Why You Should Never Set LangVersion=Latest in a Serious Project
Why pinning LangVersion to Latest undermines build reproducibility, and how explicit language and SDK versions keep a team's builds predictable.
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.resx Files vs. Embedded Resources: Where Should Your Images Live?
Weighing .resx files against Embedded Resource for shipping images in a .NET assembly, and rules of thumb for choosing between them.
Development
The #region Debate: When Code Folding Helps and When It Hides Problems
A balanced look at #region in C# — where it genuinely helps navigate large files, and where it just hides code that needs refactoring.
Development
Sorting C# using Directives: Conventions, Tooling, and .editorconfig Options
The two common conventions for ordering C# using directives, how ReSharper, Rider, StyleCop, Visual Studio, and .editorconfig each support them, and the specific settings that control the behavior.
Development
Comparison of Syntax-Highlighter-Plugins for Windows Live Writer
Compares several Windows Live Writer plugins for formatting and syntax highlighting source code in blog posts, including their editors, Live Writer rendering, and final blog output.
Blogging
Entity Framework, Code First: where is the database?
Shows where Entity Framework 5 Code First creates its automatic LocalDB database in Visual Studio 2012 and how to access it through SQL Server Object Explorer.
Development
LINQ and ArcObjects
Explores using LINQ with ArcObjects by exposing ArcGIS features as IEnumerable<IFeature>, including deferred execution, feature cursors, recycling considerations, custom enumerators, unit testing, and performance trade-offs.
Development
Strange error “argument type ‘lambda expression’ is not assignable to parameter type ‘string’”
How to fix the C# error 'lambda expression is not assignable to parameter type string' when using Entity Framework and LINQ by adding the missing System.Linq using directive.
Development
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program ‘…’. The endpoint was not reachable.
Fixes a Visual Studio project startup error where the endpoint is not reachable by removing the Prefer32bit setting from the project file.
Development
Simian counts errors in Jenkins dashboard but shows in details “No violation found”
Fixes a Simian duplicate-code analysis issue in Jenkins where violations are counted but details show 'No violation found' due to an incorrect source path prefix.
Development
Interop effects by resolving and instantiating types with ArcObjects
Why Activator.CreateInstance fails when directly using an ArcObjects AppRefClass type but succeeds when obtaining the COM type through its CLSID, avoiding an invalid runtime cast.
Development
xUnit runner eats system diagnostic output
Shows how to restore Debug.WriteLine output in DbgView when running xUnit tests by adding a DefaultTraceListener.
Development
"Failure has occurred while loading a type."
Troubleshooting the .NET error 'Failure has occurred while loading a type' in a COM+ assembly, tracing it to stale registry permissions and resolving it by removing the problematic CLSID keys and running Visual Studio with administrative privileges.
Development
InternalsVisibleTo, PublicKey and PublicKeyToken
How to use InternalsVisibleTo with strong-named .NET assemblies, including signing the test assembly and specifying the full public key instead of the public key token.
Development
Template Method Pattern and constructors
Why calling an abstract or virtual initialization method from a C# base-class constructor triggers the 'Virtual member call in constructor' warning, and when this Template Method-style approach can be safe.
Development
Let ReSharper and Code Contracts work together
How to make ReSharper understand .NET Code Contracts such as Contract.Requires by extending its external annotations and eliminating false nullability warnings.
Development
Break the mechanism, that GAC-assemblies could only bind to other GAC-assemblies
How an AppDomain.AssemblyResolve handler lets a GAC-deployed assembly bind to a dependency that isn't itself in the GAC.
Development
Suppressing Add-in-registration task during build process
How to suppress automatic ArcGIS Add-In registration during Visual Studio builds under limited permissions by placing a Dont_EsriRegAddin.txt file beside the project file.
Development
Suppressing FxCop/Code Analysis warnings in Config.Designer.cs of Esri Addins
How to suppress FxCop and Code Analysis warnings such as CA1811 and CA1812 in ArcGIS Desktop 10 Add-In code generated by ArcGISAddInHostGenerator.
Development
Castle Windsor: order of configurations and resulting resolvings
How Castle Windsor resolves multiple implementations of the same interface and how registration order, named components, and constructor dependencies can build a Chain of Responsibility
Development
Differences by pasting formatted text in Word and OneNote
How Word and OneNote differ when pasting formatted text, and how to use Visual Studio's CopySourceAsHtml add-in with HTML instead of RTF to preserve source-code formatting in OneNote.
