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.NET Tip: Converting Strings to Enum Values
Published 01/25/2008
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Flags Enumerations
Published 12/12/2006
The documentation on Microsoft's flags enumerations is rather sketchy at best, but offers a more ideal solution for a great many problems. The problem is, with such little documentation it can be very time consuming to figure out how to use them correctly. Here is a small walkthrough explaining a relatively simple means of interacting with them through use of the bitwise OR operator.
Converting a String to an Enumeration Value
Published 11/13/2002
How to convert a string value to a given enumeration type using System.Reflection.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Launching Files with Associated Programs in Windows 8.x and VB
Published 12/23/2013
The Windows 8 infrastructure is different than earlier versions, which can make doing ordinary tasks cumbersome. Not only do you have to learn an entirely different way of doing things but you have different classes in the Windows 8.x API. Read on to learn the various options involved.
Using AutoMapper in Your ASP.Net MVC Applications
Published 11/25/2013
AutoMapper is an external component that helps in creating a mapping between a source and destination model types. Read on to learn about the AutoMapper component and how to use it in an Asp.Net MVC application.
