October 2007 Blog Posts
.NET configuration is great.
But i don't really like working with ConfigurationManager.AppSettings, because i get annoyed:
that i have to remember key names
that i may accidentally make typos in the key names, and then spend time looking for it.
I'd rather have a class with all my configuration items presented as properties, so i can enjoy intellisence when reading my app settings.
There are two options here:
Write a simple wrapper class that reads app settings and provides access to those via properties
Write a custom configuration provider with would...
I didn't write anything in September because my wife and i had our first baby born on the fifth - a little boy. It took about a month to get used to the new way of life. In a word: it's great! Absolutely unimaginable experience! I'm looking forward to the many years raising the baby.
I'm now trying to get back doing things i did before the baby and, surprisingly, i can!
Anyway, i have been researching some options for converting RTF (of any other Word-compatible format) files to PDF via command line. I need to automate some PDF creation on the...