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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

VS2008 SP1 RTM stops intellisense from working

Recently upgraded to VS2008 SP1 RTM, as I wanted to try SQL server 2008. VS2008 SP1 is a pre-req for the SQL server installation.

After the installation, I opened my visual studio IDE to see that the intellisense stopped working. After a day's struggle found that the Text Editor->All languages setup was screwed up like below.

Navigate to Tools->options->Text editor->All languages and just un-check and re-check the last three check boxes. Now the IDE behaves as expected.

Friday, August 08, 2008

Random number C#.NET

The following code tries to get all the possible numbers in the given range(continuous), by implementing a dictionary that keeps track of the uniqueness and the total count.

Random rnd = new Random();
int max=10, min = 1;
int maxCount = max - min + 1;
Dictionary < int, int > finalDictionary = new Dictionary < int, int > ();

while(true)
{
int newValue = rnd.Next(min, max);

if (!finalDictionary.ContainsKey(newValue))
{
//New key not found in dictionary add it, provide a dummy value
finalDictionary.Add(newValue, 0);

//Stop here, reached maximum
if (finalDictionary.Count == maxCount)
{
break;
}
}
}


Note: The above program runs infinitely, beware of out of memory!

Apparently .NET framework does not generate the max number in the range. After all MSDN says, the random number generator is not completely random. Albeit, what I do not understand is why doesn't the framework able to get the last number in the range at least once?.

If you want to over come this situation you can go by two ways,
(a) Increase the range by 1. example: make max=11 in the above case or
(b) Keep the maxCount as max-min (instead of max-min+1) and exit the while loop. Finally add the last number to the dictionary.

Friday, August 01, 2008

Revitalizing Live

Live search is remarkably being revitalized with better interface. Just navigate to live.com and search for any video. Mouse hovering on the results plays the thumbnail clip and it is seamless. I love the improvements made to live search.