The ‘Computer programming’ Archives
Posted December 11, 2006 by

Open a URL in the Default Browser in Your .NET Application

Virtually every application these days requires at least some connection to the internet. Letting the user click a link and open it in their browser is essential. This recipe shows you the 1 line method of doing so.

Category C programming

Posted December 9, 2006 by

Pass Variables to a New Thread in C#

When you create a new thread in .net 1.1, you cannot pass any parameters to the ThreadStart delegate, which makes passing startup variables difficult. This recipe shows you an easy workaround.

Category C programming

Posted December 9, 2006 by

Load an Icon from an Embedded Resource in .NET

When you are developing a Windows Forms application in .NET, it’s not immediately obvious how to programatically load an icon file embedded in your executable. This recipe shows you the 1 line solution.

Category C programming

Posted December 6, 2006 by

Ruby on Rails: Reload Script/Console Without Restarting

When you are testing your rails application using script/console, you have to stop and start the console to test changes to your model objects. This recipe shows you the easy way to reload the console.

Category Ruby on Rails

Posted November 20, 2006 by

Subversion: See the Latest Repository Revision Number

The Subversion source control system has a simple and easy to use command-line syntax. This recipe shows you how to see what the latest revision number in the repository is.

Posted November 20, 2006 by

Make WordPress Stop Replacing Double Dash with Em-dash

WordPress by default replaces the double dash (–) with an em-dash character. If you are showing code or programming examples this will cause your visitors unnecessary confusion. This recipe shows the simple way to turn that behavior off.

Category PHP programming

Posted November 17, 2006 by

Tag A Specific Version of Your Project In Subversion

When you finally finish version 0.9 of your beta Web 2.0 application, you’ll probably want to tag that version in your source control system. This recipe shows you how using Subversion.

Posted November 17, 2006 by

Configure Subversion Client to Ignore Certain Files

Subversion by default shows unversioned files and folders when running the svn status command. This recipe shows you how to ignore files you don’t want in source control.

Posted November 7, 2006 by

Visual Studio 2005: How To Disable the Splash Screen

You can shorten start up time for Visual Studio by disabling the splash screen that comes up each time you run the application. To disable it, follow this Tech-Recipe.

Posted October 24, 2006 by

Macromedia Designer: Find and Replace Colors in Flash

You can use Find and Replace to change the colors of text, fills, strokes, or a combination of these. You cannot find and replace colors in grouped objects. To find and replace a color: