Ben Griswold on December 11th, 2008

I’m thinking it’s about time I start providing downloadable sample code along with my posts.  Rather than copying and pasting code snippets into your own solution, it might be nice to alternatively download a compressed sample project.  The Insert File Plugin for Windows Live Writer has been around for a while.  Here’s my attempt at [...]

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Ben Griswold on November 10th, 2008

I’m currently running Vista and I would like to manually complete the same operations as my Windows Service. Since the Windows Service is running under the Local System Account, I would like to emulate this same behavior. Basically, I would like to run CMD.EXE under the Local System Account.  (By the way, it’s fair to [...]

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Ben Griswold on August 7th, 2008

  UPDATE: Assembla.com has changed their ways.  The bottom line is their free, private spaces hosting option is no longer available.  In my opinion, they still have a valuable service, it’s simply not as great now that I have to pay for it.   A good while back, I commented about SVN Hosting through SVNRepository.com.  [...]

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Ben Griswold on August 5th, 2008

I am currently on the bench at work waiting for my next assignment to start up in a few days.  Rather than sit around, read blogs and listen to podcasts, I’m keeping myself busy by putting together the beginnings of a code library to be shared across our development team.  Yesterday I started the foundation.  [...]

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Ben Griswold on July 31st, 2008

When you first access your SVN repository you are given the option to save your authentication information.   Nice feature, right?   Well, what if you need to access the repository via different credentials?  Here’s the trick: Right-click on the root folder Select TortoiseSVN Select Settings Navigated to Saved Data Clear the stored Authentication Data The next [...]

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Ben Griswold on July 30th, 2008

NDepend is a static analyzer that simplifies the management of a complex .NET code base. Architects and developers can analyze code structure, specify design rules, plan massive refactoring, do effective code reviews and compare different versions of the code. The result is better communication, improved quality, easier maintenance and faster development.  Sounds good, eh? Full [...]

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Ben Griswold on July 28th, 2008

For the first time in years, I needed to distribute my application to the end user’s machine via an online download.  To do this effectively and professionally, I, of course, needed an install package.  Over the year, I have used both Wise and InstallShield but they both cost money and I don’t recall them being [...]

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Ben Griswold on July 22nd, 2008

I’ve previously written about managing your Subversion repositories via the TortoiseSVN client.  TortoiseSVN integrates with Windows Explorer and provides a really slick way to do things like view the status of your source code, update your Subversion working copy and commit change. But as slick as it is, TortoiseSVN requires one to bounce between their [...]

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