Posts by domsinclair

Using the Studio for Entity Framework in Visual Studio 2012

October 22, 2012 in Entity Framework by domsinclair

With the new release of Visual Studio now widely available there is a good chance that many of you may already be using it or will be migrating over to… Read the rest Tags: , ,

A C1 Visual Style aware Message Box

August 13, 2012 in WinForms by domsinclair

The C1Ribbon control has made it delightfully easy to create applications that mimic the office look and feel (both Office 2007 and Office 2010).  In addition to that the C1TaskDialog has… Read the rest Tags: ,

Formatting Date Ordinals in C1 Reports

May 7, 2012 in WinForms by domsinclair

It’s relatively easy to get dates formatted in the .NET world, and the same is equally true when it comes to presenting them in C1 Reports.  Most of us are familiar… Read the rest Tags: ,

Revisiting the Dynamic Connection String

April 30, 2012 in WinForms by domsinclair

This article is intended as a follow up to one that was written a little over a couple of years ago on that perennial little annoyance, the strongly typed connection… Read the rest

Dynamic Connection Strings

January 26, 2010 in WinForms by domsinclair

Dynamic Connection Strings This blog post details a solution to the common problem of dynamically setting connection strings. The approach used allows end-users to change database connections at runtime through… Read the rest