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Bugs and Workarounds - .NET issues			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Load a DBF into a DataTable Updated: 11 Mar 2008   Load a DBF into a DataTable without using the Jet or other OLE Db drivers. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, Advanced	Brian Duke	4.75
Workaround for flicker/flashing when programmatically activating MDI child forms Updated: 8 Jul 2007   This short class demonstrates how to activate an MDI child form without the fireworks that you see if you just set the ActiveMdiChild property of the MDI parent form. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	tonyt	4.56
Application.EnableVisualStyles Bug Updated: 25 Oct 2003   Calling Application.EnableVisualStyles prevents images from an ImageList from appearing on Windows Common Controls .NET 1.1, WinXP, C++/CLI, C#, VB, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Don Kackman	4.51
A Debug Stopwatch Updated: 15 Dec 2007   A debug build stopwatch useful for diagnostic timing. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, Beginner	Marc Clifton	4.38
The virtual bool bug Updated: 2 Sep 2003   Describes the virtual bool bug that exists in mixed mode Managed C++ programs that access unmanaged classes VC7, VC7.1, C++/CLI, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Nishant Sivakumar	4.36
.NET MSIE OnBeforeNavigate2 fix Updated: 29 Oct 2002   Provides a fix to catch otherwise hidden events of MS Internet Explorer .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Stephane Rodriguez.	4.21
Issues with UdpClient.Receive Updated: 9 Mar 2002   When more than one UDP packet is enqueued on a socket, UdpClient.Receive will receive packets that are not of the expected size. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Christian Rodemeyer	4.07
Bug when using the java.util.zip classes to write zip files Updated: 8 May 2004   Describes an issue when writing a binary file into a zip file using the java.util.zip classes .NET 1.1, Dev, Intermediate	Nishant Sivakumar	4.06
The Process Async Reader Bug Updated: 15 Dec 2007   A workaround for a bug I discovered with the async reader in the Process class. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Marc Clifton	4.00
Report on a possible memory leak in LoadImage(..) Updated: 2 Aug 2003   LoadImage may leak memory VC6, Win2K, VS6, Dev, Intermediate	R. Walker	1.82
Bugs and Workarounds - ATL/WTL			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Linker Errors, CString, ATL, MFC, and YOU! Updated: 3 May 2003   Linker errors due to CStringT template classes and ATL vs. MFC issues VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, MFC, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Nick Pirocanac	4.67
WTL bugs Updated: 27 Nov 2000   Known WTL & ATL bugs VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, ATL, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Paul Bludov	4.64
CAtlHttpClientT Bug Fixed Updated: 7 Mar 2004   A fix of ATL 7 CAtlHttpClientT code VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Yury Lukach	4.59
BUG in _com_util::ConvertStringToBSTR and _com_util::ConvertBSTRToString Updated: 16 Jul 2002   How MS implements them and why they do not want you to see the source code of those functions. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	soptest	3.81
WTL 7.0 CMDICommandBarCtr bug and fix Updated: 13 May 2002   WTL 7.0 CMDICommandBarCtr small fixes VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, WTL, Dev, Intermediate	Alweit	3.33
Bugs and Workarounds - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Fix for KB article 823206 Updated: 13 Jun 2004   How to solve the behaviour described in KB 823206 VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate	TeeBee303	4.26
Code Rescue: Copying code from CodeProject to Visual Studio Updated: 30 Jul 2007   ow to copy code snippets with Internet Explorer while preserving newlines and indentation .NET 2.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Luc Pattyn	4.23
The Year 2038 Bug - Y2K38 Problem - Many of your applications will crash - Unedited Updated: 6 May 2008   The Year 2038 Bug - Y2K38 Problem. C++, Windows, Win32, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, Design, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, SysAdmin	Ruchit Surati	3.92
Pitfalls with Merge Replication in a SQL 2000 Environment - Unedited Updated: 12 Jun 2007   This article covers pitfalls found while doing a merge replication in SQL 2000 SQL 2000, SQL, Windows, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev, Intermediate	Psycho-*Coder*-Extreme	3.82
