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		<title>Timing a Method in C#</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a very quick way to check the performance of a block of code. I&#8217;m wrapping a System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch class and sending all timings directly to Debug.WriteLine(). Please be aware that this is a very simplistic approach, and does not guarantee &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/timing-a-method-in-c/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=547&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using Shapes as a Resource in WPF</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post covers how to re-use a collection of WPF shapes by combining them into a resource. Start by creating the drawing using Expression Blend. This example using a combination of Ellipses, Rectangles and Paths to create the rounded triangle: &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/using-shapes-as-a-resource-in-wpf/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=482&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sending Appointments to a BlackBerry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sending a calendar appointment over the web is usually straight-forward. Most calendar applications understand the iCalendar format and will automatically import the appointment when an iCalendar file is opened (.ics is the common extension for iCalendar files on the Windows &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/sending-appointments-to-a-blackberry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=457&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Griddy &#8211; WPF Grid Generator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download Griddy.zip (21 KB) Lately I&#8217;ve been using the very good (and free) Paint.net. Although it has a great variety of features, it doesn&#8217;t provide layout guides. To solve this problem I&#8217;ve created Griddy. Griddy generates an image of a &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/griddy-wpf-grid-generator/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=513&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Custom ScrollBars in WPF</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following post contains a basic example of how to customise the WPF ScrollView scroll bars. The original XAML was built using Expression Blend, and has been further simplified for clarity. The resulting ScrollView looks like this: Firstly, the ScrollViewerControlTemplate &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/custom-scrollbars-in-wpf/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=440&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smarter Loading Animations in WPF</title>
		<link>http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/smarter-loading-animations-in-wpf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An example of how to build a loading control that only appears after a delay. Any WPF application will need to handle loading delays gracefully. In most cases this involves showing a loading animation while the user waits for the &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/smarter-loading-animations-in-wpf/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=450&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keyboard Friendly TextBox</title>
		<link>http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/keyboard-friendly-textbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building keyboard-friendly interfaces can be tricky. For screens with multiple fixed-length TextBoxes, users don&#8217;t want to constantly press the tab key to move from one TextBox to the next. In addition, when tabbing between TextBoxes it&#8217;s reasonable to assume that &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/keyboard-friendly-textbox/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=429&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Full-Text Indexing for PDFs</title>
		<link>http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/full-text-indexing-for-pdfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 17:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post I&#8217;ll show how to enable full-text indexing of PDF documents using SQL Server 2008 (64-bit), and the Adobe iFilter component. The iFilter component is required to bridge the gap between the Windows Indexing Service and the PDF &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/full-text-indexing-for-pdfs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=418&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Essential Listening</title>
		<link>http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/essential-listening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months I&#8217;ve become a little obsessed with podcasts. Not just any podcasts, but developer podcasts. It hasn&#8217;t been easy finding them as they seem to be few and far between, which is why I thought I&#8217;d &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/07/31/essential-listening/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=411&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Switch Statement Code Snippet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Visual Studio tip &#8211; a colleague of mine showed me the &#8220;switch&#8221; code snippet. It automatically builds a complete switch statement with a case for each value in an enumeration. This can really save some time. Here&#8217;s an example: &#8230; <a href="http://codeoverload.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/switch-statement-code-snippet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=codeoverload.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11020398&amp;post=406&amp;subd=codeoverload&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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