Technology | Anuj Varma

Superfast rendering of UI data (in WinForms and ASP.NET) | Posted on November 19, 2011 by Anuj Varma

While this post compares the WinForms datagridview with a 3rd party (syncfusion) Grid Control for windows, the same comparison also applies to grids in the ASP.NET world.

Business Data and Grids
Business data tends to organize itself into rows and … Continue reading →

Windows DataGridView – Improving the Data Display (Refresh) Performance | Posted on November 13, 2011 by Anuj Varma

The DataGridView is used everywhere – both in ASP.net apps as well as WinForms apps. A quick google search will reveal the scale of users affected by the slow refresh rate on the DataGridView control. How the data is … Continue reading →

Superfast rendering of UI data (in WinForms and ASP.NET) | Posted on November 13, 2011 by Anuj Varma

While this post compares the WinForms datagridview with a 3rd party (syncfusion) Grid Control for windows, the same comparison also applies to grids in the ASP.NET world.

Business Data and Grids
Business data tends to organize itself into rows and … Continue reading →

VS Compilation Error -The item was specified more than once in the resources parameter | Posted on November 11, 2011 by Anuj Varma

The Issue : Visual Studio throws the following compile time error on a project that includes UI controls (either WinForms or ASP.NET controls).

The item was specified more than once in the resources parameter. Duplicate items are not supported by … Continue reading →

Swapping without a temp variable | Posted on October 31, 2011 by Anuj Varma

Everyone is familiar with the basic swap – using a temporary variable
static void RegularSwapUsingTempVariable(ref int a, ref int b)
{
int temp = a;
… Continue reading →

Web Hosting Providers to Avoid | Posted on October 28, 2011 by Anuj Varma

Not all web hosts are created equal. To a business, the importance of a reliable web-hosting provider is as essential as having a reliable bank or a reliable lawyer. Getting stuck with an unreliable and unsupportive web host is one … Continue reading →

TFS Error–Source File Could Not Be Opened (‘Unspecified error ‘) | Posted on October 27, 2011 by Anuj Varma

Symptom
File has already been deleted (from source control and from the filesystem). Yet – the file shows up in the Visual Studio solution (with a yellow warning icon next to it). When one tries to compile, one sees the above … Continue reading →

Two easy ways to edit pdfs (free of cost) | Posted on October 26, 2011 by Anuj Varma

I am still not sure why Adobe (the company) does not offer an online editing tool for editing pdfs. Until they offer something like this, one has to rely on 3rd party vendors who have filled in this gap. My … Continue reading →

SqlGeometry Data Type–Treating it alongside other SqlParameters | Posted on October 26, 2011 by Anuj Varma

SqlGeometry is a spatial data type introduced in SQL Server 2008 (R2). It can be found in the Microsoft.SqlServer.Types namespace. This is a special data type and not one of the standard SqlDbTypes (enum) datatypes. So – if you have … Continue reading →

Unit Tests are nothing but small, controlled experiments | Posted on October 23, 2011 by Anuj Varma

When I was a physicist (before I joined the computer industry), one of my favorite things was running lab experiments. For a physicist, a simple experiment could prove (or disprove) something really deep. The experiment itself would usually be something … Continue reading →