.NET Dictionary with Case-Insensitive Comparison
How do you create a IDictionary that does case-insensitive key matches. There are a number of solutions posted on the web, but none of them seem quite correct. The following… Read more »
Category: Dot-Net
Using Fiddler to Capture Web Traffic from an Application Running Under IIS
Just add the following to the web.config file for the application: <system.net> <defaultProxy> <proxy proxyaddress=”http://127.0.0.1:8888″ /> </defaultProxy> </system.net> Thanks to Rick Strahl. Get Fiddler here.
Application Configuration Error Converting to .NET Framwork 2.0
I converted an old console app from .NET Framework 1.1 to 2.0 using Visual Studio 2008. When I ran it I got the following helpful error message This application has… Read more »
Visual Studio 2008 Quirk
If you try to debug a web application and get the message You are not authorized to view this page HTTP Error 403 – Forbidden It probably just means that… Read more »
Configuring IIS for HTTP GET
I recently ran into some frustrating problems doing something that ought to be really simple: setting up a directory on IIS so that the files could be downloaded with a… Read more »
Server Configuration Problems with WCF
If you have started developing web services with Windows Communication Framework (WCF) you will no doubt have noticed that it is cleaner and more powerful than the old ASP.NET framework…. Read more »
Microsoft’s FxCop Rules
David M. Kean lists the rules that Microsoft considers mandatory for internal development.
Handling XML dateTime fields in .NET
The XML xs:dateTime format specifies that the date and time must be passed in ISO 8601 format. Also you will probably want to pass it in a time zone-independed way…. Read more »
C# From a Java Developer’s Perspective
C# From a Java Developer’s Perspective a handy point-by-point comparison of the differences between the two languages by Dare Obasanjo.
.NET => COM Invalid Cast Exception
If you get an InvalidCastException when accessing a COM object from .NET, it generally means that there is a version mismatch between the .NET interop dll and the COM object…. Read more »