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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/07/32-64-asp-net/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/07/32-64-asp-net/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:54:14 +0000 Paul Luc http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7915 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 [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/07/32-64-asp-net/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/05/visual-studio-item-templates/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/05/visual-studio-item-templates/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 21:00:12 +0000 Paul Luc http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5955 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 [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/05/visual-studio-item-templates/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/timezones-in-global-plm/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/timezones-in-global-plm/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:58:14 +0000 Steve Dunn http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7325 Global collaboration can be tricky for a number of reasons.  For instance, when developing an application that is shared between users in two or more time zones, an important item to consider is the accuracy of time and date calculations.  When making decisions based on dates and times, differences in time zones can substantially affect [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/timezones-in-global-plm/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/solidworks-api-event-wrapper/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/solidworks-api-event-wrapper/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:00:44 +0000 Paul Luc http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7266 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 [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/solidworks-api-event-wrapper/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/reasons-to-develop-using-vms/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/reasons-to-develop-using-vms/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:00:28 +0000 Steve Dunn http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7189 When planning any software development project, whether it is a point or enterprise solution, there are several key questions to answer before a line of code is written.  How will you know it’ll work on the required operating systems?  How can you give the developers a standard development environment without buying or configuring hardware?  Once [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/reasons-to-develop-using-vms/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/smarteam-vault-data-xfer/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/smarteam-vault-data-xfer/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:00:59 +0000 Steve Dunn http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6657 With every upgrade to ENOVIA SmarTeam (not to mention upgrades to CAD, Office and database platforms) there’s no question about the benefits of building a test environment for validation prior to a production roll-out.  An important piece of building a test environment is a properly configured test vault.  Quite often, a successful test doesn’t require [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/smarteam-vault-data-xfer/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/01/auto-incrementing-visual-studio/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/01/auto-incrementing-visual-studio/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:30:49 +0000 Paul Luc http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6041 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 [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/01/auto-incrementing-visual-studio/feed/ 4 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/dispatch/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/dispatch/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:00:11 +0000 Daniel Rohats http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5921 SolidWorks’ Enterprise PDM (EPDM) system contains what some might call a “poor man’s API” known as the Dispatch Tool.  The Dispatch Tool allows non-programmers (those who don’t write formal code in Visual Studio.NET) to create basic programs, scripts, and functions within EPDM without having to learn a programming language.  The tool is limited in functionality [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/dispatch/feed/ 2 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/11/registering-dlls/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/11/registering-dlls/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:00:23 +0000 Steve Dunn http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5436 Have you ever run across a “File name or class name not found during OLE Automation operation” error message, like this? Hopefully it was not right after rolling out a customization to all of your users.  The bad news?  Windows didn’t recognize a class library that the application (or script) was calling.  The good news?  It might not [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/11/registering-dlls/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/smarteam-workflow-api/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/smarteam-workflow-api/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:51 +0000 Steve Dunn http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5105 SmarTeam Workflow’s API engine offers tremendous flexibility for manipulating processes on-the-fly.  The object model, and the combination of nodes, users, and events make it easy to perform fairly advanced operations with workflow.  As an example, let’s use the API to dynamically assign a user to a node based on their participation earlier in the workflow.  [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/smarteam-workflow-api/feed/ 2