Pini Dayan

Assembly versions management

What is Assembly version and how to control it? Each assembly has a version number. The version number can be found in the AssemblyInfo.cs file in your VS.NET project. This file contains general information about the assembly using set of attributes such as: AssemblyTitle, AssemblyDescription, and of course AssemblyVersion. AssemblyVersion attribute specifies the version number of the assembly. (Unlike AssemblyFileVersion which will be explained later) The format for the Assembly version is: <...

How to make VS.NET 2008 to support WSE 3.0

I found out yesterday that i cant consume a web service with WSE 3.0 capabilities. Well actually it's not that i cant consume, but that when i am adding a Web Reference to the web service i see only the proxy class without the WSE support. So how do trick my VS.NET 2008 to know my proxy class ( lets say the name of this class is ServiceWse) Here is how: In order to trick VS.NET 2008 I am creating a simple project in VS.2005 , it can a Windows form project or a Console Application project. I then...

Where did the "Add Web Reference" disappear????

I am writing some code now days that does an extensive use with the WCE 2.0, don't ask why. Anyway the consumer of the web service is a .NET 3.5 application (Windows app and web app) so I tried adding a web reference in the only way I know, using the "Add web reference" from the project's context menu. I was amazed to see that the menu option disappeared. If you don't remember what i am talking about, here is the menu from vs.net 2005: So I understood that the reason for that...

I have joined the IDE dark side

Hi developer friends, lately i found a cool blop post Here , explaining how to change the theme of you IDE into a Dark background color, I must admit i was not very exited by the idea of changing my entire IDE look and feel. Once i have tested and tried it i cant stop.so my IDE now looks like this: All you need to do is download from the link above the vssettings file and import it using the Tools -> Import and Export Settings.Dont forget to save your previous setting.

Some notes about Implicitly typed variables

During some C# LINQ project i have discovered some limitations and some things that can be done when working with the var new syntax,Here is a brief summery: When declaring a variable , you must assign its value on the declaration line. //Implicitly-typed local variables must be initialized var someVariable; Again: must be done exactly when declaring //Implicitly-typed local variables must be initialized var someVariable; someVariable = 1; Cannot assign null as an Initial value //Cannot assign <null>...