The Psychology of Testing! - Unedited Updated: 14 Feb 2007   This article is about The Psychology of Testing with emphasis on Role and Characteristics of a Software Tester. Windows, Visual Studio, CEO, Dev, QA, Intermediate	Pratap K J	3.35
A flicker issue in MDI applications Updated: 23 Aug 2005   Provides a fix to the flicker problem in MDI applications. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Andrzej Markowski	3.11
Simple Data Paging - Unedited Updated: 23 Oct 2005   Simple Data Paging SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL, Windows, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev, Intermediate	Barend Jnr	2.95
Differences in the behaviour of CString >> and << using MFC 7 and double '\0' ended strings (like REG_MULTI_SZ) - Unedited Updated: 3 Jun 2003   Differences in the behaviour of CString >> and << using MFC 7 and double '\0' ended strings (like REG_MULTI_SZ) and a workaround VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	leandrobecker	1.95
Exclamation character getting inserted in body of mail messages sent programmatically using CDO object. - Unedited Updated: 4 Apr 2006   Exclamation character getting inserted in body of mail messages sent programmatically using CDO object. Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Vikramaditya S Shekhawat	1.83
dotNetMSN Library Fix - Unedited Updated: 8 Aug 2008   How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connects to MSN service .NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB, Windows, .NET, Win32, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate	BlueBit.uy
Bugs and Workarounds - MFC 6.0 bugs			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
CFtpFileFind empty destructor causes crash in MFC 6, NT Updated: 14 Apr 2002   The case of a virtual destructor not calling the correct Close function VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Geert Delmeiren	3.89
The LoadImage() function doesn't load correctly a 4 bpp bitmap transparently Updated: 11 Feb 2003   LoadImage() used with the LR_LOADTRANSPARENT parameter doesn't behave as expected for 4bpp bitmaps. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Geert Delmeiren	3.88
Microsoft Bug List - MFC Bugs			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
BUG: MFC 7.0's CByteArray::Serialize() reads too much data Updated: 10 Jun 2002   A bug in MFC 7.0's CByteArray::Serialize() causes it to read too much data. VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	skst	4.65
Bug in MFC's CFileFind::GetLength64() Updated: 1 Mar 2002   File size returned by CFileFind::GetLength64() is incorrect for files larger than 4Gb VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Andy Hassall	4.65
MFC 7.0 Assertion Bug in CToolBar::CreateEx(...), CControlBar::SetBarStyle(...) and others Updated: 25 Feb 2002   This is a buggy ASSERT statement that limits the number of docking flags to one. VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ivor S. Sargoytchev	4.22
MFC CString::CompareNoCase does not work as expected Updated: 24 May 2002   CString::CompareNoCase depends on locale, even though the docs say otherwise. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Geert Delmeiren	4.19
Example of CListCtrl::SortItems(...) in MSDN Updated: 27 Feb 2002   The given example in the documentation of CListCtrl::SortItems(...) shows us exactly the WRONG way of using the function. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ivor S. Sargoytchev	3.00
Bugs and Workarounds - VS.NET IDE Issues			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
dbgfix: An add-in to properly launch IE during ASP.NET debugging when running VS7 under alternate credentials Updated: 16 Apr 2003   This add-in launches IE properly during ASP.NET debugging when running VS7 under alternate credentials. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, ATL, Dev, Intermediate	Rama Krishna Vavilala	4.29
Remedy for fatal error C1190 Updated: 8 May 2005   Workaround for the Fatal Error C1190 Visual Studio 2003 IDE bug. VS.NET2003, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Sylvester, Asil Gerard	4.07
Watch Out for this Web Form Designer issue Updated: 2 Jul 2002   If your web form designer stops working, this might be a reason why... .NET 1.0, ASP.NET, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Senkwe Chanda	3.50
Installing Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Updated: 18 Dec 2006   Tips and tricks on upgrading your VS2005 installation to SP1 Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Ben Allfree	2.77
IntelliSense Bug In VS.NET Updated: 27 Mar 2002   Occasionally IntelliSense stops working and you are hard pressed to find out why. Here is one reason that I have discovered. .NET 1.0, Dev, Beginner	Tom Welch	2.21