Delete .svn folders recursively
Very often scenarios crop up when we want to clean our mammoth source code repository without having to export it elsewhere. I was looking for an elegant way to delete hidden .svn folders which are created by tortoise svn to keep track of the repository state on the client. I found this site which provided an elegant way which precisely meets my requirement.
I modified a minor glitch in the command to enable directory deletion from the folders which contain a space in name.
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%G IN ('DIR /B /AD /S *.svn*') DO RMDIR /S /Q "%%G"
Link: http://blog.snakehit.be/2007/08/29/svn-recursively-delete-svn-folders
MSDN code examples could be incorrect as well
It was really odd for me to find an error in MSDN code example which took almost a couple of hours to figure out what is wrong. I am working in VSTO (Visual Studio Tool for Office). I am developing a plugin which is suppose to override some of the specific Office 2007 functionalities and implement some custom actions. My quest for knowledge took me here. I found this page very interesting and I found the explanation for exactly what was required. I took the C# code example as it is and tried to play around in my own sample. Sadly, the example which is given on the page in C# has a flaw.
public void mySave(IRibbonControl control, bool cancelDefault) { If (repurposing) { MessageBox.Show("The Save button has been temporarily repurposed."); cancelDefault = False; } else { cancelDefault = False; } }
In this code example, the second parameter should be a reference type. Visual basic example in the same MSDN page shows it correctly but the C# example as given above is incorrect. I respect MSDN so much that I didn't care to see if anything is wrong in the code I lifted. After fiddeling around with a number of things and learning a whole lot than intended, I found the problem.
Lesson learnt! I will be more careful from next time 
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Source Code Released
I would have never known that this takes up these many calls to perform a simple Console.WriteLine operation unless Microsoft had released the source code of the .net framework. I am delighted that the source code for 3.5 sp1 is out. It is time to dive deep in the framework itself.
Find the link below:
http://blogs.msdn.com/rscc/archive/2008/08/28/net-framework-3-5-sp1-sources-are-available.aspx
Run Commands for Windows XP
I found this incredible link to start most of the XP system apps from Run box.
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System File Checker Utility ( Set Cache Size to Size x ) sfc /cachesize=x System Information msinfo32 System Properties sysdm.cpl Task Manager taskmgr TCP Tester tcptest Telnet Client telnet Tweak UI ( if installed ) tweakui User Account Management nusrmgr.cpl Utility Manager utilman Volume Serial Number for C: label Volume Control sndvol32 Windows Address Book wab Windows Address Book Import Utility wabmig Windows Backup Utility ( if installed ) ntbackup Windows Explorer explorer Windows Firewall firewall.cpl Windows Installer Details msiexec Windows Magnifier magnify Windows Management Infrastructure wmimgmt.msc Windows Media Player wmplayer Windows Messenger msnsgs Windows Picture Import Wizard (Need camera connected) wiaacmgr Windows System Security Tool syskey Windows Script host settings wscript Widnows Update Launches wupdmgr Windows Version ( shows your windows version ) winver Windows XP Tour Wizard tourstart Wordpad write Zoom Utility igfxzoom
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Excellent Programming Quotations
While looking for an appropriate signature quote I stumbled across this website. I really liked a few of the quotes.
- And the users exclaimed with a laugh and a taunt: "It's just what we asked
for but not what we want."- If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
- The Six Phases of a Project:
* Enthusiasm
* Disillusionment
* Panic
* Search for the Guilty
* Punishment of the Innocent
* Praise for non-participants- Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work.
Practice is when something works, but you don't know why.
Programmers combine theory and practice:
Nothing works and they don't know why.- Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.
- Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else
- Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe
- Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to
think out every case.
This is just a few of those which I liked from the entire list. Find time to visit the website and enjoy the quotes or to use them in your own email signatures.
Link: http://www.eskimo.com/~hottub/software/programming_quotes.html
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