Tim Van Wassenhove

Passionate geek, interested in Technology. Proud father of two

14 Mar 2008

Heroes happened {Here}

I’m back from Heroes Happen Here. Even with a fullhouse this convention was well organized and evertyhing went pre...
14 Mar 2008

Using Linq for statically-typed reflection

I discovered the TypedReflector on Daniel Cazzulino’s Blog. In essence, a simplified version of the code looks lik...
08 Mar 2008

Using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement to find the members of an AD group

A while ago i posted some code that demonstrated how to find the members of an AD group. If you’re using the brand...
06 Mar 2008

Exploring alternative input: ActiveHome

A while ago i bought Media Centerkit for an euro or two. I wouldn’t recommend the product because it comes with cr...
05 Mar 2008

Find the members of an AD group

Because i always seem to forget about the syntax of LDAP Search Filters (RFC 2254: The String Representation of LDAP Sea...
29 Feb 2008

Display WorkItems in a WinForms application

Using the Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Controls assembly it is possibe to display WorkItems. Here is a litt...
28 Feb 2008

Find WorkItems that have been changed between two dates

Sometimes i want to know which WorkItems i have closed (or completed) between two dates. According to Amit Ghosh it&rsqu...
26 Feb 2008

Writing Xml without the XmlDeclaration

Consider the following xml file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!-- some comment --&g...
23 Feb 2008

Introducing DeferredExecutionHelper

Sometimes i don’t want a costly function to be performed unless it’s really necessary. In Patterns of Enterp...
21 Feb 2008

Generating Artifacts By Using Text Templates

Since i remember myself thinking “I should look up that .tt templating thing” already a couple of times and ...