Category : Programming

22 Nov

Porting .NET app to Vista.. DEP strikes!

by Marco Mastropaolo

An interesting issue happened these days when I tried to port some apps to Vista. Basically all .NET apps compiled with Visual Studio 2005/2008 are marked “NX compatible” by default. If your .NET app uses an incompatible DLL or COM object, the app will crash. What I found funny was that the message was a [...]

Filed Under: .NET, C++, Featured, Programming, Security, Win32

21 Nov

TargetInvocationException in asynchronous web service call

by Marco Mastropaolo

I’ve seen so many solutions around to solve a TargetInvocationException raised by an asynchronous web service call in .NET and they are all but satisfactory. Some go so far to create a worker thread which is overkill and, above all, a clear sign of cargo culting. The solution is very very simple. The exception is [...]

Filed Under: .NET, Programming

16 Jun

ScummVM DS Patches – version 4

by Marco Mastropaolo

(Quick download links : .NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds, modified sources here, SourceForge patches here) I’ve patched ScummVM DS once again.. See here for more details, versioning, how, why, what, which, who.. Changes in ScummVM/DS 0.11.1.MMP4 (.NDS builds or .DS.GBA builds): All previous changes Fixed a bug with mouse icon Attempt to show mouse cursor [...]

Filed Under: C++, Gaming, Geeky side of life, Software releases