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Visual Studio Performance Analysis in 10 minutes [Visual Studio Performance Analysis in 10 minutes]

joshnuss — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:44:26 GMT

Ever wondered how much time you spend waiting for Visual Studio to respond?
Well its been driving me nuts for a while so I wrote a little app to tracks the time that VS 2008 spends "not responding".
I think you'll be shocked by the results on solutions with 15+ projects.

Hopefully making this information available to others will motivate Microsoft to fix these problems.

Heres the code for your enjoyment (tested with VS 2008)..

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading;

namespace CalulateHangTime
{
    [Flags]
    public enum SendMessageTimeoutFlags : uint
    {
        SMTO_NORMAL = 0x0000,
        SMTO_BLOCK = 0x0001,
        SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = 0x0002,
        SMTO_NOTIMEOUTIFNOTHUNG = 0x0008
    }

    public static class ExternalMethods
    {
        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);

        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
        public static extern IntPtr SendMessageTimeout(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg,
           UIntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, SendMessageTimeoutFlags fuFlags,
           uint uTimeout, out UIntPtr lpdwResult);
    }

    class Program
    {
        static readonly uint WAIT_MILLISECONDS = 2;
        static readonly int SLEEP_MILLISECONDS = 1000;

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            long seconds = 0;
            Stopwatch stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
            stopWatch.Start();
            while (true)
            {
                IntPtr hWnd = ExternalMethods.FindWindow("wndclass_desked_gsk", null);
                if (hWnd == IntPtr.Zero)
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Handle to window could not be found");


                UIntPtr result;
                IntPtr success = ExternalMethods.SendMessageTimeout(hWnd, 0, UIntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, 
				SendMessageTimeoutFlags.SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG, WAIT_MILLISECONDS, out result);
                
                if (success == IntPtr.Zero)
                {
                    seconds += SLEEP_MILLISECONDS / 1000;

                    Console.WriteLine("Visual Studio is hung. {0}/{1} seconds wasted", seconds, stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds);
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Visual Studio is running fine.");
                }

                Thread.Sleep(SLEEP_MILLISECONDS);
            }
        }
    }
}

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WPF XBAPs & Search Engines [WPF XBAPs & Search Engines]

joshnuss — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:01:07 GMT

Will WPF XBAP applications be able to be searched by search engines?

Sure - standalone XAML files shouldnt be a problem since they are declaritive and can be parsed by a search engine. But xbaps send compiled stuff to the client.. great for perf .. but will make the content unsearchable.

And what about URLs? How will a user recall a link on a site to send to a friend? e.g. www.acme.com/products/1234? will there be a way to recall & share URLs with WPF?

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Microsoft Expression Web Designer CTP [Microsoft Expression Web Designer CTP]

joshnuss — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:11:46 GMT

Just saw at connect.microsoft.com

Looks like there will be a CTP in April for 5000 participants and a public CTP in June.

I hope they use the Ribbon Bar from Office 2007.. that would be neat.

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MSH + SQL Server [MSH + SQL Server]

joshnuss — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:15:42 GMT

Hi niners,

Came up with a little MSH script (MSH is sooo cool) that uses sql to retrieve a list of object that can be used together with all the other command line tools.

A simple call:

$connectionString = "Server=(local)\SQLEXPRESS;Database=AdventureWorks;Integrated Security='SSPI'"
$sqlText = "SELECT * FROM Production.Product"

Get-Sql $connectionString $sqlText

Format as table

Get-Sql $connectionString $sqlText | format-table

Export CSV

Get-Sql $connectionString $sqlText | export-csv "test.csv"

Loop Thru Items

$products = (Get-Sql $connectionString $sqlText)

foreach ($product in $products) {
write-host $product.Name
}

Heres the actual function:

function Get-Sql {
param ([string]$conn, [string]$sql)

# setup connection
$connObj = new-object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection
$connObj.ConnectionString = $conn
# setup command
$cmdObj = new-object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
$cmdObj.Connection = $connObj
$cmdObj.CommandText = $sql

$connObj.Open()

$reader = $cmdObj.ExecuteReader()
while ($reader.Read()) {
  $result = new-object System.Management.Automation.MshObject

  for ($i=0;$i -lt ($reader.FieldCount) ;$i++) {
   $fld = new-object System.Management.AUtomation.MshNoteProperty $reader.GetName($i), $reader[$i]
   $result.MshObject.Members.Add($fld);
  }

  $result

}

$reader.Close()
$reader.Dispose()

$connObj.Close();
}

Enjoy

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HTML in a Frame [HTML in a Frame]

joshnuss — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 07:36:12 GMT

I am trying to display html content in XAML using the Frame tag:

<Frame Source="http://www.msn.com" LayoutTransform="scale 0.3,0.3">
</Frame>

It doesnt seem to scale? am I missing something?

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Displays, Input Devices and WPF [Displays, Input Devices and WPF]

joshnuss — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 07:22:50 GMT

Now that apps can be drawn completely vector based in a 3D space - it would seem that we are closer to getting those cool 3D hologram displays you see in the movies.

3D could also open up innovation for selection devices that go way beyond the mouse. The current mouse being based on a 2D input model - x and y movements. With the new 3D drawing model, input devices would be better if they could express z axis movement too. Maybe a hand-movement-detection system (like a glove) would be better than a mouse in the 3D world.

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ASP.NET 2.0 Profile Provider [ASP.NET 2.0 Profile Provider]

joshnuss — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:43:36 GMT

I love the new provider pattern and Login Controls for ASP.NET 2.0, but whats up with the profile provider?? Its a great idea and all, but jamming a whole bunch of different data types into one field, that's bad database design! They should have their own columns.

It also makes it harder to query and index...

So I guess my only option is to code my own MembershipProvider - not the end of the world, but it kinda defeats the purpose of the ProfileProvider

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Emergency Software [Emergency Software]

joshnuss — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:12:53 GMT

The terrible tragedy in the Gulf Coast got me thinking about how software could aid in an emergency situation.

I've seen some websites offer services for finding missing family members, friends or pets. But its not nearly enough

The government would be wise to create a full blown crisis management database that could track the location of people, food shipments, shelters, charity donations and logistics too.

Thats what software is best at - organization, something many believe the recovery effort lacked early on.

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New US Energy Bill [New US Energy Bill]

joshnuss — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:10:23 GMT

I'm sure you've all heard about the new US energy bill, that will extend daylight savings time.

Will this effect current Windows installations?
Will patches be needed to avoid an early daylight savings time change for PCs in the US?

How will this effect Canada? Will the current Eastern, Central, Mountain & Pacific timezone profiles be split into 2? One for Canada one for the US.

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3D Avalon Carousel [3D Avalon Carousel]

joshnuss — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:09:18 GMT

Hi Microsofties,

Anyone know if the that slick 3D Avalon Carousel control is going to be released to the public?

thx

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