Derik Whittaker

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• Using System.ComponentModel Attributes to your advantage

  The System.ComponentModel namespace (more information here ) in .Net contains an array of various attributes that every .Net developer should know about.  These attributes provide a way for the developer to implement design-time and run-time behavior... Posted Jan 30 2008, 07:03 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Development, .Net IDE, .Net, UI, WinForms, HowTo

• Subclassing for Success

  As someone how has been designing and developing WinForms based applications for the past 7+ years, I have learned that subclassing UI controls is a must. You may be thinking, why would I want to subclass a text box? Or a combo box? The answer is simple... Posted Nov 02 2007, 07:36 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Methodology, WinForms, Opinion, Featured

• My Thoughts on Microsoft Expressions Blend

  Lately I have been playing around with Microsoft Expression Blend. Expression Blend is a product that allows for the creation of XAML based Windows client (not its only use, but what I am using it for). You can find more information about it here at its... Posted Aug 05 2007, 07:16 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Development Tools, .Net, WinForms, Opinion

• HowTo: How to use the PowerStatus in System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation

  One of the new cool new classes in .net 2.0 is the PowerStatus class ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.systeminformation.powerstatus(VS.80).aspx ). You can use this class to get information about the battery life of your... Posted Nov 20 2006, 08:46 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Development, .Net, WinForms

• Using a Screen Shot to help Trouble Shoot your deployed application

  On my current project I wanted a way to help maintain our application after deployment. Sure I have added logging, I have added the ability to email the stack trace to an email account, but neither of these will tell me exactly what the user was actually... Posted Nov 01 2006, 07:04 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Development, .Net, WinForms

• TextBoxes and Password Chars -- Strange behavior

  So, today I needed to create a 'password' entry text box for my application at work. I needed to have this perform like every other password text box, but I also needed the text box to be MUCH larger than normal (the application is for Tablet... Posted Oct 25 2006, 06:29 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Development, .Net, WinForms

• Using Microsoft.Ink with a WordList

  Not sure how many of you have needed to use the Microsoft.Ink SDK, but I am currently learning how to use the SDK on my current project. I have to say, that the reconizition that they provide is really, really good. The Ink SDK comes with a TextBox and... Posted Oct 24 2006, 06:33 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Development, .Net, UI, WinForms

• Howto: Create a Simple Hourglass/Wait Dialog

  Have you ever wanted to create a ‘Busy’ or ‘Working’ windows so that your background processing that takes some time to complete does not appear to take that long? The good news is that in .net there is a pretty simple way to accomplish... Posted Oct 10 2006, 06:29 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Development, .Net, WinForms

• Howto: Manage Cursor Changing for WinForms Applications

  As a long time WinForms developer I always have had the need to swap out the current cursor (mouse pointer, not some database cursor) for another cursor, normally the ‘wait’ cursor, while performing some task after things such as a button... Posted Oct 06 2006, 06:26 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Development, .Net, WinForms