December 2008 - Posts

• Previous Versions of a File/Folder under Vista

  Did you know that when enabled, select versions of Microsoft Vista store previous copies of your files and folders? This means that you can get them back if you need them. To view the previous versions of a folder open Windows Explorer, navigate to the Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:00 AM by michael@wardyit.com | 0 Comments

• What to do when Visual Studio can’t create Private Accessors in your Unit Tests

  I came across this issue recently when trying to create unit tests with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Test stubs were created for the Public methods of the class but VS2008 could not create a Private Accessor for the Private methods e.g.: /// <summary> Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:47 AM by michael@wardyit.com | 1 Comments

• Want to script Data? The SQL Database Publishing Wizard is your friend!

  Guess what I discovered today? The SQL Database Wizard for Visual Studio! This solves the age old problem of scripting your database structure so that you can create your database on a remote/hosted server. What's more the SQL Database Wizard also has Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:45 PM by michael@wardyit.com | 0 Comments

• TabPage.Hide() doesn’t Hide the TabPage

  Here's something that just got me. The TabPage.Hide() method doesn't hide the TabPage. You have to remove the TabPage from the TabControl . TabPages collection: ProductTabControl.TabPages.Remove(PurchasingTabPage); Top , Height , Left , Width and Show Read More... Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 1:15 PM by michael@wardyit.com | 0 Comments