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C# Code Snippets for properties raising PropertyChanged event

marianor — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:07:30 GMT

I decided to publish the snippets I use to implement properties that raise the PropertyChanged event. There are two code snippets, one generates a property raising the event, it is called by typing propnpc in the code editor, and generates the following...(read more)

MOQ 3.5 Beta released

marianor — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:08:13 GMT

MOQ 3.5 Beta was released, it includes a lot of fixes of the previous version. You can get the binaries here . If you are using Visual Studio 2010 you should download the version called: Moq 3.5 Beta Binaries and Help (with Castle Assemblies) ....(read more)

How to get notifications in attached properties

marianor — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:41:22 GMT

Sometime we need to know when an attached property change its value for a specific FrameworkElement. For example consider the following: < Canvas > < Button x : Name ="move" Content ="Move" Canvas.Left ="10" Canvas...(read more)

How to force a binding to update

marianor — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:24:18 GMT

It is really very simple, all that we need is the FrameworkElement and the DependencyProperty that we need refresh. I did some extensions method to update the target or the source of the binding: public static class BindingExtensions { ...(read more)

Publish a Clickonce deploy with assemblies not referenced in Visual Studio 2008 SP1

marianor — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:29:11 GMT

Some time ago I wrote a post about this subject, but that post only apply to Visual Studio 2005. The targets used in that post where changed. Basically this post is an update to Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Note that this post does not apply to Visual Studio...(read more)

How to disable Copy and Paste for a control in WPF

marianor — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:40:00 GMT

By default all the TextBox ’s (an other controls) in WPF have a default ContextMenu that allows copy, paste and cut. You can disable this menu by setting this property as “{x:Null}”, but the keys associated with the menu options still work. In order to...(read more)

WPF Validation with Attributes and IDataErrorInfo interface in MVVM

marianor — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:49:55 GMT

WPF provides validation infrastructure for binding scenarios through IDataErrorInfo interface. Basically you have to implement the Item[columnName] property putting the validation logic for each property in your Model (or ModelView) requiring validation...(read more)

MOQ 3.1 released

marianor — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:11:21 GMT

Finally MOQ 3.1 was released, it includes a lot of fixes of the previous version (3.0). You can get the binaries here ....(read more)

Using expression trees to get property getter and setters

marianor — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:55:00 GMT

There are times when you need get and set property values and you do not know the type of the properties. One option is use reflection through GetValue and SetValue from PropertyInfo class, but this wears to poor performance in our code. In order to do...(read more)

Moq 3.0 Final

marianor — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:23:39 GMT

Finally the new version of Moq is released, check the new improvements and fixes here . You can get the binaries from http://moq.me/get . Enjoy It !!!...(read more)

Sticky notes add-in for Visual Studio

marianor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:53:00 GMT

My coworker Pablo has released a nice Visual Studio add-in called Sticky Notes . Basically this add-in allows to write sticky notes in your code , that can be private notes or team notes....(read more)

Easy way to compare two XMLs for equality

marianor — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:44:00 GMT

The first thing to do is normalize to two XMLs, for this you can use a small method using Linq: private static XElement Normalize( XElement element) { if (element.HasElements) { ...(read more)

Formating in WPF binding

marianor — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:27:50 GMT

Some time ago I wrote a post about how to format fields in a binding expression. It included the use of an IValueConverter to apply the format, now with .NET framework 3.5 SP1 that is not necessary anymore, because it provides a new parameter in...(read more)

Simulating command line parameters in Click Once applications

marianor — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:48:57 GMT

The impossibility of send command line arguments to an application in a standard way is one disappointed thing about ClickOnce. However we can send query string arguments in order to simulate command line arguments. First, we will need to enable the application...(read more)

Multiselect ListView with checkboxes in WPF

marianor — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:49:00 GMT

The main idea to accomplish this is replace the item template in the ListView and the default behavior in the item selection. The first thing we need is generate an item template containing the checkbox an the text we want to show it. The template is...(read more)