Andrew Zhu|Xhinker

I installed Windows 8 RC in VirtualBox with 25G virtual disk size, which squeezed with Office 2013 and Visual Studio 2012. Then, only 2G disk space is available. Now, I have two options, 1. Reinstall the Win8 2. Inscrease VHD size. Thanks for this blog entry, I found the solution.http://ttcshelbyv... [More]

Windows8

1. Get host URL function getHostUrl() {     var protocol = window.location.protocol;     var host = window.location.host;     return protocol + "//" + host; } 2.Timer fu... [More]

ASPNET, Web

I found myself always forget the connection string format. this is a memo for it. 1. User Id and password style Data Source=myServerAddress;Initial Catalog=myDataBase;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword; Initial Catalog can also be replaced by database 2. User Id and password with Trusted_Con... [More]

DotNet

1. Live Connect Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/live/ 2.SignIn Scopes and permissions(wl.xxx) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/live/hh243646 3.Sigining Users in(c#) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/live/hh826543#csharp 4.Get Live Client Id http://manage.dev.live... [More]

Windows Phone

As the title indicates, the following code can calcuate words appearance frequence in a text file. to use this code, 1. run it and input a file name, 2. Press Enter, few seconds later, a result file will be created which contains the word frequence information. class Program {   ... [More]

DotNet

1. Xaml Code inside root Grid element  <phone:PhoneApplicationPage.ApplicationBar>      <shell:ApplicationBar IsVisible="True" IsMenuEnabled="True"                  &nb... [More]

Windows Phone

1. When do we use Dispatcher? For example, if we create a new thread that will deal some time cost stuff. After the thread finish its work, we want to update the WPF UI. Then, it is time to use Dispatcher.      Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(MethodName), null); If ... [More]

Windows Phone, WPF

I searched around the net for a C# rss reader, but samples are either too complicated or errors prone. DataSet.ReadXml() gets a bug...So, finnaly I realized that write one of my own rss reader would be a quick and better than use one from the internet. And I think this one is the BEST：）No more words... [More]

DotNet

1. Add reference to Microsoft.Xna.Framework dll . 2. Replace Grid xaml code with the following code：  <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">     <!--ContentPanel - place additional content here-->     <Grid x:Name="ContentP... [More]

Windows Phone

InkPresenter only allow on point drawing, To achieve multi-touch draw, in other words, draw with more than one finger. we'd implement the Touch.FrameReported event. here is what I have done: public MainPage() {    InitializeComponent();     Touch.FrameReported ... [More]

Windows Phone