Today I researched how to implement in C# a method that forces a COM port to close when it is open by another process. This was found to be a complex task that involves using undocumented Win32 API functions. I didn’t finish it because I found another way to workaround the problem but the idea
Today a customer of mine requested to integrate our ASP.NET based Web application with Microsoft CRM 3.0. Initially I thought this will be a simple task but few hours later I found that this is not straightforward. Accessing MS CRM 3.0 from .NET The best way to access MS CRM 3.0 from .NET application is
Today I had to solve an unusual problem: I needed to find the directory that was used to load a specific Java .class file (the location in the file system of given .class file). I needed it because I wanted to load resources located somewhere in the classPath with file access API (not with accessable
GWT Tk (http://www.asquare.net/gwttk/) is an excellent open-source GWT widget library. I use it to show modal dialog boxes in my GWT applications. There is only one problem: the ModalDialog does not work with the latest version of GWT: GWT 1.4.60. I investigated where the problem comes from and I patched the file ExposedCellPanel.java to run
My Internet provider forces me to use PPPoE to connect to Internet. It is unpleasant to manually start the connection when Windows restarts or the connection drop. This is even worse when I am not physically at the machine’s console – if the connection accidentally drop I can not establish Remote Desktop session. Windows does
I needed for my GWT project a panel that supports showing a set of widgets in a group (GroupBox panle). I needed the exact functionality like the HTML fieldset/legend tags: I didn’t found any ready-to-use widget so I implemented one myself. Here is the source code: It was really easy to extend the flow panel
