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Bugs and Workarounds - .NET issues			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
.NET MSIE OnBeforeNavigate2 fix Updated: 29 Oct 2002 Provides a fix to catch otherwise hidden events of MS Internet Explorer C#, .NET1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Stephane Rodriguez.	5.00
Zeta Long Paths - Unedited Updated: 10 Oct 2011 A .NET library to access files and directories with more than 260 characters length C#, .NET, All-Topics, Dev, SysAdmin	Uwe Keim	4.91
Application.EnableVisualStyles Bug Updated: 25 Oct 2003 Calling Application.EnableVisualStyles prevents images from an ImageList from appearing on Windows Common Controls C++/CLI, C#, VB, .NET1.1, WinXP, Visual-Studio, Dev	Don Kackman	4.88
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 C++/CLI, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.88
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. C#2.0, Windows, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev, WinForm	tonyt	4.76
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. C#, .NET (.NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Dev	Brian Duke	4.73
The Process Async Reader Bug Updated: 15 Dec 2007 A workaround for a bug I discovered with the async reader in the Process class. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Dev	Marc Clifton	4.67
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 .NET1.1, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.58
A Debug Stopwatch Updated: 15 Dec 2007 A debug build stopwatch useful for diagnostic timing. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Dev	Marc Clifton	4.38
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. C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Dev	Christian Rodemeyer	4.18
Report on a possible memory leak in LoadImage(..) Updated: 2 Aug 2003 LoadImage may leak memory VC6, Win2K, Dev	R. Walker	1.17
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, MFC, ATL, Dev	Nick Pirocanac	4.76
WTL bugs Updated: 27 Nov 2000 Known WTL & ATL bugs VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, ATL, WTL, Dev	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	Yury Lukach	4.59
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	Alweit	3.33
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, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, ATL, Dev	soptest	3.00
Bugs and Workarounds - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
How to Migrate VS Package from VS2008 to VS2010 Beta 2 Updated: 29 Dec 2009 The new model of creating and deploying VS extensions is now easier but the migration to this fine technology is not so sweet. Since this is a cutting edge technology, one can find very little resources on the Internet. One frustrating moment was when I realized that some things have changed even be XML, VS2008, VS2010, Dev	GoranZoran	5.00
Register.NET C# Classes in Matlab Updated: 13 Mar 2009 One way to use .NET Classes from matlab C#	morisson_c	4.90
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 Windows, .NET2.0, Visual-Studio, Dev	Luc Pattyn	4.89
The Case of Evil WinMain - Unedited Updated: 24 Aug 2010 Story about how third of all Antivirus programs gone crazy for no obvious reason C++	Ladislav Nevery	4.88
How to Inspect the Content of a Program Database (PDB) File Updated: 30 Aug 2011 Get to know the files you use on a daily basis when debugging your application with Visual Studio or WinDbg. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Vista, Win32, MFC, VS2008, Dev, SysAdmin	marc ochsenmeier	4.82
Pitfalls with Merge Replication in a SQL 2000 Environment Updated: 12 Jun 2007 This article covers pitfalls found while doing a merge replication in SQL 2000 SQL, Windows, Visual-Studio, SQL2000, DBA, Dev	Psycho-^Coder-Extreme	4.69
Bugfix: TreeView indentation on Vista & Win7 Updated: 28 Oct 2010 Native TreeView is unusable with a non-default Indent setting. C#2.0, .NET, Vista, Win7	OrlandoCurioso	4.60
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, SysAdmin	Ruchit S.	4.56
Update TFS WorkItem from Microsoft Access using VBA Code Updated: 18 Apr 2011 This document is to access TFS from VBA code, since we can't reference Team Foundation Server DLLs from VBS directly. C#, VBScript, XML, Windows	Ayman Zaza	4.33
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	TeeBee303	4.28
dotNetMSN Library Fix Updated: 8 Aug 2008 How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connect to MSN service VB6, VB (VB7.x, VB8.0, VB9.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET2.0), Win32, Dev	BlueBit.uy	3.67
Issues & WorkArounds while Migrating Application from VB to C# Updated: 21 Apr 2009 Issues & WorkArounds while Migrating Application from VB to C# Windows, .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0), Visual-Studio (VS2005, VS2008), Dev, WinForm	vivekgaur	3.44
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	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, Windows, MFC, Dev	Andrzej Markowski	3.17
Simple Data Paging - Unedited Updated: 23 Oct 2005 Simple Data Paging SQL, Windows, Visual-Studio, SQL2000, SQL2005, SQL-CE, DBA, Dev	Barend Jnr	2.95
Exclamation character getting inserted in body of mail messages sent programmatically using CDO object. - Unedited Updated: 15 Mar 2011 Exclamation character getting inserted in body of mail messages sent programmatically using CDO object. Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev	Vikramaditya S Shekhawat	1.67
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	leandrobecker	1.14
VSS tool – mass unchecking Updated: 30 Mar 2010 VSS mass undo-checkout workaround. C++, Windows, ATL, COM, Dev	G. Filkov
Bugs and Workarounds - MFC 6.0 bugs			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
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, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Geert Delmeiren	4.71
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, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Geert Delmeiren	4.00
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	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, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	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, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Ivor S. Sargoytchev	4.38
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	Geert Delmeiren	4.28
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	Ivor S. Sargoytchev	2.52
Bugs and Workarounds - VS.NET IDE Issues			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Remedy for fatal error C1190 Updated: 8 May 2005 Workaround for the Fatal Error C1190 Visual Studio 2003 IDE bug. Windows, VS.NET2003, Dev	Sylvester, Asil Gerard	4.57
How to fix Visual Studio 2008 Intellisense for JQuery 1.6.1 Updated: 24 Jun 2011 This article shows how to fix the error “Error updating JScript IntelliSense” and restore full Intellisense support in your ASP.NET Web Applications that make use of JQuery 1.6.1 ASP.NET, jQuery	Massimiliano Giustizieri	4.33
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	Rama Krishna Vavilala	4.29
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... Windows, .NET1.0, ASP.NET, Visual-Studio, Dev	Senkwe Chanda	3.50
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (C#) IDE bug - Unedited Updated: 9 Oct 2008 Intellisense debugger fails computation on inheritance C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Visual-Studio (VS2008)	Mario Vernari	3.00
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	Ben Allfree	2.78
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. .NET1.0, Dev	Tom Welch	2.35

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