Just loaded a new Windows Server 2008 R2 instance into Hyper-V and IE welcomes new users with: Since I couldn’t remember how to turn off “IE ESC” I decided I should blog it. Go to Server Manager and in the Security Information section click on Configure IE ESC: Then turn off the “safety net”. […]
Start | Run gpedit.msc Change Password must meet complexity requirements to Disabled
Run the Windows command prompt (cmd.exe) as Administrator and type: powercfg –h off which freed up over 32Gb on my new PC’s C drive.
Paraphrasing from the Optimale Systemer AS website, Smart Mobile Studio brings the power of pascal to the browser and RAD to javascript. While in beta, the promise is appealing for old-time Delphi developers.
ExtensionMethod.Net has over 300 C# extension methods (over 100 are on the string class). For an overview on extension methods visit this MSDN page or see my old post.
Firebird is a fantastic open source database–not sure why it is not more popular. And it has a cool logo:
To be safe one should add (and change) a query parameter after their Silverlight application to prevent the file from being cached. The HTML would look something like: <param name="source" value="ClientBin/MySilverlightApplication.xap?revision=2012011801"/> And the revision needs to be changed after every new build that is published.
For a great accumulation of helpful WP7 tips, check out http://wp7dev.wikispaces.com/.
Wikipedia credits Skype as being written in Delphi. For a good list of other applications written in Delphi, visit delphi.wikia.com. Plus Embarcadero has a dizzying showcase here. The list of software built with Delphi includes Ad-Aware (which I recommend/install on all relatives machines), Beyond Compare (used at work), Adobe Captivate, FinalBuilder, Help and Manual, Macromedia […]
It looks like Silverlight and WinRT have a lot of API in common. The WinRT Genome Project from Programmer Payback has a nice Venn diagram of the overlaps; and a link to a complete Silverlight 5 vs. WinRT comparison by namespace.