05/25/2014 UPDATE: I moved the code to a different project. I have made a number of changes since 2012. I posted an article on code […]
DataGridView Loses Formatting and Columns After Setting DataSource a Second Time
Problem This was particularly annoying. If you have a DataGridView you are working with, you have setup the DataGridView through the designer and you have […]
Windows Form Designer File Hell: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
I spent 2 hours trying to figure out why a form I was working on was telling me that there was something wrong with a […]
My.Request Equivalent in C#
The Gotcha When moving VB.Net code to C# code that uses the My namespace such as “My.Request” the equivalent for you to use is “HttpContext.Current.Request”. […]
WSE: Server unavailable, please try later
This is an amazing gotcha that had me almost throw my computer off the sixth floor of my building. First to narrow down the steps […]
Windows Forms Project Crashes Immediately on Startup
This was a more puzzling error that I have had to deal with in a long time. Every time I started up my windows forms […]
How to convert a String (Char Array) to List of Int (ASCII Decimal Equivalent)
I think it confuses people that single characters are interchangeable with byte and int, so here I am telling you that they are interchangeable up to an […]
Visual Studio’s Immediate Window – C# vs VB.Net
I am primarily a C# developer, I will admit up front that I dislike VB.Net and will avoid using it when I can. I am […]
Windows Services and Creating a Setup Project
I want to create a constructive post on this with a full explanation on how to create a setup project for anything, my main example […]
Extension Methods: Straight to the Point!
I kept looking at many articles on extension methods and for some reason I couldn’t get mine to work. It then dawned on me that […]