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Learn How to Build a Provider Framework - With an Easy to Understand Example Towards Applying the Provider Pattern

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20 Jul 2007CPOL14 min read 109.5K   590   154  
After reading this article, you'll be able to: (1) Change your mindset a little bit, and start thinking about 'frameworks' instead of just 'code' (2) Understand a lot about practically applying the Provider pattern in your projects (3) Gain much knowledge regarding XML config files and providers.
<VisualStudioProject>
    <CSHARP
        ProjectType = "Local"
        ProductVersion = "7.10.3077"
        SchemaVersion = "2.0"
        ProjectGuid = "{9D99D906-472E-41E4-9054-7AE21D5A89D2}"
    >
        <Build>
            <Settings
                ApplicationIcon = "App.ico"
                AssemblyKeyContainerName = ""
                AssemblyName = "Sumeru.Publisher.Loader"
                AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile = ""
                DefaultClientScript = "JScript"
                DefaultHTMLPageLayout = "Grid"
                DefaultTargetSchema = "IE50"
                DelaySign = "false"
                OutputType = "WinExe"
                PreBuildEvent = ""
                PostBuildEvent = ""
                RootNamespace = "Sumeru.Publisher.Loader"
                RunPostBuildEvent = "OnBuildSuccess"
                StartupObject = ""
            >
                <Config
                    Name = "Debug"
                    AllowUnsafeBlocks = "false"
                    BaseAddress = "285212672"
                    CheckForOverflowUnderflow = "false"
                    ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                    DefineConstants = "DEBUG;TRACE"
                    DocumentationFile = ""
                    DebugSymbols = "true"
                    FileAlignment = "4096"
                    IncrementalBuild = "false"
                    NoStdLib = "false"
                    NoWarn = ""
                    Optimize = "false"
                    OutputPath = "bin\Debug\"
                    RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                    RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                    TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                    WarningLevel = "4"
                />
                <Config
                    Name = "Release"
                    AllowUnsafeBlocks = "false"
                    BaseAddress = "285212672"
                    CheckForOverflowUnderflow = "false"
                    ConfigurationOverrideFile = ""
                    DefineConstants = "TRACE"
                    DocumentationFile = ""
                    DebugSymbols = "false"
                    FileAlignment = "4096"
                    IncrementalBuild = "false"
                    NoStdLib = "false"
                    NoWarn = ""
                    Optimize = "true"
                    OutputPath = "bin\Release\"
                    RegisterForComInterop = "false"
                    RemoveIntegerChecks = "false"
                    TreatWarningsAsErrors = "false"
                    WarningLevel = "4"
                />
            </Settings>
            <References>
                <Reference
                    Name = "System"
                    AssemblyName = "System"
                    HintPath = "C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Data"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Data"
                    HintPath = "C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Data.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Drawing"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Drawing"
                    HintPath = "C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Drawing.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.Windows.Forms"
                    AssemblyName = "System.Windows.Forms"
                    HintPath = "C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.Windows.Forms.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "System.XML"
                    AssemblyName = "System.XML"
                    HintPath = "C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\System.XML.dll"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "Sumeru.Publisher.FTPPublisher"
                    Project = "{DD9BA15B-494D-4F32-A643-CBC7D7B1AE9E}"
                    Package = "{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}"
                />
                <Reference
                    Name = "Sumeru.Publisher"
                    Project = "{F97D15F2-AF10-419D-9292-4D1D6C83974D}"
                    Package = "{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}"
                />
            </References>
        </Build>
        <Files>
            <Include>
                <File
                    RelPath = "App.ico"
                    BuildAction = "Content"
                />
                <File
                    RelPath = "AssemblyInfo.cs"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
                <File
                    RelPath = "frmMain.cs"
                    SubType = "Form"
                    BuildAction = "Compile"
                />
                <File
                    RelPath = "frmMain.resx"
                    DependentUpon = "frmMain.cs"
                    BuildAction = "EmbeddedResource"
                />
                <File
                    RelPath = "bin\Debug\PluginConfig.xml"
                    BuildAction = "Content"
                />
            </Include>
        </Files>
    </CSHARP>
</VisualStudioProject>

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