Thoughts from a solution architect, technologist and Christian citizen.
I have always created my Azure Storage Emulator on my local SQL server instance via executing DSInit command line tool, but that has changed with the latest release of the SDK that came out last week (3rd April 2014). Why? Well… Microsoft has decided to deprecate it, that simple. So if you find yourself in […]
Continue ReadingI can still remember last year when I attended the MVP Summit 2013 an awesome talk by the Visual C++ team around “CLR team working closely with Visual C++ team to improve performance of .NET apps as well as making .NET available for every device”. Unfortunately, I could not disclose that information because it was […]
Continue ReadingHi Community, Please find below the demo code and slide deck I used at “Microsoft MVP ComCamp 2014 – Sydney” Yesterday afternoon. [office src=”https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=2FE1291768841ACE&resid=2FE1291768841ACE%214676&authkey=AGyXU0rbpyff6q8″ width=”98″ height=”120″] Regards, Angel
Continue ReadingHi Community, I would like to invite you all to “Microsoft MVP ComCamp 2014 – Sydney” which will be held at the Microsoft Office in North Ryde on Saturday 22nd, March 2014. I will be presenting a session on “C++ Casablanca” (REST SDK) and a bit of Azure Storage with C++ but there are also […]
Continue ReadingAs part of this personal project I am currently working on, I need to reuse a C# component I wrote a few years back. I think I have blogged about this topic in the past on my old blog, but here I will show you how to check whether the CLR requires to be loaded […]
Continue ReadingI am currently working on a personal project which requires to extend the operating system shell via a custom property page (IShellPropSheetExt interface), however, this customization has to behave differently to the default behaviour of the Shell, therefore I have to intercept the click event of any of the property page buttons (e.g.: Ok, Cancel […]
Continue ReadingHi community, It gives me great pleasure to announce that Microsoft has awarded me with an MVP recognition once again in the Visual C++ category. This is my ninth consecutive time as an MVP award recipient. As many of you must know, I used to be an ASP/ASP.NET MVP until 2009 (This is my fourth […]
Continue ReadingIntroduction There has been a lot of things happening in the IT industry, from the cloudification of applications to the advent of mobile devices. The Renaissance of native languages like C++ and its new standard C++11 to new releases of .NET framework all of this to support this evolution of the industry. One thing is […]
Continue ReadingHi Community, This post is about querying for existing Window Stations in Windows. I am currently working on a project which needs to perform specific tasks depending on the Window Station, specifically when executed from a Windows Service. The code snippet is pretty straightforward as shown below /* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682643(v=vs.85).aspx */ private delegate bool EnumWindowStationProc(string lpszWindowStation, […]
Continue ReadingG’day Community, Firstly, I’d like to wish you all a happy new year 2013, full of health, blessings & success Secondly, I’m happy to announce that Microsoft has awarded me with an MVP (9th consecutive year) in the Visual C++ category, therefore I’d like to thank God, community & fellow developers,Microsoft and the MVP Program. […]
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