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Monthly archive August, 2012

How to Loop through or Iterate over all Enum Values in C# ?

Sometimes , it may be necessary for the C# developers to loop through or iterate over all the Enum Values in solving a particular task. In this blog post , i will explain with an example on How to Loop through or Iterate over all Enum Values in C# ? We Read More →

How to Create a Drop Down list in Microsoft Excel 2013 to use Data from different Worksheet?

In my previous blog post, I showed How to Create a Simple Drop Down list in Microsoft Excel 2013 using the data from the same worksheet. In this blog post, I will demonstrate how one could create a Drop Down list in Microsoft Excel 2013 to use Read More →

How to Create a Simple Drop Down list in Microsoft Excel 2013?

Creating or adding a dropdownlist in Microsoft Excel is something that most people do when using using Excel specially when creating an data entry sheet. A drop down list enables the user to select the value from the predefined list instead of user typing them.

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How to change the Start page of the Windows 8 App in Visual Studio 2012 ?

When you create a new Modern UI(Metro) Windows 8 Project in Visual Studio , a default start page MainPage.xaml will be created automatically along with other necessary files needed for running the Windows 8 App.

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List of Files Created by a new Windows 8 Project

When we create a new Windows 8 (Modern UI) style App, the following files are created by default 1. Package.appxmanifest
  • This file describes the information related to the App like the App Name , Description , Logo , Capabilities etc
2. Assets
  • Image files (PNG) used by the App which will be displayed in Read More →

HTML5 sessions at BDotnet UG Meet – September 1, 2012

BDotnet (Bangalore .NET) usergroup is organising its User Group meeting on September 1, 2012. The September 1st 2012 will see some interesting sessions on HTML5.

What is BDotnet (Bangalore .NET)?

BDotnet (Bangalore .NET) User Group is one of the premier .NET user group for technology enthusiasts targeting Microsoft Technologies. Excellent Sessions / seminars are Read More →

Difference between the out and ref keyword in C#

To pass an argument by reference in C# , we use the keyword ref . There is also another keyword "out" which can also be used to pass an argument by reference . Below is a sample code demonstrating the usage of the out and ref keyword.
class Employee
{
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Microsoft announces GenerationApp.com for Windows 8 and Windows Phone App developers

Microsoft has launched the website GenerationApp.com for the developers who are interested in developing Windows Phone Apps and Windows 8 Apps. The GenerationApp.com offers guidance for the developers to develop and launch your Windows Phone or Windows 8 App in 30 days. "Start with an idea. Code that idea. Then Read More →

Play Default Windows Sounds in your .NET Application

There are times when you want your Application to play default Windows Sounds when an alert message is displayed . If you want to play different sounds that is defined in the Sounds and Alerts section of the control panel in your .NET Application , you can utilize the System.Media.SystemSounds Read More →

Grand Finale of TechSparks @ Bangalore

YourStory.in is hosting the Grand Finale of TechSparks in Bangalore on September 8, 2012. The event is schedules to be held in MLR Convention Center, Whitefield, Bangalore. This is the 3rd edition of TechSparks and is one of the India's largest discovery platform for Tech Start-ups. TechSparks 2012 is hosted in association Read More →

Webinar – Real Life Unit Testing: Testing Hard to Test Code

Type mock is organising a webinar on the topic "Real Life Unit Testing: Testing Hard to Test Code" on August 21, 2012 from 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM IST. The webinar will help you learn different techniques that helps the developers to create unit tests to mock dependencies. The webinar also includes Read More →

Namespace Alias Qualifier in C#

The Namespace in C# has the following advantages
  • It lets the developers to organise their code / classes
  • Provides a better readability of the code and helps your understand how the code structure is formed specially in bigger projects.
The Namespace Alias Qualifier in C# lets the developers to use the alias name Read More →

Why does Windows Install with “C” Drive as Default ?

When you notice your System , you will find that by default your hard disk label startes with C:/ drive . When you have additional partitions or DVD Drive etc , you will observe that the it continues with D:/ , E:/ etc. [caption id="attachment_5255" align="aligncenter" width="449"]Read More →

Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 now Available for Download for MSDN Users

Yesterday , Microsoft had released the Windows 8 RTM along with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 which is now available for download for the MSDN Subscribers . Microsoft had released the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2012 last month and it is a popular tool now to develop Windows Read More →

RAD Studio XE3 World Tour in Bangalore and Mumbai

Here's a good news especially for the Delphi developers. Embarcadero will be launching RAD Studio XE3 in some time. Embarcadero is organising RAD Studio XE3 World Tour which will be held in different locations worldwide. The RAD Studio XE3 World Tour is scheduled to be held in Bangalore and Mumbai on August 27 Read More →

How to get a Developer License to run Windows 8 Modern UI style apps?

Windows 8 App developers may need a developer license which lets you to develop, test and install Windows 8 Metro/Modern UI Apps. The developer license is currently free and you can register easily if you have Microsoft account like Live ID, Hotmail account or Outlook.com account. The developer license lets you to develop Read More →

Creating Windows 8 App

In one of my previous blog post, I shared some information on how to get started with the Windows 8 App Development. In this blog post, I will get in to the actual coding by creating my first Windows 8 App. To create the Windows 8 App, follow the below steps

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Getting Started with the Windows 8 App Development

Microsoft had released Windows 8 Release Preview which can be downloaded from the Official Windows 8 website. Windows 8 includes some interesting features like Live Tiles, Windows 8 UI (Code named "Metro") and more importantly the UI which looks almost the same like my Windows Phone :)

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Microsoft’s I unlock Joy is back

After the success of the first edition of "I unlock Joy" campaign last year, Microsoft has again announced the launch of the 2nd Phase or edition of the "I unlock Joy" campaign.
Last year I had submitted few Windows Phone Apps in the Windows Marketplace and received a brand new Windows Read More →

How to enable Ping requests in Windows 8?

I have installed the Windows 8 Release Preview and try out the new Windows 8 Style UI. The UX looks cool. Recently, I was trying to ping an IP address on my Windows 8 PC which was not working fine. The same was working fine in Windows 7 Desktop Read More →
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