As a (late) new year gift I’ve removed annoying expiration restriction from my dataset debugger visualizer. Find the 0.9.12 update here. I’ve also rebuilt it for Visual Studio […]
Custom embedding using CodeRush
It happened that I had to embed plenty of asp.net elements into tables, i.e: <table> <tr> <td> <asp:Label … /> <asp:TextBox … /> </td> <td> <asp:Label … /> […]
Ribbon mania
I often wonder why is everybody jumping on the (Office like) ribbon wagon. Ribbon UI is clumsy if it isn't done properly and furthermore, if you ask me, […]
What’s cooking in Developer Express house
[DevEx] improved public insight into DXperience next versions – they created a forum where their employees post news about forthcoming versions. So, if you curious what’s next by […]
Spell checker for developers is a good thing
Here is an output from Intel’s Matrix Storage Console when repairing a RAID array: Yep, it says Verifing instead of Verifying. This is a common harmless error that […]
Make XtraVerticalGrid fast as a bullet
Recently I’ve discovered that XtraVerticalGrid, a nice vertical grid from [DevEx], has some serious problems with speed when doing batch updates. Usually you should enclose batch updates within […]
Creating SpinComboBoxEdit control
I saw a question about how to extend [DevEx]’ ComboBoxEdit control to include spin down and up buttons in their forums. The buttons should cycle through available items. […]
An easier way to populate XtraLayoutControl
[DevEx] has a nice UI layout control XtraLayoutControl that helps both designer and runtime user to design WinForms UI with ease. One can even save and load layouts […]
CodeRush’s amazing References window
There is another compelling feature brought to us by [CR] 2.1.x version: References window combined with ultra fast “Find All References” feature. Find All References* is a faster […]
Finally an improved debugger’s Step Into feature
Finally we got an improved VS’ Step Into feature. But what is wrong with actual one? Let’s see an example: public static void Main() { SomeMethod(SomeField, GetSomeValue()); } […]