Tom F. - Senior Software Engineer https://intellitect.com/blog/author/tom-faust/ Complex Software Development - Simplified Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:35:18 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://intellitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Tom F. - Senior Software Engineer https://intellitect.com/blog/author/tom-faust/ 32 32 Locking a Block of Code With an Integer https://intellitect.com/blog/locking-a-block-of-code-with-an-integer/ Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:16:50 +0000 http://intellitect.com/?p=25671 Exploring the Integer Lock Code Block I was talking with a developer recently who was convinced that you could use a static integer variable to lock a block of code merely by casting it to an object, like this private static int Number = 0; … lock( (object) Number ) { … } First it… 

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]]> Making Sense of AssemblyVersion Numbers https://intellitect.com/blog/making-sense-of-assemblyversion-numbers/ Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:25:49 +0000 http://intellitect.com/?p=24091 A Guide to AssemblyVersion and FileVersion The components of a Microsoft DLL or EXE version number are Major, Minor, Build, and Revision. According to Microsoft, the components are used by convention as follows: Major: Assemblies with the same name but different major versions are not interchangeable. A higher version number might indicate a major rewrite… 

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]]> Displaying a Custom Tooltip https://intellitect.com/blog/display-a-custom-tooltip-at-the-mouse-position-on-a-large-wpf-control/ Wed, 16 Dec 2015 21:28:41 +0000 http://intellitect.com/?p=21861 Custom Mouse Tooltip on Large WPF Control In my work for an electric utility, we have a WPF-based map control used to show the location of power lines, along with other devices such as transformers and points of service. We wanted to show a tooltip when a user clicks on one of the power lines… 

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]]> When to Use and Not Use Variable Type var in C# https://intellitect.com/blog/when-to-use-and-not-use-var-in-c/ https://intellitect.com/blog/when-to-use-and-not-use-var-in-c/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:39:05 +0000 http://intellitect.com/?p=18631 Settling the Debate Surrounding var and C# Many languages, particularly scripting languages, have a loosely typed variable type named var. In these languages, var can hold any type of data. If you place a number into a var then it will be interpreted as a number whenever possible. If you enter text it will be… 

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