VB Quark #3: operator differences in VB/C#
Can you spot the problem with this code: <Extension()> Public Function ToColor(argb As UInteger) As Color Return Color.FromArgb( _ CType((argb &...
View ArticleVB Quark #4: type literals
Do you know why you can’t write this code in VB: Dimx = 123456789.0123456789Answer: The IDE won’t let you If you try to write that code the IDE will truncate the number, giving : Dimx =...
View ArticleVB Quark #5: C is for Char
Can you pick the problem with this code ? : Dim currentChar As Char For i = 0 To largenumber currentChar = getChar(i) If currentChar = "a" Then count += 1...
View ArticleVB Quark #6: Date operators
The DateTime structure in .NET includes custom operators for Date comparisons such as less than, greater than, equal and not equal; but did you know it also includes addition and subtraction operators...
View ArticleDisplaying Dates in VS 2010
From time to time there’s discussion about the way dates are displayed in the Visual Studio IDE for Visual Basic. Typically dates are shown using VB’s date literal syntax of #MM/dd/yyyy# which is the...
View ArticleVB Quark #7 : Optional Parameters and Dates
Hopefully you already know VB has full support for Optional parameters, both declaring them and calling them, but did you know you can use Dates as Optional parameters ? Public Sub...
View Articlewindows 8 likes and dislikes
There’s a lot to like in windows 8 preview: it’s easy to see how windows 8 will be a hit on tablet devices; there’s massive synergy with windows phone; the built in windows live experience combined...
View ArticleVisual Studio toolbar
The beta of Visual Studio 11 is causing a lot of feedback around the grey shade icons. The use of colour or not has also brought to the forefront the UI for colour-blind people. So I thought I’d post...
View ArticleRotate your Calculator on Windows Phone
Today I has having some discussions over the right roof pitch for a car port, so I grabbed my phone, rotated it and did some quick trigonometry. Ten minutes later I tried to do the same and I could...
View ArticleVisual Studio 11 ALL CAPS
The following is my response to the VS blog post about the design for all caps in top level menus:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2012/06/05/a-design-with-all-caps.aspxFirst off, why would...
View ArticleWhat I’d really like in a phone
The software a phone runs is important but the hardware is even more so. My current day to day phone is the Lumia 800, and the previous one was a HTC mozart. To me the difference is massive. The lumia...
View ArticleLightswitch suddenly becomes relevant
The LightSwitch team announced that LightSwitch will render to HTML5 + javascript. This is huge in expanding and liberating the client requirements including mobile devices !!see the LightSwitch team...
View ArticleWhy a little bit of VB is a bad bad thing
Scott Hanselman posted about VB6 and showed a snippet of code :Public Function Fib(ByVal n As Integer) As Integer Fib = IIf (n < 2, n, Fib(n-1) + Fib(n-2)) End FunctionWhat Scott probably didn’t...
View ArticleWindows 8 mail app
My first impressions of the windows 8 mail application ...Accounts :The mail app seemed to work straight away with my @live account, and looks like it will offer good synchronisation with multiple...
View ArticleWindows 8, actually.
The North American TechEd videos are online now. The keynote from Day 2 is about Windows 8 and is worth watching. Actually, whilst watching the day 2 keynote see if you can count the times “actually”...
View ArticleWhy isn’t Windows Phone 8 an update for Nokia Lumia’s ?
Yesterday’s announcement of Windows Phone 8 not being an upgrade for the latest Nokia phones, including Lumia 800, 900 et al, has been met understandably with both disappointment and anger from many...
View ArticleOutlook 2013 preview and @live accounts
In the Office 2013 preview, Outlook doesn’t automatically setup @Live email accounts. I’m guessing this is just an oversight in the preview. To work around this you need to set up the account manually...
View ArticleNokia adds vcard support to Windows Phone 7.5
Recently Nokia rolled out a couple of updates for Lumia owners including an OS update that provides tethering support for Lumia 800’s, and some cool camera extras that provides a great group photo...
View ArticleApple and Neil Armstrong
Last week Neil Armstrong passed away. He was part of an era in which innovation truly thrived. Profoundly back in 1969 he said “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” . The space...
View ArticleiPhone 5 design: where's the intimacy ?
Smart phones are one of the most intimate devices we own. We take them with us so many places throughout the day, be it in a pocket, bag or purse. We hold them so many times during the day. And at...
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