Questions

How to consolidate all applicable projects and nuget packages from the command line?

I'm merging two solutions and now have the following situation [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xpM4U.png) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DACgN.png) It is a large project and consolidating a single packa...

28 Mar at 09:18

Zip files in .net core with password

I'm trying to generate zip (or other compression formats) files in with password, but I can't find any tool that does not come without a cost. I've tried `System.IO.Compression` but it doesn't have a...

9 Jun at 16:49

Servicestack - enabling CORS for error response from Validation plugin?

I'm running into CORS headers not being set properly (all CORS headers are missing) for failed validation (400 returns). I'm using the validation feature plug in but I'm not using the CORS plugin. Ins...

27 Mar at 19:4

How to set credentials on AWS SDK on NET Core?

I'm new to AWS SDK and I'm trying to follow the AWS [documentation](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/v3/developer-guide/net-dg-config-netcore.html), but gives little to none on what exactly I ne...

31 Mar at 10:21

Request DTO with private setters

I have a DTO like so: ``` public class UserPreferenceDto { public long Id { get; set; } // other props with getter and setter //props WITHOUT setter, they are set in the ctor public ...

27 Mar at 14:12

Select top N elements of related objects

I have a class `Product` to hold a specific instance of a given product. This class has a list of related products that are similar to main product. ``` class Product { public string Name; pu...

27 Mar at 15:26

Visual Studio 2017 - What happened to Expression interactions?

I make extensive use of Expression interactions' CallMethodAction to handle events from XAML in a MVVM-friendly way. I have just created a new WPF project in VS2017 and now I see the old Expression n...

27 Mar at 13:53

Do compiled expression trees leak?

In my understanding, JIT-ed code never gets released from memory while the program is running. Does this mean that repeatedly calling `.Compile()` on expression trees leaks memory? The implication of...

Difference between Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin Cross Platform

I've been 2 years with Xamarin Environment and mostly I used Xamarin.Forms. But yet, I have no idea what Xamarin Cross Platform is? Can anyone provide some structural differences?

Unsupported media type ASP.NET Core Web API

On the front-end i use Angular to collect som data from the form and send it to my server-side controllers. As the image shows below, i get the data ($scope.newData) on my controller and service, but ...

Auto Versioning in Visual Studio 2017 (.NET Core)

I have spent the better part of a few hours trying to find a way to auto-increment versions in a .NETCoreApp 1.1 (Visual Studio 2017). I know the the AssemblyInfo.cs is being created dynamically in t...

How to read/interpret a raw C# stack trace correctly?

I'm reading some crash reports from a UWP application (C#, compiled with .NET Native) and I'm having a hard time understanding the exact syntax/format used in the stack traces. I tried looking for som...

23 May at 11:46

C# Authentication failed because the remote party has closed the transport stream

I want to point out that I have searched a lot for this without a solution. So, I've created a loop that will go throw listBox2 that contains links, each time creating a http GET request in order to a...

Implicit conversion fails when changing struct to sealed class

Struct/class in question: ``` public struct HttpMethod { public static readonly HttpMethod Get = new HttpMethod("GET"); public static readonly HttpMethod Post = new HttpMethod("POST"); pu...

27 Mar at 10:44

Authenticating user with Facebook using Servicestack (Java & Swift)

I'm using servicestack client in my Android(Java) and iOS(Swift) applications but I need to authenticate users with facebook and google, Do you know if exists a module like [https://github.com/xamari...

24 Mar at 22:40

jsonpatch path to update array object by object ID

I am trying to figure out the best way to patch a collection of objects. I am trying to change the sort order of a number of objects and was thinking jsonpatch may be the right approach. My Object L...

17 Aug at 14:41

EntityFrameworkCore does not exist in the namespace Microsoft

I am trying to walk through this tutorial here. [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/data/ef-mvc/intro](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/data/ef-mvc/intro) However after succ...

How to iterate through keys and values of an `IDictionary`?

How would I iterate through the keys and values of an `IDictionary` if I don't know the concrete types of the keys and values within, therefore want to just treat them as `object`s? If I do something...

24 Mar at 15:40

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program. The request is not supported

I'm having problems launching an application with VS2017 on Windows 10. Starting in Debug mode, a popup apperars with the message: *Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program ''. The r...

7 May at 07:18

Why do most serializers use a stream instead of a byte array?

I am currently working on a socket server and I was wondering Why do serializers like - [XmlSerializer](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlserializer(v=vs.110).aspx...

24 Mar at 13:50

Restrict anything but TLS 1.2 serverside WCF

I have a simple question but can't find an answer anywhere. I have a WCF-Server-Application. I want it to use ONLY TLS1.2. I have no control over the client and am not able to edit the SCHANNEL settin...

30 Jun at 21:25

Why would one use Task<T> over ValueTask<T> in C#?

As of C# 7.0 async methods can return ValueTask<T>. The explanation says that it should be used when we have a cached result or simulating async via synchronous code. However I still do not understand...

24 Mar at 18:16

VS2017 command line build (missing "%VS150COMNTOOLS%VSVars32.bat")

I have installed VS2017 and call ``` call "%VS120COMNTOOLS%VSVars32.bat" ``` from the command line but all I get is ``` '"%VS150COMNTOOLS%VSVars32.bat"' is not recognized as an internal or externa...

24 Mar at 10:3

How to install/start Postman native v4.10.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit?

I downloaded Postman for Linux (from [https://www.getpostman.com/apps](https://www.getpostman.com/apps)), unpacked .tar.gz file into `~/bin/postman` and then tried to execute `~/bin/postman/Postman/Po...

8 Nov at 02:42

How to convert any pascal case JSON object to camel case JSON object?

I tried using CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver, however it does not convert pascal property names into camel casing? Note: this is an example only, my json input is unknown, I only the json pas...