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Goodbye .NET Reflector, Hello ILSpy!
I am one of those that was quite upset about the announcement from RedGate that .NET Reflector would no longer be free.  Particularly since it was given to them for free and they have only mucked things up from the original.  It was also my...

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C Sharp Query: A replacement for SQL Server Full Text Search
A short time ago I was working on a project using SQL Server Full Text Search. This was my first real deep exposure to the engine and it worked pretty well. However, for the project I was working on there were some very serious problems that I was never...

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Routed Event Code Snippet
I find it really strange that there are code snippets for Dependency Properties but not Routed Events! Routed Events allow events to tunnel (preview) events up a visual tree and bubble them back down the visual tree. Any control along the tree can subscribe...

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Easily Generate Business Objects From The Database
I know the title of this post is a little bit of a misnomer, business objects will never map 1 to 1 with relational database objects. However, when just starting out and when you get to control the schema of the database, it sure makes a good starting...

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Google releases web browser "chrome"
Google has done it again! In a completely unexpected (at least by myself) move they have released a browser into mainstream. Frankly, I am quite surprised! Google was such a fan of Firefox that I never thought I would see them in competition. It also...

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Getting the Assembly Qualified Name for a .NET Object
Have you ever needed to add a line to a config file like: < type ="Config.RoleService, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> These fully qualified types are not easy to figure out. The syntax...

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SmartRename :: File Renamer
Last week our camera card filled up. Like most people, we'd almost rather buy a new, bigger card rather than try to go through the process of getting the photos onto the computer, processed, and burned to CD's. We decided that with about 2GB of pictures...

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iGen :: Open Source XSLT Code Generation Application
I have decided to open source a project that I have been working off and on since 2003. I have always been a big fan of code generation and felt like I knew what it takes to do it right. iGen is actually the second separate attempt. My original attempt...

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