blue collar
a blog by dan elliott.
Since my last post I've switched from Visual Studio 2008/.Net 3.5 to VS 2010/.Net 4.0 for most of my...
Date: 03/05/2011
The AssemblyInfo.cs file generated by Visual Studio contains the following lines: // Version...
Date: 01/11/2011
I want to give a quick shout-out to Sara Ford and Zain Naboulsi for their great Visual Studio tips....
Date: 11/30/2010
The custom control I've been working on required drawing custom shapes on each side of the control....
Date: 11/29/2010
Loading embedded resources at runtime has always mystified me. Should I use the...
Date: 10/31/2010
Last week a colleague introduced me to extension methods (C#, VB) in .Net. If you're not familiar...
Date: 10/24/2010
I've recently been developing a custom control (BarControl) that derived from an existing control...
Date: 10/23/2010
After a hiatus of 3+ years, I've decided to reopen blue collar. The focus will no longer be the .Net...
Date: 10/23/2010
A common user-interface feature is to select the contents of a text-box when the textbox gets focus....
Date: 02/08/2007
In yesterday's post I stated that "non-character keys do not trigger KeyPress events." While that is...
Date: 02/07/2007
With a couple of exceptions, the UI controls provided by the .NET Compact Framework are thin...
Date: 02/06/2007
The question of using a hardware button to tab through the controls on a form came up on the Compact...
Date: 01/29/2007
While waiting for Visual Studio to repair whatever was causing deploys to the emulator to fail, I...
Date: 11/29/2006
This is the first in an ongoing series on the non-obvious (to me, at least). This question is from...
Date: 10/12/2006
While the stated goal of this blog is to address issues that affect the day-to-day work of most...
Date: 09/26/2006
Hello, and welcome to blue collar. My name is Dan Elliott and I'm a software development engineer in...
Date: 09/07/2006