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Programming for the scurge

"Coding for windows isn't coding in C or C++, it's coding to some bizarre Microsoftian wierdness." - anonymous

Components

Get COM, Java, .NET, etc components at: http://www.infragistics.com
Or: http://www.nevron.com
Or: http://www.cetus-links.org

Links & Resources

Deploying .NET applications: http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/shared/asp/view.asp?url=/seminar/en/20030424vcon21/manifest.xml

Online Chat on the topic of VB.NET Application Deployment: http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_082603.asp

libvisual, which may come in handy if I ever rewrite the Windows Media Player <-> .NET integration I did a while ago - http://libvisual.sourceforge.net/

After much searching, a simple solution to an unresponsive UI while running rsync: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815805

A decent blog from an MVP Developer on >net, Sharepoint, WSS, etc: http://www.asaris-matrix.com/mvp-walsh/default.aspx

Official Windows Forms site (check it out!): http://www.windowsforms.net/

.NET articles, etc

Read the .NET Reality Check : http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/archive/2004/01/28/63799.aspx

I've learned a lesson the hardway... don't rely on the VB/C#/C++.NET's automatic object serialization. Always implement ISerializable. For more details: http://www.vbinfozine.com/a_serialization.shtml

There's a pretty good list of .NET articles over at http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=40

Data Structures: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/datastructures_guide.asp

http://www.port80software.com/support/articles/nextgenerationurls - pretty good article about creating frendlier and more secure URLs.

http://www.aspreview.com/Article/ArticleID/39537/39537.html - some neat command line tools for Windows 2003

http://weblogs.asp.net/dbright/archive/2003/10/06/30806.aspx - A nice workaround for the dialogs with the options "Yes, Yes To All, No, Cancel"!!

Troubleshooting XmlSerializer: http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko/articles/33045.aspx

Getting started with Windows Forms: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/getstarwinform.asp

Network Sockets (receiving): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemnetsocketssocketclasssendtopic1.asp

Coding I/O for console apps (like pipes in UNIX): http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/02/NETConsoleApps/default.aspx

Process class (for starting/controlling external processes): http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemDiagnosticsProcessClassTopic.asp

COM <-> .NET wrappers: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconcustomizingstandardwrappers.asp

Write your own Windows System Service: http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/2/12728.aspx

Launching & Monitoring external programs from VB.Net: http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/7914

IIS

Programmatically configure IIS: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/iissdk/iis/creating_a_virtual_directory_using_system_directoryservices.asp

See also Programming, Windows, Web Services, CSharp

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