Rob Chartier ~ Contemplation...

.NET, C#, Work, etc.

  • Subversion & VS.NET

    I have this semi-open-source project that I work on with a few others which I needed version control for so I decided to setup Subversion with Apache this evening.  Things went well, it was … more

  • Goolge Maps vs Microsoft Virtual Earth

    Check out the difference here: 1st Ave and Victoria Drive as Google see's it 1st Ave and Victoria Drive as Microsoft see's it Now for each map, switch over to the Arial/Satellite view. I also like … more

  • MSN Feature Requests...

    Tags: Tech Geek

    I just wanted to throw out some ideas that I had regarding the new MSN, whenever it is slated to arrive.  These are in no particular order... 1. Managed (.NET) Plug-in Support.  UI changes, … more

  • More OleDB Text/Excel Driver Woes...

    So I have a method which I can call with just a filename and some other meta data and it will go out, open that file and return back a recordset. Sounds easy, right? During this import process you … more

  • Microsoft cant find C#?

    Navigate to:  http://www.start.com/myw3b/ In the search box, type C# and then hit the search button more

  • Sometimes IRC works...

    A funny conversation we had about wincv.exe http://iceglue.com/tranqy/HowTheHellDidIMissThisForYears.aspx You see, it pays to listen in sometime, you might just learn something. [Edit] Follow up … more

  • VB6 Bug Fun : ADO, Excel, Text Files

    I'm writing some import code, working with excel and the OLEDB driver via ADO, and I started to see this error: Run time error '-2147467259 (80004005)' : [Microsoft][ODBC Excel Driver]Selected … more

  • Life Changes…

    I have had quite a lot of changes going on in my life these days.  I recently got married, went on a honeymoon, moved out of the house I resided in with a old friend and in with my new (and … more

  • VB6 IDE and the MouseWheel...

    I've been shoved back into the past, doing some VB6. Other than the language/syntax and such the biggest annoyance for me is the lack of support for the mousewheel.  A quick search on google … more

  • Donate your Regular Expressions...

    Tags: Tech Geek

    All regular expressions really boil down to is matching, searching, and replacing. I've been looking for a good regular expression library which include some or all of these types and that are useful. … more