Rainer's Blog

Author:Rainer StropekCreated:2008-01-15 20:47:49Z
Welcome to the blog of Rainer. Here I post ideas, thoughts, links to things I find interesting and stuff like that. If you are looking for fully-features technical articles, check out our "Technical Articles" section. I am looking forward to your feedback!
Increase Size of Virtual Harddisk File (VHD)
By Rainer Stropek on2008-04-13 14:43:38Z
I am currently preparing a Virtual PC image for a presentation. Unfortunately the virtual harddisk file (VHD) was too small. I had to increase the size. Here is a way that worked for me.
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Resources on Linq
By Rainer Stropek on2008-04-09 11:32:53Z
Currently I do a lot of work with Linq (e.g. C# workshop in Frankfurt in April). In this blog I want to mention some resources I found very useful to enhance knowledge about the new data access technology and about the underlying new features of C# 3.0.
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Data Binding With Glyphs in Silverlight 2.0 Beta 1
SilverlightBy Rainer Stropek on2008-03-22 11:13:30Z
If you want to use embedded fonts in Silverlight 2.0 applications you can use the Glyphs object. However, if you want to use data binding in conjunction with Glyphs you will face problems.
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Another Silverlight 2.0 Animation Issue
SilverlightBy Rainer Stropek on2008-03-16 13:27:06Z
I found another issue with Silverlight 2.0 animations. Probably a bug in Beta 1.
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Silverlight 2.0 - Bug with Data Binding?
SilverlightBy Rainer Stropek on2008-03-16 13:02:33Z
Playing around with Silverlight 2.0 I came across a strange behavior concerning data binding. Is this a bug or a feature?
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Silverlight 2.0 - Tip for Creating Animations in Code
SilverlightBy Rainer Stropek on2008-03-16 13:02:05Z
For more than one hour I have tried to create a Silverlight animation in code. Now I recognized that in Silverlight you must not create and begin animation in code in a page's constructor.
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Call a method using reflection
By Rainer Stropek on2008-02-01 16:37:33Z
I have been asked how you can call a method given its name in a string variable using reflection. Here is a code sample showing how to do it.
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Off-The-Shelf vs. Individual - What's The Difference?
Software RequirementsBy rainer on2008-01-15 22:47:10Z
Today I had a discussion with a friend who runs a software company focussing on development of custom software just like I do in my other job at cubido. We talked about advancing project results to off-the-shelf software products. But what makes the difference between software developed for an individual customer and off-the-shelf products?
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