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About: Paul Luc

Paul focuses on application design and development and specializes in all things .NET, including designing, developing and implementing Windows applications, ASP.NET applications, and N-Tier applications. Paul holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Akron.

32-bit and 64-bit ASP.NET

Many developers struggle with the use of 32-bit and 64-bit address spaces.  In a nutshell, 32-bit assemblies cannot be loaded within 64-bit address spaces and 64-bit assemblies cannot be loaded within 32-bit address spaces.  Web applications are no different.  As a result, special attention needs to be paid to the requirements of web applications running on 64-bit servers.  Continue Reading

Posted in Developer's Corner, Development / Programming, Platform Technologies Thursday, July 29th, 2010 | No Comments »

 

Visual Studio Item Templates

The Visual Studio Integrated Design Environment (IDE) is highly customizable and can be extended.  In fact, it’s possible to automate repetitive and tedious item creation tasks through the use of Item Templates.  Consider the insertion of a copyright as the first line in all new class files.  Under normal circumstances, this would be a manual task with each new class file created, but Item Templates can automate the process.  The steps below outline the procedure for accomplishing just that using Visual Studio 2005.    Continue Reading

Posted in Developer's Corner, Development / Programming Friday, May 28th, 2010 | No Comments »

 

SolidWorks Event Wrappers

The SolidWorks API (Application Programming Interface) is immensely powerful.  In fact, if something is doable within SolidWorks, the chances are good that there is a corresponding API.  As a result, automation possibilities are endless.  The SolidWorks API documentation is outstanding and, in most cases, provides exceptional detail.  However, one area that is somewhat tricky to navigate is event handling.  This article will cover an example for event handling when developing for SolidWorks.  Continue Reading

Posted in Computer Aided Design, Developer's Corner, Development / Programming Friday, April 9th, 2010 | No Comments »

 

Auto-Incrementing Build Numbers in Visual Studio.NET

Every Windows executable binary file (EXE, DLL, etc) has a version consisting of the following elements and format: Major.Minor.Build.Revision.  To many software users, this is just a random string of numbers.  For those that develop and deploy software though, this version information is important, even crucial in troubleshooting situations.  Have you ever wondered how the version is controlled or set, and how you can manage the version in your own Visual Studio projects?  Continue Reading

Posted in Developer's Corner, Development / Programming Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 | 5 Comments »