Yet Another Guide to Dynamic Assembly loading and Execution Using Reflection
Download ReflectionTest.zip There are already many good guides out there illustrating how to construct a weakly coupled system that dynamically […]
Redirecting StandardOutput
Sometimes it is necessary for a main program to invoke other executables during runtime.
Populating Object from Text Files via Reflection
Download readfileviareflection.zip In .Net, an XML file or even a CSV file can easily be mapped to an object using […]
File.Exists and UNC
If you have used System.IO.File.Exists in ASP.Net, you probably have found out that unless the account under which ASP.Net is […]
FreeBSD Ports Upgrade Nightmare
I have a FreeBSD 6.2 box at home mainly for developing some UNIX/Linux based applications.
Hyper-Threading and Dual Core Performance Comparison for Computational Intensive Applications – Update
In a post (Hyper-Threading and Dual Core Performance Comparison for Computational Intensive Applications) I wrote at the end of last […]
dasBlog on Mono? Not so easy
Over the past few months, I have been tempted to convert the current version of dasBlog to run under Mono […]
WebForm_AutoFocus Issue with Custom Pages in dasBlog
I have created quite a few customized pages (e.g. http://www.kerrywong.com/cmsg ) on my blog site.
Parsing MMddyyyy or ddMMyyyy Date Format
Today I was discussing how to convert date strings MMddyyyy (e.g. 03282007) or ddMMyyyy (e.g. 28032007) back to DateTime object.
ToString() and Error Logging
In production environment, it is not always possible to step through the compiled code using a debugger and thus we […]
Command Prompt Reentrancy Issue
In yesterday’s post, I gave an example of how simple command prompt recursion can bring Windows (XP and Vista) down […]
On Windows and Linux Process Scheduling
Today, both Windows and Linux systems are robust and secure enough for daily uses.
Understanding “Error MSB6006” in MSBuild
A couple of days ago, I ran into a mysterious problem when trying to build a web project using MSBuild.
Remote Code Execution via Reflection
Background In .Net, distributed computing can be done in a number of ways.
Simple is Beautiful
A recent post by independent blogger Richard Stiennon on ZDNet http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311 on the system calls involved when viewing a simple […]