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Why aren't there any decent audio libraries for .NET? Don't get me wrong, it's nice that the framework supports some audio features in a very simple way if you want to just play something. However, if you need access to the audio data to manipulate

Touring through Northwest Arkansas

I'll be leaving either tonight or tomorrow morning (really early) to start heading to Fort Smith, AR. Tuesday evening will be in Springdale, AR and finishing up Thursday evening in Harrison, AR. If you are in the area of *all* three user group, consider

WinForms ComboBox -> DevExpress ComboBoxEdit (migration)

I found a couple of solutions on the DevExpress website for how to use the ComboBoxEdit component the way I wanted, however, none of them seemed to provide a smooth transition from the WinForms databound ComboBox to the DevExpress counterpart. So using

Presenting tonight at the North Dallas .NET User Group

If your in the Dallas area (or more specifically, the North Dallas area), swing by NDDNUG tonight for my presentation on developing for Windows Vista using Visual Studio 2005. (Of course discussing VS'08 can't be avoided and everything I'm

Adventures in Windows Vista (x64) - Part 2

After running Vista x64 on another machine for a few days; installing various pieces of critical software and seeing that everything seemed to be working smoothly... I've made the full leap on my main desktop machine (the one that now has 4GB of memory).

Adventures in Windows Vista (x64) - Part 1

I installed Windows Vista Ultimate (x64) last night and everything went pretty smoothly. This, of course, is on the second machine I have on my desk so I can see what works (and doesn't) before making the full jump on the main machine. Out Of The

My.Vista

Caleb has sort of let the cat out of the bag ... Introducing My.Vista. There are over 7,000 new API's in Windows Vista. Some of them are immediately obvious while others are deep beneath the surface. I rather enjoy digging around in Windows API land,

It's 2:12am and I'm done with a new VS2005 Macro hack

I need to run it through it's paces, but I now have a VS2005 macro that will, whenever I successfully build a release mode project, package the project folder into a zip file named [ProjectName]_src_v[OutputAssemblyFileVersion].zip. And it doesn't

How NOT to do single assembly deployment.

I applaud this guys enthusiasm, however, his discovery/technique is something I would strongly urge you to avoid. There are two major reasons for this: Doesn't work as a "regular user". Will cause you MAJOR support issues as Windows Vista

ToolTip Voodoo Applied

Obviously I've been pretty swamped with work and everything else... including working on XboxFriends. Here is an image that demonstrates the ToolTip control that is included with Visual Studio 2005 utilizing the information in this article to display
Posted by CorySmith | 1 Comments

Inheritance vs. Partial (VB vs. C#)

In my previous post regarding trying to use partial as a mechanism to extend existing functionality in a base user control, someone asked: “Does VB work differently or are you just assuming? Using the same namespace across 2 different assemblies
Posted by CorySmith | 3 Comments

TransControls (part 1 and 2) source now available for download!

As promised, I've put together the source for part one and two of the TransControls articles. Be sure to review both source files, as the source for the TransPanel is very different between the two projects (as outlined in the articles). I'll be beginning
Posted by CorySmith | 1 Comments

Due to popular demand...

I will be putting together the source code and making it available for download for the first two TransControls ( Part 1 and Part 2 ) articles (hopefully, before the end of this week). I will also be starting on the third article in the series... a TransImage
Posted by CorySmith | 1 Comments

Bug? Feature? You be the judge...

While working on the xbox friends thing, I decided to create a clone of the user interface that Windows Messenger uses. It's sort of like a treeview (or group box) and has a vertical scrollbar visible when the list is larger than the displayable area.
Posted by CorySmith | 19 Comments

TransLabel and TransPanel's Revenge (Developing Owner Drawn User Controls - Part 2)

The second installment to the Developing Owner Drawn User Controls is now live. I've also made a few updates to the first article to reflect some of the changes. The second article extends the semi-transparent theme by adding a label control to the mix.
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