Having the ability to use custom (non-Microsoft) XP/2003 themes is highly recommended. It makes life a lot more fun. It's not hard to do but I thought I'd explain it again since it wasn't trivial.
1. Download the correct version of uxtheme.dll. This site has pretty much all of them.
2. Unzip and store the patched file in somewhere like c:\temp. Note it will be the same size as your existing file.
3. You might want to force a system restore point if you're really paranoid.
4. You won't be able to copy the patched file over this one since Windows doesn't all this.
5. You will need this program: Replacer. Download the STABLE version.
6. Replacer will do the hard work with making windows let go of the uxtheme.dll file and allowing you to copy over it. Just in case, make a backup yourself - rename c:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll to uxtheme.dll.old.
7. Unzip Replacer to somwehre like c:\temp\replacer
8. Before running it, I found that you have to remove all the sources that Windows can use to overwrite the patched file. Do a search (Start Menu -> Search) for *uxtheme* while making sure that hidden and system files are visible in explorer, and are selected in Advanced Options in Search.
9. There will be matching files in c:\windows\system32\dllcache, and probably in c:\i386. Just rename these (not copy) to uxtheme.dll.old.
8. Now run Replacer (replacer.cmd)
9. Drag the existing file c:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll into the command window. Hit enter.
10. Drag the new file from c:\temp into the command window.
11. Hit enter. And then type Y.
12. Check that the file date and size of c:\windows\system32\uxtheme.dll matches that of the one from c:\temp.
13. Reboot.
14. Grab a theme from customize.org. Download it and unzip to c:\windows\resources\themes, making sure to select 'extract subfolders'.
15. Right click on the Windows desktop.
16. Click on Appearance. Under windows and buttons you should see your new theme listed!
[Books of the Month] CLR via C#, Headfirst Design Patterns
CLR via C#
by Jeffrey Richter
This is the one i'm reading at the moment. So far it's great! Richter's style is conversational while still precise. The passion he has for software development is clearly evident in his writing. I find that each topic is explained in the way that someone might do if they were helping you out at work. They start simple, and then progress to the advanced features. The examples are decent and "real-world" which is nice, since it can often be hard to see how object graphs made up of cars can apply to your actual code.
Head First Design Patterns
by Elisabeth Freeman et al
This is an excellent book! It reminds me of fun educational books I read before the age of 10. And why should a software development text be boring!? To contradict my statement above, they use example class hierarchies made up of things like ducks, with interfaces like flyable and quackable. However, the depth of the examples surpass the silliness and the examples present poignant issues to do with implementing object design concepts properly.
More to come..
by Jeffrey Richter
This is the one i'm reading at the moment. So far it's great! Richter's style is conversational while still precise. The passion he has for software development is clearly evident in his writing. I find that each topic is explained in the way that someone might do if they were helping you out at work. They start simple, and then progress to the advanced features. The examples are decent and "real-world" which is nice, since it can often be hard to see how object graphs made up of cars can apply to your actual code.
Head First Design Patterns
by Elisabeth Freeman et al
This is an excellent book! It reminds me of fun educational books I read before the age of 10. And why should a software development text be boring!? To contradict my statement above, they use example class hierarchies made up of things like ducks, with interfaces like flyable and quackable. However, the depth of the examples surpass the silliness and the examples present poignant issues to do with implementing object design concepts properly.
More to come..
Followup to Visual Studio debugger issues on a UNC share
a.k.a. 'I want to develop .NET projects on a remote drive!'
Will not be too detailed - doing this from memory.
1. Ensure the site's .webinfo or .csproj file contains the path to the HTTP path to the UNC share.
e.g. You have it on \\192.168.1.2\w$\dev\projects, where the webroot is pointing to \dev
The path in the above files should be http://192.168.1.2/projects/
2. Open up your .NET security configuration tool (in control panel). This should work for 1.1. and 2.0.
3. Go to Runtime Security Policy; Code Trust.
4. Under Local Intranet, add a new code group.
5. Call it dev server or whatever.
6. Select URL, and enter file://192.168.1.2/w$/dev/projects/*
7. Select Full Trust.
8. Save, and be sure to RESTART visual studio.
9. Success will be evident if VS doesn't complain about the project existing in a non-trusted area.
Leave me a comment if you need any more info/help.
Will not be too detailed - doing this from memory.
