Emma Parker

Hash key on a mac book pro

2011-01-13T11:49:00.001Z

Apple seem to have removed the hash key option from the keyboard on a mac (GRRRR!) if you are requiring a hash key use alt + 3 there you go have some # fun :)

Text Wrapping Combo Boxes WPF

2009-09-15T15:42:00.001+01:00

I have been trying unsuccessfully for a couple of days to get the code right for wrapping text in a combo box.
I have been using the following blog for help
http://www.designerwpf.com/2008/02/04/how-do-i-wrap-text-in-the-combobox/
But there are no code samples which has made it tricky to get this working. Here is a link to get the code ComboBox Text Wrapping Code

Reseed Identity Index in SQL Server

2009-03-13T10:25:00.001Z

DBCC CHECKIDENT('uniqueSerials', RESEED, 0)

Updating your Visual Studio Project with webservice details

2009-03-04T11:06:00.001Z

Get the code from source control for the application and the web service project.
Within the application right click and select update to update the service reference.
Now to update the app.config within the application.
Get the webservice project >> run (F5).
Then type in the SVC file you want to run.
Take the test link and open up Visual Studio command prompt and paste it in.
Get the output location for the output.config file.
Open the output.config file and select the binding information and endpoint data information and paste there into the corresponding sections within the applications app.config file.
Save and your good to go :)

Passing Values to the Controller in WPF

2009-02-27T09:41:00.000Z

I have been trying without much sucess to pass mulitple values to the controller in my MVC WPF application. I finally cracked what I wanted to achieve yesterday.

Firstly name I gave the page that I was working on a name, then within the button code I did the following

Binding ElementName="PageID"

PageID relates to the name that I gave the page when I created it. Using the command interface the controller then picks up an object with all the data regarding this page.

To get certain values out all you have to do is cast then correctly and then you are done :)

Locating the current resource file in c#

2009-02-17T13:03:00.001Z

Currently I am working on style changing and creating controls at runtime, one of the things required was to be able to set a custom style to the dynamic control. Below shows the code to locate the current Resource Dictionary and then set a style to one in the Resource Dictionary.

ResourceDictionary currentResource = (ResourceDictionary)Application.Current.Resources;

Style style = (Style)currentResource["WindowBackground"];

Changing the Window Icon in WPF

2009-02-17T11:14:00.001Z

I am currently working on a WPF application and have been trying to change the icon property of a Window at runtime. Below is the code that I used to do this.

Uri iconUri = new Uri("pack://application:,,,/Images/appIcon.ico", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);

this.Icon = BitmapFrame.Create(iconUri);

Finally....

2009-02-12T15:12:00.000Z

decided to get a blog after thinking about it for a while. :)