
As a general rule the chance of your e-mail getting a response is inversely proportional to the...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 06/29/2007
Web browser information
document.write('Your browser identifies itself as "'); document.write(navigator.userAgent);...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 06/22/2007
Virtual Earth update
Virtual Earth released a new version this afternoon; read about the new features on the Virtual...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 04/03/2007
Visual Studio Tip: Examining long strings while debugging
Long strings can be a pain to examine in Visual Studio while you're debugging but in .NET projects...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 04/03/2007
Navigate large solutions in Visual Studio quicker
The one Visual Studio tip that everyone should know is how to quickly open a file in a large...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 03/23/2007
Javascript prototype versus closure execution speed
When Javascript execution speed matters consider using prototype instead of closures where possible....
Author: Kristoffer Date: 02/13/2007
Debugging memory usage in managed code using Windbg
Windbg, is there anything it can't do? CLR Profiler is great for getting an overview of memory...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 01/09/2007
Debugging exceptions in managed code using Windbg
By default Windbg will break for access violations (or null reference exceptions as they're called...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 01/03/2007
Setting a breakpoint in managed code using Windbg
One of the great features of managed code is getting call stacks and proper class and member...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 01/02/2007
Getting started with Windbg and managed code
Windbg (or wind bag as my friend calls it) is my one stop shop for almost everything debugging...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 12/29/2006
Loading website images in parallel
By default web browsers will only open 2 simultaneous connections to a named website to be a good...
Author: Kristoffer Date: 12/27/2006