Update on the SampleGrabber code Written on November 29, 2008, by akafazov.
I have updated the SampleGrabber filter project. The the project now contains a modified CameraCatureDLL with built-in filter and a client C# client to get the data.
Although the filter works fine and you would be able to get the frame data, there are some issues, which I didn’t have time to get fixed. For example, [...]
An easy approach to UI internationalization and culture change Written on November 25, 2008, by akafazov.
I am having the task to do internationalization on a software piece written in .NET. The app has to support multiple languages in the UI and the ability to change the UI language at runtime. So the task could be broken up in two parts:
Creating custom DirectShow SampleGrabber filter for Windows Mobile Written on August 25, 2008, by akafazov.
I wrote my first article in the CodeProject titled Creating custom DirectShow SampleGrabber filter for Windows Mobile. It explains how to write a DirectShow filter and there is also working sample code.
Google going after the phone market – $10M in software development prizes for you Written on November 17, 2007, by akafazov.
One of the last news from Google is that the company announced $10M for developers as rewards in software applications developed for Android.
Google is going into the new market with their proven strategy – win the developers and the customers will follow. I think this is their edge in the competition with Apple. [...]
First touch on Windows PowerShell Written on September 28, 2007, by akafazov.
I was trying to convert an in-house data format into SQL inserts and used the opportunity to see how PowerShell works. The following script does the job
Input format:
"AYPY";"POM";"638";"PG";"";"Pt.Moresby";"Port Moresby";"Port Moresby";"";
Output:
INSERT INTO dbo.airport
(icao, iata, timezone, country, city, alias, alias2, alias3, [desc])
VALUES ( ‘AYPY’,'POM’,'638′,’PG’,”,’Pt.Moresby’,'Port Moresby’,
‘Port Moresby’,'Port Moresby’);
The script:
$scldata = get-content airport.scl
new-item [...]
Closing TCP connection in .NET 2.0 Written on September 5, 2007, by akafazov.
I was writing a .NET 2.0 module which open a TCP connection and then closed it on per request basis. I noticed that the connection was not being closed after calling the TcpClient.Close() method. It turns out this behaviour is by design. The NetworkStream.Close() method should be called before that.
Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821625
Failed to access IIS metabase Written on July 31, 2007, by akafazov.
I got this error:
Failed to access IIS metabase
while trying to load an asp page in the browser. It got solved after repairing the .NET 2.0 installation.
Amazing! – Windows.Forms implemented on Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Written on June 27, 2007, by akafazov.
A company called Netikatech have implemented Windows.Forms over the Silverlight platform. They have ported most the controls (40+) and created demos. The snapshot above is a Windows.Forms Designer app written entirely on Silverlight. Honestly – this stuff blows me away!
After Flash, ASP.NET, AJAX and now Silverlight web UIs have be taken to a whole new [...]
BizTalk services – providing rich application connectivity Written on June 26, 2007, by akafazov.
The link about points to a Channel9 interview with John Shewchuk and Dennis Pilarinos talking about BizTalk services and how it can be used to provide application interconnectivity. They look at the concept of “service bus” (SB) or “connectivity bus” which is a commonly used approch to integrate multiple application which need to talk to [...]
Visual Studio 2005 snippet problem Written on June 22, 2007, by akafazov.
The IDE keeps crashing on me every time I try to insert a code snippet. I have the SP1 installed but the whole environment is very unstable. I really like VS2003 better. I hope that the VS2008 UI will be more responsive, most of the bugs should be fixed and the help system should be [...]