Running LINQPad as different user

Often you will need to impersonate LINQPad to perform some scripts in the context of other user (permissions etc).
LINQPad has no function of its own so what I do is use this simple command in a bat file:

runas /profile /user:domain\spAppPool "c:\Tools\LinqPad\2.0\LINQPad.exe"

Optionally you can right click on LINQPad exe while holding shift to "Run as different user..."

Google Chrome on Lenovo T61

3 of us here installed Google Chrome on T61 laptops and got this:

 

Ups. It works on my home computer.

Zoom in / Zoom out code in Visual Studio

When I browse code looking for something or when I take a look at a new class I want to see as much code as I can. But then when I enter the “coding” mode I want to focus on code that I write and I want to have bigger font to make it easier to read.

To achieve this you could change the font size in options, well this is what you have to do. But doing it manually is not real.

The simplest solution is to just make font bigger/smaller using a shortcut key. We could write macro for that… wait, hold on… what I see, Visual Studio already has macro for making source code editor font bigger/smaller, sweet– high five!

So the only thing we have to do is just bind shortcut keys to those macros.

I use CTRL+A for making the font bigger and CTRL+Z for making it smaller (just like changing gears in Need For Speed, well just without CTRL key).

So in results we have something like this:

The first time the macro is executed it runs slowly, but next calls are fast.

Not implemented 0x80004001 while capturing entire screen in Windows Media Encoder 9

If you get:

“1 error(s) occurred during this session. Click Error Log for details.“

“Not implemented 0x80004001“



errors while Capture screen, Entire screen using Windows Media Encoder 9 that probably means that you are in multiple monitor mode.

Switch to one monitor mode and it should work.

Google toolbar 4 beta

Check it out. New version of Google Toolbar. It has a new looks. Take a look at it, maybe you will like it :-) It's still beta.

http://www.google.com/tools/toolbar/T4/index.html

Just found those cool things:

• When you type text toolbar gives you suggestions and checks for typos
  
• When you type text which is longer that a toolbar's textbox, it expands! that what I was missing. Now you can type long sentences and see it all.
  

So go ahead and download it, now! :-)

Witches watch Swatch watches - learn your english

Now it's time for a little fun.

Try to say it aloud :)

Three witches watch three Swatch watches.
Which witch watch which Swatch watch?

And super hard version:

Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches.
Which switched witch watch which Swatch watch switch?

And now the picture :-))

Reflector for .NET - Recover source code from EXE, DLL file

Few days ago my friend PM me: "Sebastian, help. I clicked cancel on SourceSafe's merge window and my code is now messed up !! I've been working on this file whole day !"
I said - "Relax, did you compile code after that?", "no, I have a lot of errors now" – he replied.
When I heard this I thought "that's good, maybe there is no problem".

I have downloaded the Reflector for .NET
Then I opened a DLL file from his computer, turned on disassembler from Tools menu and bam - we recovered last compiled source code. That was it, the whole day's work was saved.

But this is not the only way you can use the Reflector. You can use it to see how .NET's classes work, for example DataSet or XmlReader. And with better understanding you can use them more efficiently.

Oh, and one more cool thing about Reflector. You can choose language to disassemble to. It can be C#, Visual Basic, Delphi or Intermediate Language.

What is this red flashing dot in Service Manager tray icon?

I bet there was this one time when you wondered: "What is that red flashing dot?"
Well, the dot flashes when SQL Server Service Manager polls the Server to find its state to display.
You can set the interval in options menu. It does not hit the server performance.

“Microsoft drops C#”

I was browsing the Internet and found this entry in Hannes Preishuber’s blog.
It’s pretty old news but it’s fun to read :-) what do you think about it?

Check it out here