Whenever you use SingleOrDefault, you clearly state that the query should result in at most a single result. On the other hand, when FirstOrDefault is used, the query can return any amount of results but you state that you only want the first one. I personally find the semantics very different and using the appropriate one, depending on the expected … Read more
The RFC is just trying to say that a signed integer is a normal 4-byte integer with bytes ordered in a big-endian way. Now, you are most probably working on a little-endian machine and BitConverter.GetBytes() will give you the byte[] reversed. So you could try: For the code to be most portable, however, you can do it like this:
could it create problem to install the same certificate on several systems? No, it will not be a problem even if the systems would be connected to the internet in the future. When you connect the system to the internet and do the update it could download a pack of trusted certificates. These certificates will … Read more
I seem to be having some trouble wrapping my head around the idea of a Generic List of Generic Lists in C#. I think the problem stems form the use of the <T> argument, which I have no prior experience playing with. Could someone provide a short example of declaring a class which is a … Read more
string is an alias in C# for System.String.So technically, there is no difference. It’s like int vs. System.Int32. As far as guidelines, it’s generally recommended to use string any time you’re referring to an object. e.g. Likewise, I think it’s generally recommended to use String if you need to refer specifically to the class. e.g. This is the style that Microsoft tends to use … Read more
It’s a debugging concept. Basically exceptions are thrown to the debugger first and then to the actual program where if it isn’t handled it gets thrown to the debugger a second time, giving you a chance to do something with it in your IDE before and after the application itself. This appears to be a Microsoft Visual Studio invention.
How can I determine where to fix this reference without adding a binding to the app.config? You can try to change the “MSBuild project build output verbosity” to “Detailed” or above to check the detail error log. To do this by Tools -> Options…->Projects and Solutions->Build and Run. Set the MSBuild project build output verbosity level to Detailed or above. … Read more
I just hit this same exception in a WPF project. The issue occurred within an assembly that we recently moved to another namespace (ProblemAssembly.Support to ProblemAssembly.Controls). The exception was happening when trying to access resources from a second resource file that exists in the assembly. Turns out the additional resource file did not properly move references from … Read more
Using PowerShell, you can execute this statement: The output will provide the Version, Culture and PublicKeyToken as shown below:
In VS – project properties – in the Build tab – platform target =X86