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Benchmarking Index Fragmentation With Popular Sequential GUID Algorithms
In a multi-tenant data insert scenario, GUID is a great data type for primary key. Since it is...
Date: 01/16/2018
Check If Your Processor Has AVX Instruction Support
If you are trying to develop applications in Q# (Quantum Computing), then you would require support...
Date: 01/10/2018
Writing an asynchronous RelayCommand implementing ICommand
Read the full article here If you are familiar with MVVM, then you are already familiar with relay...
Date: 07/26/2017
Refer azure runbook activity output in PowerShell expression
When you are creating a runbook with multiple activities, often you will encounter the need of...
Date: 11/03/2016
Working around the bug “Instead Of Trigger on View returns no output”
This post is to help developers implement a workaround on the bug mentioned in...
Date: 09/27/2016
Get text from RichTextBlockOverflow Control
RichTextBlockOverflow is one of my favorite control. As we all know, it allows you to render the...
Date: 06/06/2016
A poor man’s implementation of row level security in SQL
Often I have come across situations where the enterprise customers want to restrict data...
Date: 11/02/2015
Complete XAML Solution For SelectAll In Datagrid
Over the period of time lot of asks and solutions were made for selectall selector for DataGrid....
Date: 01/04/2013
Pin / Unpin Control Template For Toggle Button
I was looking for a template which will help put a pin / unpin button using toggle button. Antoni...
Date: 08/29/2012
How To Check If Cookies Are Enabled In Windows Phone
Windows Phone as of today doesn’t provide a property or direct API call which will help you...
Date: 05/07/2012
DIY Home Security Using Kinect, Azure, Windows Phone and Windows 8
Most the people who were in the TechEd 2012 India would have witnessed the cool demo by me and...
Date: 04/16/2012
Byte Array To BitmapImage Converter
Below is the converter which I wrote which can help you convert the byte array of the file content...
Date: 02/15/2012
Why Ternary Operator Doesnt Support Nullable Types
Nullable types and ternary operators are around for many years now and may be not everybody know...
Date: 11/22/2011
Radio Button List Box With Seperate Group Name in Silverlight
Over this article we are going to discuss on building a RadioButton ListBox using a Control Template...
Date: 10/16/2011
Application Bar Button / Menu Item Not Firing Binding in Windows Phone
On a Windows Phone application and if you are using a two way binding along with Application Bar...
Date: 10/13/2011
Dynamic Lambda Expression For Sorting A List / Collection Using Complex Types Without Implementing IComparable
In this article we will see how to sort on complex properties. In our scenario, we have...
Date: 08/25/2011
Proposing The Right Solution To Your Customer
It has been always a challenge when you have to suggest the right solution to the customer. A right...
Date: 08/22/2011
Must Know Tips For Windows Phone Mango
Well it's almost 2 months since I've been using different mango versions and now the RTM. Well for...
Date: 08/08/2011
Releasing Single / Multiple Files To Pre Compiled ASP.net Web Site
We most the time run into the issue where we need to release a patch which requires a change in one...
Date: 05/04/2011
Tip : How To Scroll To Validation Summary
ASP.net by default calls the function window.scrollTo(0,0) after the validation failure from ASP.net...
Date: 04/28/2011
Localization / Multilingual Support Using Resource Files In .net
Localization for a multilingual application is every developer's nightmare. With .net it is not a...
Date: 03/24/2011
Tip: Null Coalescing Operator To Define Default Value For Nullable Types - Double Question Mark
There is a easy way you could specify the default value i.e., the default value to be used in case...
Date: 03/18/2011
Tip: Customizing / Adding Image To Radio Button List Control
Today I will share a tip through which you can customize the way your RadioButtonList control will...
Date: 03/08/2011
Sort Generic List Using Lambda Expression For Dynamic Type And Dynamic Property
I once stuck on a requirement where I needed to write a code which is flexible and generic enough to...
Date: 03/03/2011
Multiple Sort For Collection Using LINQ
There are quite a lot of instance where you need to do a primary sort and you need a secondary sort...
Date: 03/01/2011
Unleashing ASP.net Calendar Control
Calendar control is as important as a normal text box control in any application. Most of any...
Date: 02/15/2011
Getting Added And Deleted Items In A List Using LINQ
Most the time when we work with a list object, finding a newly added items or deleted items becomes...
Date: 02/09/2011
Guide: Write your own syntax highlighter
Syntax Highlighter has become the trivial part of every programmers life. Since "Oxford English...
Date: 02/05/2011
Tip: Search Multiple Strings Using Regular Expression
This is small piece of code snippet which I wanted to share as we face this necessity in our day to...
Date: 01/29/2011
Workaround For Non Serializable Types
There are many a situations you would have come across when you want to XML serialize an object but...
Date: 01/27/2011
Get / Set Sharepoint Site Properties Using Powershell
Powershell is a very powerful tool which can be used to automate almost everything by writing...
Date: 01/20/2011
Must Know Tips For Windows Phone 7
We all know that Windows Phone 7 is the new smart kid out in the market and since it is altogether a...
Date: 01/16/2011
Tracing Locking Your Windows Phone Free Using Windows Live
If you are proud owner of Windows Phone 7, then you must me amazed by the way your phone is...
Date: 01/13/2011
Azure Tutorial; Be in cloud (Part 5) [Storage Account - Introduction]
Windows Azure - Storage Now that we have already completed the part of compute, we will now dive...
Date: 01/07/2011
Azure Tutorial; Be in cloud (Part 4) [Worker Role]
Windows Azure - Compute (Worker Role) Before we start of with the worker role, we might talk about...
Date: 01/07/2011
A Leap In Embedded Programming; .Net Micro Framework
We .net programmers are definitely proud that .net is everywhere. Today .net is everywhere from...
Date: 12/06/2010
Azure Tutorial; Be in cloud (Part 3)
The third part of Azure tutorial is now published and here you will learn how to program a web role...
Date: 12/02/2010
Whats new in Silverlight 5
Have an early look at the highlights and improvements on the features of the upcoming Silverlight...
Date: 12/02/2010
Multi Language / Multicultural Exception Handling In WCF Using FaultReason
It was during the Virtual Tech Days when I was presenting the "Exception Handling In WCF" session,...
Date: 11/24/2010
Exception Handling In WCF - Virtual Tech Days Presentation
I am making this post explicitly for the people who attended the my presentation on Exception...
Date: 11/22/2010
Ping remote machines using .net
Check the article post at...
Date: 11/14/2010
Azure Tutorial; Be in cloud (Part 2)
The second part for the azure tutorial is posted in...
Date: 11/14/2010
Recovering your application from unhandled exception in .net
Check the posting made at...
Date: 11/09/2010
Azure Tutorial; Be in cloud (Part 1)
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Date: 11/07/2010
Windows Live Essentials 2010 Review
My review on the latest Live 2010 Essentials beta....
Date: 07/04/2010
Copy And Paste Excel / Clipboard Data To Gridview In ASP.net
Q Is there any means to copy the excel data to Gridview in ASP.net? It is obvious that you should...
Date: 06/28/2010