Monthly Archives: February 2007

Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 14

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  right so we now need to display the balance, this is quite simple as we have a text box that is set to read only, and the balance is available form the engine, now we could add this balance … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Leave a comment

String Formatting in c#

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Duncan Butler

One of those things that I am always forgetting the correct syntax for, here is a handy reference for string formatting in c# SteveX compiled

Posted in Code | Leave a comment

Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 13

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  OK so I have tested the binding, and made sure that what I thought might work did, transferring this to our formal code means we need a way to test it as close to the interface as possible, personally I … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Leave a comment

Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 12

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Duncan Butler

It took a while to figure out correctly but by adding the grid to the form and opening the data grid view task, I selected the object data source and then clicked next, ok so we want to display money engine transactions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Leave a comment

Program Launchers and Spell Checkers

Posted on February 23, 2007 by Duncan Butler

For the last month I have been testing a new program launcher, and spell checker supplied by ENSO now they are two products, so I shall treat them totally separately ENSO Words I have great difficulty with spelling (just ask the … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | 1 Comment

Posting again

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Duncan Butler

I am going to have to keep a closer eye on the live writer web site, as having updated to the latest beta things now work correctly on my machine, apparently my images are a bit big but I can deal … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

Real Test Driven Development – Thinking of Money 11

Posted on February 22, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  ok so using expression seams more problematic that I thought, so for this iteration I decided to use a simple windows form, this will allow me to think about what elements I want, and how I am going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Leave a comment

Having trouble posting

Posted on February 20, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  For the first time ever I am having trouble posting to my blog, windows live writer just seams to cancel the post, it has many pictures in it so, I am going to have to break it up a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Next Action

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Ever downloaded a program and then forgot where you got it from, so this is a memory aid for me as well as it has just happened to me. At work I use a small utility called ‘Next Action’ its … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers and Internet | Leave a comment

Going Digital

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Duncan Butler

  Here we are at last sorting out one of my aims with regard to our video and music collection, we have started to rip our dvds to disk so that we may watch them via our media center pc … Continue reading →

Posted in Hobbies | Leave a comment