AnkhSVN add-on a nice Subversion Support for Visual Studio

As all we know SVN is a nice and free source safe tool.

Similarly I was searching a free add in to Integrate SVN and Visual Studio.

AnkhSVN is a nice add on for subversion integration for Visual Studio. Best part is its free. I have seen VisualSVN, but that is licensed. We can visit the following URL and download AnkhSVN.

http://ankhsvn.open.collab.net/

Book : Professional ASP.NET Design Patterns By Scott Millett

http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/WroxTitle/Professional-ASP-NET-Design-Patterns.productCd-0470292784.html

http://www.amazon.com/Professional-ASP-NET-Design-Patterns-Millett/dp/0470292784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301465392&sr=8-1

Book : Expression Blend 4 with Silverlight

Foundation Expression
Blend 4 with Silverlight

By Victor Gaudioso

http://friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=143022973X

http://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Expression-Blend-4-Silverlight/dp/143022973X

Book : ASP.NET MVC Framework Unleashed

ASP.NET MVC Framework Unleashed By Stephen Walther

http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672329980

http://stephenwalther.com/blog/category/11.aspx

Book : WPF Good book

WPF 4 Unleashed

http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672336553

What happens when user click .NET assembly (EXE)?

When you double click on a .net .exe assembly

Windows' PE (Portable Executable) loader kicks in

If you're on a Windows >= Windows XP it will detect that the executable is a managed executable and will forward it to .net by calling _CoreExeMain in mscoree.dll (_CoreDllMain if you double clicked on a managed .dll). It can use the assembly configuration file to know which runtime to use.

If you're on Windows < Windows XP, the .exe file contains a small native piece of code that will jump to mscoree.dll's _CoreExeMain or _CoreDllMain.

Then mscoree.dll initializes the .net runtime, depending on the global configuration, the assembly configuration file, and what not.

Then if it's a .exe, it will JIT compile its entry point method, and start executing it.

Reference :
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2788270/what-happens-when-user-click-net-assembly-exe

http://maneshjoseph.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-happens-when-you-click-on-net-exe.html

Get the Image from a Image URL using C#.Net

Following is code to Get the Image from a Image URL using C#.Net

private Image ImageFromURL(string Url)
        {
            byte[] imageData = DownloadData(Url);
            ImageDetail imgDetail = new ImageDetail();
            Image img = null;

            try
            {
                MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(imageData);
                img = Image.FromStream(stream);
                
               
                stream.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }

            return img;
        }

private byte[] DownloadData(string Url)
        {
            string empty = string.Empty;
            return DownloadData(Url, out empty);
        }

        private byte[] DownloadData(string Url, out string responseUrl)
        {
            byte[] downloadedData = new byte[0];
            try
            {
                //Get a data stream from the url
                WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(Url);
                WebResponse response = req.GetResponse();
                Stream stream = response.GetResponseStream();

                responseUrl = response.ResponseUri.ToString();

                //Download in chuncks
                byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

                //Get Total Size
                int dataLength = (int)response.ContentLength;

                //Download to memory
                //Note: adjust the streams here to download directly to the hard drive
                MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream();
                while (true)
                {
                    //Try to read the data
                    int bytesRead = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

                    if (bytesRead == 0)
                    {
                        break;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        //Write the downloaded data
                        memStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                    }
                }

                //Convert the downloaded stream to a byte array
                downloadedData = memStream.ToArray();

                //Clean up
                stream.Close();
                memStream.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                responseUrl = string.Empty;
                return new byte[0];
            }

            return downloadedData;
        }