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Alan Dean

Recent Posts

• [How To] Add a search engine toolbar to VS.NET

  Posted: 20 May 2005 at 12:13

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/vs-search-toolbar.html

• [How To] Use XML Documentation (Part 3: Complex tables)

  Posted: 03 May 2005 at 11:29

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/cs-xml-documentation.html

• [How To] Use XML Documentation (Part 2: The Detail)

  Posted: 03 May 2005 at 10:38

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• [How To] Use XML Documentation (Part 1: The Overview)

  Posted: 03 May 2005 at 10:05

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• [Secure Development] Using the Credential Management API to store user passwords

  Posted: 27 Apr 2005 at 13:03

  Following secure development best practice, an application should obtain and store user credentials securely. Microsoft has provided a means to accomplish this on the desktop: the unmanaged Credential Management API, which exposes the capability to provide a standard login experience for t

• [How To] Generate an image of a web page

  Posted: 25 Apr 2005 at 03:08

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/web-page-image-thumbnail.html

• [Secure Development] Using SqlClientPermission to secure data access

  Posted: 19 Apr 2005 at 03:31

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/sqlclientpermission.html

• Cultural Misunderstandings

  Posted: 08 Sep 2004 at 09:09

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• Well-formed AssemblyInfo.cs

  Posted: 17 Aug 2004 at 16:38

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/assemblyinfo.html

• [PermissionSetAttribute] Least Privilege

  Posted: 17 Aug 2004 at 16:24

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/permissionsetattribute.html

• Resolving a DateTime FormatException

  Posted: 15 Aug 2004 at 13:00

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/culture-invariant-datetime.html

• [Scientific American] Geek Gifts 2003

  Posted: 25 Nov 2003 at 16:03

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• Project Management Proverbs

  Posted: 06 Nov 2003 at 12:49

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/project-management-proverbs.html

• Colorblind Web Page Filter

  Posted: 02 Nov 2003 at 02:28

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/colorblind-filter.html

• [Opinion] Software IPR

  Posted: 02 Nov 2003 at 01:41

  This article has moved to http://thoughtpad.net/alan-dean/software-intellectual-property-rights.html