Chop Shop

Finally got around to posting my first article to CodeProject.com. I’ve found the site to be quite useful, and I’ve been wanting to contribute to it for some time now. I figured I could fill a niche related to saving and retrieving files to/from a SQL 2005 and above database. Check it out here – [...]

I’ve been doing some reading about differences between Visual Basic .NET and C# of late, and I’ve used both a bit now. I’m at a crossroads in my learning and am working to bridge the gap from forms- and console-based apps into the world of ASP .NET. Frankly, I’m torn between VB and C# when [...]

I was looking for a way to build a simple exception method for lots of try blocks in a .NET app today. Here’s what I came up with. I like it. I am enjoying reflection for sure! This is the method I placed into my module. It takes an exception and a string as parameters. [...]

Continued from part 1 For the brave (and those with programming experience), CodeProject (as usual) has a lengthy, thorough article with a complete example. See http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/Reflection.aspx if you wish. My example is much more focused. So…how to call a certain method at runtime by passing a string… Couple of “big deals” to keep in mind: [...]

I’ve been toiling away on a decent-size ADO .NET front-end application for several weeks now. I was having an issue that caused me to create several “link forms” for linking records to one another (i.e. create relationships in the data model – like a many-to-many mapping record that exists in a fact or relation table). [...]

Working hard to finish up my grad program @ Ferris State University…posting may be erratic for awhile – bear with me. .NET, C#, and COM will be me life for a bit – will work to post some information about useful tidbits… For example, my first challenge of my project (creating an interface for managing multiple remote [...]