T.S. Bradley .NET

This section contains a number of tips, tricks and techniques that I find useful when developing .NET applications.

Tips, Tricks, and Techniques

• Generics
  • ComReference(Of T) — A type safe reference to a COM object
  • IIf(Of T) — A type safe IIf function that works with Option Strict On
  • Range(Of T) — A range of values of the specified type
• Patterns
  • TimeRange — A range of Time type
  • DateRange — A range of Date type
• Xml
  • XmlResourceResolver — A specific System.Xml.XmlResolver used to find resources stored as manifest resource streams in an assembly
• Windows Forms
  • About Dialog — How to display assembly attributes in an About Box
  • Minimize Event — How to determine if the window was minimized
• Misc
  • Determine if Tablet PC — How to determine if my application is running on a Tablet PC
  • Time-Tagged Trace Listener — How to time-tag the entries in the output window