Flauschig Dev. Blog

I work quite a bit with Git these days and I do that cross-platform. On Windows I tend to use msysgit (with the GIT Bash) since I already know my way around the Git command line and quite frankly, I like it. One of the things I always have to Google together from different sources is how to get an SSH setup that allows me to authenticate with Github and my own repositories using public/private keys. Read more…

If you need to add attributes on properties in a generated class, you can do this by using following pattern.

[MetadataType(typeof(TimeFrame_Extension))]
public partial class TimeFrame { }

public class TimeFrame_Extension
{
    [XmlIgnore]
    public string From { get; set; }

    [XmlIgnore]
    public string To { get; set; }
}

source : http://ardalis.com/adding-attributes-to-generated-classes

I’ve implemented a google map which loads the markers according the current viewport. This can result in a lot of requests if a user is panning / zooming wildly.

Here’s a pattern which cancels requests and only processes the last one:

// Globals
var currentRequestID = 0;
var currentRequest;
var requestTimer;

// Add the Event for reloading the Markers
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'idle', function () {
	SingleProcessMarkerLoading(map);
});

function SingleProcessMarkerLoading(map) {
	// Clear the "Queue"
	clearTimeout(requestTimer);
	// Abort if a Request is running
	if (currentRequest) { currentRequest.abort(); }
	// Start a new Request
	requestTimer = setTimeout(function () {
		// Get the RequestID, increase for the next Request
		localRequestID = ++currentRequestID;
		// Load the markers
		LoadMarkersForCurrentViewport(map, localRequestID);
	}, 500);
}

function LoadMarkersForCurrentViewport(map, localRequestID) {
	// Get the current Bounds
	var bounds = map.getBounds();

	// Get the Points
	var swPoint = bounds.getSouthWest();
	var nePoint = bounds.getNorthEast();

	// Get the Coordinates
	var swLat = swPoint.lat();
	var swLng = swPoint.lng();
	var neLat = nePoint.lat();
	var neLng = nePoint.lng();

	// Calculate an Adjustment for increasing the Viewport a little
	var increasePercentage = 0.1;
	var latAdjustment = ((neLat - swLat) * increasePercentage);
	var lngAdjustment = ((neLng - swLng) * increasePercentage);

	// Adjust
	swLat -= latAdjustment;
	swLng -= lngAdjustment;
	neLat += latAdjustment;
	neLng += lngAdjustment;

	// Build the Url to get the Markers for the Viewport
	var url = 'someurl?' + swLat + '|' + swLng + '|' + neLat + '|' + neLng;

	// Get the JSON-Response and process it
	currentRequest = $.get(url, function (data) {
		// Check if the Request is obsolete
		if (localRequestID != currentRequestID) return;
		// Process the Data here
		});
	return;
}

Sometimes you want to step into Source Code which comes from the core components of Microsoft. You can either decompile the .Net Libraries with .Net Reflector or ILSpy or use the Microsoft Reference Source Code Packages.

The Reference Source Code allows you to directly lookup the source or even debug into the core components of Microsoft. Just download the Packages you want, install them and you’re done. You now can Debug into (F11) the source or look it up (F12).

Alternative for Visual Studio 2010
Setting up Visual Studio 2010 to step into Microsoft .NET Source Code

I do quite some stuff with Geo Coordinates and I always forget which Axis Latitude and Longitude are.

So here’s a little image which should clear that up:

Those tags are evaluated during the Render part of the page’s load cycle. See here for more information.

Displaying (<%= … %>)

Displays the given value as a string.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6dwsdcf5(v=vs.100).aspx

Displaying with Encoding (<%: … %>)

Displays the given value as string but HTML-Encodes it before.

If you’re sure that the given string is already html-encoded, use it like this:
<%: new HtmlString("<strong>HTML that is not encoded</strong>") %>
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/04/06/new-lt-gt-syntax-for-html-encoding-output-in-asp-net-4-and-asp-net-mvc-2.aspx

Data-Binding (<%# … %>)

Those are resolved when the DataBind method of the control or the page is called.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178366.aspx

Server-Side Comments (<%– … –%>)

Used to comment out code/controls which then won’t be processed.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3207d0e3.aspx

Server-Side Includes (<!– #include file|virtual=”filename” –>)

Used to insert to content of a given file within the current position.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4acf8afk.aspx

Embedded Code Blocks (<% … %>)

Used to run some code without returning anything.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178135(v=vs.100).aspx

Expressions (<%$ … %>)

Used for expressions instead of code.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5bd1tad.aspx

Directives (<%@ … %>)

Specifies settings for the page or imports and such.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/xz702w3e(v=vs.100).aspx

I do need some delegates from time to time (like when using threads in a WinForms App). But I’m too lazy to declare all needed delegates, especially if they have none or only very few parameters.

Luckily, there are some predefined delegates which can be used for that.

Here’s a list of some of those:

EventHandler // Default event callbacks
EventHandler<T> // Default event callbacks with custom parameter (inheriting from EventArgs)
Action<T1, T2, T3, T4> // Function without return value and 0-4 parameters
Func<T1, T2, T3, T4, TResult> // Methos with 0-4 parameters and one result type
Predicate<T> // equivalent to Func<T, bool>

And here’s a very simple example:

private void InvokedClose()
{
	if (InvokeRequired)
	{
		Invoke(new Action(InvokedClose));
	}
	else
	{
		this.Close();
	}
}

I have an (old) Popcorn Hour as my Media Center and I got several Issues from time to time if I try to access my Shares on my pc like “Out of Memory” and such.

It’s actually easy to fix those issues (more or less). Just modify the following keys in the registry on your PC:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"IRPStackSize"=dword:00000039

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
"MaxNonPagedMemoryUsage"=dword:2000000


Today, I tried to make a Release Build of a rather large solution and I got this exception:

Could not load file or assembly ‘file:///C:\some.dll’ or one of its dependencies. Operation is not supported. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80131515) C:\somepath\SGEN

The solution is simpler than it looks like:
The DLL was downloaded from the web and somehow, Windows “blocked”. To unblock it, just right-click the DLL in your explorer and click the “Unblock” button (make sure, you have write access to the file).
That’s all what is needed to fix this problem (at least in my case).

static string FormatBytes(long bytes)
{
	const int scale = 1024;
	string[] orders = new string[] { "GB", "MB", "KB", "Bytes" };
	long max = (long)Math.Pow(scale, orders.Length - 1);

	foreach (string order in orders)
	{
		if (bytes > max)
			return string.Format("{0:##.##} {1}", decimal.Divide(bytes, max), order);

		max /= scale;
	}
	return "0 Bytes";
}

Source: http://sharpertutorials.com/pretty-format-bytes-kb-mb-gb/