Development
Alternatives for the Snippet Compiler
A look at alternatives to the discontinued Snippet Compiler for compiling C# snippets and preserving syntax highlighting.
Development
Experiences with the new Add-In concept of ArcGIS 10
Notes on ArcGIS Add-In limitations and packaging, including component namespaces, adding unreferenced assemblies as AddInContent, PDB handling, and extending the table context menu with buttons.
Development
Set ApartmentState for ArcObjects-logic in separate threads
How to fix an ArcObjects COMException when accessing MapDocument.Thumbnail from a background thread by explicitly setting the new thread's apartment state to STA.
Development
Event Naming Guidelines
A summary of .NET event naming guidelines and conventions for event handlers, EventArgs classes, pre- and post-events, and overridable OnXxx methods.
Development
Verwenden von partiellen Klassen für COM-Belange
Wie sich COM-Belange in ArcObjects mit partiellen C#-Klassen, VsCommands und ReSharper sauberer separieren lassen und warum dies eine bessere Strukturierung als #region ermöglicht.
Development
Integrate NUnit in Hudson CI-server
How to automate NUnit tests with consistent naming, a Windows batch runner, test categories, XML result files, and Hudson CI test reporting.
Development
Integrate Simian in Hudson CI-server
How to integrate Simian duplicate-code detection into Hudson CI, configure C# file exclusions and thresholds, generate XML reports, and prevent code duplication findings from breaking the build..
Development
My own set of SuppressMessage-lines
A collection of StyleCop and FxCop SuppressMessage examples for common code analysis issues, including naming, IoC, testing, exceptions, documentation, strong names, and framework-specific cases.
Development
Wie spricht man den Lambda-Operator aus?
Verschiedene englische und deutsche Formulierungen zur Aussprache und Beschreibung des Lambda-Operators in C# und von Lambda-Ausdrücken.
Development
Gefahren des “cleanup code refactoring” im Zusammenhang mit P/Invoke und übergebenen Strukturen
Warum ReSharpers Reorder Type Members bei C#-Strukturen für unmanaged Code gefährlich sein kann und wie StructLayout und FieldOffset ein stabiles Speicherlayout sicherstellen.
Development
Parsing argument line with a folder-parameter ending with backslash
How a trailing backslash in a quoted Windows folder argument can break parsing
Development
StyleCop throws documentation warning SA1600 for private elements
How to configure StyleCop SA1600 documentation warnings to ignore missing documentation
Development
Nachtrag: Casting Anti-Pattern
Performancevergleich von as, is und direkten Casts in C#
Development
Casting Anti-Pattern
C#-Tipps für ArcObjects: unnötige doppelte Casts mit is und explizitem Cast vermeiden sowie Next()-Schleifen kompakter und verständlicher formulieren.
Development
Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 compatibility with ReSharper
How to maintain Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 project compatibility
Development
Catching COM-Exceptions from ArcObjects
How to catch COMException errors from the ArcObjects library in C#, inspect their error codes, and identify specific ArcObjects error constants.
Development
Compiler-Error: error MSB3217
How an orphaned assembly in the GAC can cause the misleading MSB3217 'Cannot register assembly' build error and why removing stale dependencies solves it.
OS
Using images and cursors in resources
Use strongly typed image and cursor resources in .NET applications to catch missing or renamed resources earlier and avoid fragile runtime lookups.
C#
Multilanguage with C#
How to localize C# applications with .NET resource files, satellite assemblies, ResGen.exe, AL.exe, and a post-build process for multiple languages.
Development
Hierarchy of log4net-loggers (namespace vs class)
Why you don't need a wildcard when configuring log4net parameters for all loggers within a namespace.
Programming
Konfigurationfile für eine Library lesen
Wie sich mit ExeConfigurationFileMap eine eigene Konfigurationsdatei für eine .NET-DLL laden und auslesen lässt.
Development
Mapping <Any>-Elements in BizTalk-Orchestrations
Shows how to map XML Any elements in BizTalk orchestrations using XmlDocument.ImportNode, serializable XML helper classes, namespace managers, and a Message Assignment shape.
BizTalk
Möglichkeiten des Message-Handlings in Orchestrations
Zeigt verschiedene Möglichkeiten zum Verarbeiten und Manipulieren von XML-Messages in BizTalk-Orchestrations mit XmlDocument, XPath, Namespace-Managern und eigenen .NET-Klassen.
BizTalk