As described in the timezone tag wiki, there are two different styles of time zones. Those provided by Microsoft for use with Windows and the .Net TimeZoneInfo class (when running on Windows) are identified by a value such as “Eastern Standard Time”. Those provided by IANA in the TZDB, and used by the .NET TimeZoneInfo … Read more
I would like to parse a string such as p1=6&p2=7&p3=8 into a NameValueCollection. What is the most elegant way of doing this when you don’t have access to the Page.Request object? 19 Answers 19
One of the things that get me thoroughly confused is the use of session.Flush,in conjunction with session.Commit, and session.Close. Sometimes session.Close works, e.g., it commits all the changes that I need. I know I need to use commit when I have a transaction, or a unit of work with several creates/updates/deletes, so that I can … Read more
Once it is compiled, is there a difference between: delegate { x = 0; } and () => { x = 0 } ? 6 Answers 6
In Visual Studio 2015 or later, I can open the ‘C# interactive window’, and run code: > 5 + 3 8 That’s cute. Now how can I interact my code—my classes? Assume I have a project open. > new Cog() (1,5): error CS0246: The type or namespace name ‘Cog’ could not be found (are you … Read more
I installed a windows service using installUtil.exe. After updating the code I used installUtil.exe again to install the service w/o uninstalling the original version first. When I now try to uninstall the service, installUtil.exe completes the uninstall successfully, but the service still appears. If I try to change its properties, I receive the message ‘service … Read more
There’s a part in my apps that displays the file path loaded by the user through OpenFileDialog. It’s taking up too much space to display the whole path, but I don’t want to display only the filename as it might be ambiguous. So I would prefer to show the file path relative to the assembly/exe … Read more
I have a control which I have to make large modifications to. I’d like to completely prevent it from redrawing while I do that – SuspendLayout and ResumeLayout aren’t enough. How do I suspend painting for a control and its children? 10 Answers 10
I’ve just read on the net about a newly discovered security vulnerability in ASP.NET. You can read the details here. The problem lies in the way that ASP.NET implements the AES encryption algorithm to protect the integrity of the cookies these applications generate to store information during user sessions. This is a bit vague, but … Read more