1. Ensure the site's .webinfo or .csproj file contains the path to the HTTP path to the UNC share.
e.g. You have it on \\192.168.1.2\w$\dev\projects, where the webroot is pointing to \dev
The path in the above files should be http://192.168.1.2/projects/
2. Open up your .NET security configuration tool (in control panel). This should work for 1.1. and 2.0.
3. Go to Runtime Security Policy; Code Trust.
4. Under Local Intranet, add a new code group.
5. Call it dev server or whatever.
6. Select URL, and enter file://192.168.1.2/w$/dev/projects/*
7. Select Full Trust.
8. Save, and be sure to RESTART visual studio.
9. Success will be evident if VS doesn't complain about the project existing in a non-trusted area.
Leave me a comment if you need any more info/help.
SQL Server 2000: Column values as arguments to table-valued functions
Short answer - impossible. Apparently the issue has been fixed in 2005.
So basically in sql 2000, you can't do this:
SELECT email
FROM [tb_Email]
WHERE
@job_type IN (SELECT * FROM [dbo].[CsvToIntTable](job_type))
where tb_Email.job_type is a field containing data like '1,2,3,4'
and CsvToIntTable returns this data separated into rows.
The server will return an error like so:
'job_type' is not a recognized OPTIMIZER LOCK HINTS option.
Bugger!
So basically in sql 2000, you can't do this:
SELECT email
FROM [tb_Email]
WHERE
@job_type IN (SELECT * FROM [dbo].[CsvToIntTable](job_type))
where tb_Email.job_type is a field containing data like '1,2,3,4'
and CsvToIntTable returns this data separated into rows.
The server will return an error like so:
'job_type' is not a recognized OPTIMIZER LOCK HINTS option.
Bugger!
Visual Studio 7 Debugger Problems
a.k.a. Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server
If you've found this page, it's likely that you're feeling very frustrated right now. So first of all take a deep breath. Now try this:
In your ASP.NET project directory, check your .webinfo file. If your project URL consists of an IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1/....) this will not work. You must use a NetBios name (e.g. Server1 or DevBox.au.global.ad). Microsoft say you can add the IP address of the server to the Trusted Sites collection in your Internet Options but I could not get this to work.
If this does not work, then the next things to check are:
1. Does your project's website in IIS have the DEBUG verb mapped with .aspx files? The Security Lockdown tool can disable this.
2. Do you know the user making the debug request on the server? Enable IIS logging, try debugging again, and check the logs for the user making the web request. You will also need to check that your website has Integrated Windows authentication enabled.
3. Is the user making the request a member of Debugger Users, VS Developers, and IIS_WPG groups? It doesn't hurt to add the user to the Administrators group too, except this presents a security hole - so proceed with caution and thought if you do this.
4. Have you tried disabling all firewalls and virus scanners on your dev machine and your dev server?
5. Are the VS.NET Remote Components installed properly? On the server uninstall VS.NET and reinstall the Remote Components only.
If you still have a problem, here is a collection of links that should cover pretty much everything you need to solve this problem. Thanks to all these page maintainers. Big thanks!
If you've found this page, it's likely that you're feeling very frustrated right now. So first of all take a deep breath. Now try this:
In your ASP.NET project directory, check your .webinfo file. If your project URL consists of an IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1/....) this will not work. You must use a NetBios name (e.g. Server1 or DevBox.au.global.ad). Microsoft say you can add the IP address of the server to the Trusted Sites collection in your Internet Options but I could not get this to work.
If this does not work, then the next things to check are:
1. Does your project's website in IIS have the DEBUG verb mapped with .aspx files? The Security Lockdown tool can disable this.
2. Do you know the user making the debug request on the server? Enable IIS logging, try debugging again, and check the logs for the user making the web request. You will also need to check that your website has Integrated Windows authentication enabled.
3. Is the user making the request a member of Debugger Users, VS Developers, and IIS_WPG groups? It doesn't hurt to add the user to the Administrators group too, except this presents a security hole - so proceed with caution and thought if you do this.
4. Have you tried disabling all firewalls and virus scanners on your dev machine and your dev server?
5. Are the VS.NET Remote Components installed properly? On the server uninstall VS.NET and reinstall the Remote Components only.
If you still have a problem, here is a collection of links that should cover pretty much everything you need to solve this problem. Thanks to all these page maintainers. Big thanks!
- http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h35f56yz(VS.80).aspx
- ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2003FEB.1033/vsintro7/html/vxurfProjectFolderNotSecureDialogBox.htm (MSDN)
- http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsdebug/html/vctskinstallingremotedebugmonitor.asp
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817265
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=kb;en-us;Q306005
- http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/f/8/ff8c8040-d1a7-4402-90df-5d1aaa7d37af/dotNETDevSvrDEVELOPER2003.doc
- http://blogs.msdn.com/mkpark/articles/86872.aspx
<-- excellent site - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833977 (DCOM - unlikely to help)
- http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vsnet.debugging
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317290
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833977
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318041/EN-US/
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