April 2006 - Posts

25 April 2006
InitializeComponent failed, all ToolStripItems and MenuItems lost
Recently I was bugged by an issue resulted from a corrupted Resource file. I accidentally deleted an image on windows explorer which is part of the resource file (Resource.rsx) of my project. The Properties window of VS indicates that the resouce item was not was not found, so I delete it since am not... Read More...
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24 April 2006
Refactor switch-case statement with Strategy Pattern
Ok this is new to me, you know me I am not a pattern guy but let me share my development experiences and how these patterns affect the way we write good code. I have component that I crafted a year after for exporting datatables into diferent export formats. I associate this component with my custom... Read More...
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21 April 2006
My database naming standard
In our local developer forum a thread on sql standard naming convention was started so I believe its worth sharing my thoughs here. Tables _<applicationName>_<tableName> Example for database project named "efcodd" _efcodd_users _efcodd_user_status _efcodd_roles I am tired of using "tbl_"... Read More...
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21 April 2006
Passed Exam 70-536 : .NET Framework 2.0 Application Foundation
Perhaps it has been known to you that I passed the Exam 70-536 : .NET Application Foundation exam with a shaming 753/1000 mark;this a core exam for MS Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) track. Yes for the first time I am an MCP now, hehe. For years I dont have the courage to take one maybe because... Read More...
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07 April 2006
Misused singleton pattern caused major defect
Ok I found a bug in my project. Oh no not me, one of our deployment staff found a bug on my project. The project was deployed for testing in one of our client. Using our audit table, she needs to have a statics on how our encodersperformance like how many transaction per day. What happened? - Our web... Read More...
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