I need to do this all the time, yet I invariably forget and spend a few minutes re-figuring it out (and feeling really stupid everytime), only to forget it the next time I need to do it.

If you have an assembly and need to get the PublicKeyToken for one reason or another, the easiest way that I know of is to use the sn.exe (Strong Name Utility) with the -T switch.

sn -T SomeFancySchmancyLibrary.dll

There...now maybe I won't forget it anymore.  Why do some things just not stick?

Over the years I have become much more of a keyboard person than a keyboard-and-mouse person.  As a developer it saves soooo much time not to have to take my hands off the keyboard to simply click a single option and bring my hands back to the keyboard.

Therefore, I've decided to list out my favorite VS.NET keyboard shortcuts (in no particular order).  There are probably many more that I'm just forgetting here.

Toggle fullscreen mode
ALT + SHIFT + ENTER

Find In Files
CTRL + SHIFT + F

Comment / Uncomment
CTRL + K, CTRL + C / CTRL + U

Highlight vertical block of code
ALT + SHIFT + ARROWKEY
ALT + MOUSEDRAG (ok, ok, this one uses the mouse)

Go to Definition
F12

Navigate to Previous Cursor Location (useful after F12...plus it's multi-level!) - Navigate Backward
CTRL + -

Format Selection
CTRL + K, CTRL + F

Parameter Information
CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE

There are many other shortcuts I always use such as F4 for properties, F11 for Step Into, F10 for Step Into, CTRL + ALT + L for Project Explorer, CTRL + SHIFT + B for Build, but those are so common and there are so many that I didn't want to recreate Microsoft's documentation.

What are your favorite shortcuts that you'd like to share.

There are a lot of things to be excited about.  My fourth daughter was born not two weeks ago, my sister is getting married, work is going great, and I'm going to Tech-Ed 2005 in Orlando, Florida on June 5th - 10th!

This will be my first Tech-Ed and I'm really excited about it.  I've had the opportunity over the years to attend a couple of VBits, PDC, a couple of Microsoft Partner Conferences, and others, but I've never had the chance, for one reason or another, to attend a Tech-Ed.  If you're going to be there and want to hook up and talk tech or just hang out, let me know...it's going to be a blast!

Here's some news I'm very excited to share and want to disseminate before too long.  In conjunction with Microsoft, several of the local .NET community leaders have been planning a brand new event for May 18th, 2005 called Betas 2005 Unleashed.

This event will focus on the up and coming technologies from Microsoft (Visual Studio .NET 2005 and SQL Server 2005) and will have a respective track for each.  This FREE conference will focus on the technologies and will not (I repeat NOT) simply be a conference of fluff and PowerPoint.  Each of the presenters will be diving right into the technology and will use it to drive their presentations.

In the Visual Studio .NET 2005 track we'll be discussing topics such as

• Web Development Platform - ASP.NET 2.0 (presented by yours truly)
• Smart Client Development Platform - Windows Forms, Mobile Development
• Visual Studio Team System

The SQL Server 2005 track provides the following

• SQL Server Developer Platform - SQLCLR, TSQL Enhancements
• Business Intelligence Platform - Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Data Warehousing
• Infrastructure Platform - Availability, Management, Database Mirroring

The conference venue will be the Miller Free Enterprise Center in the SLCC-Miller Campus in Sandy, Utah (9750 South 300 W).  The full day event will be on May 18th, 2005 from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (breakfast will be provided at 7:30 AM).

Come one and all to what will be a fantastic event!

Registration is open to everyone!

Well, after much deliberation and discussion, we finally decided on a name for the new addition to the family:  Loganne Amber Zupancic.  Loganne pronounced as 'Logan'.  We opted for the spelling variation 1) to be more consistent with her sisters' names and 2) to make the name appear more feminine (though Logan is a perfectly good girl name).

She and mom got home from the hospital today and both are doing great.  We're so excited to have her home and in our lives!

Ok, I must admit that I think this is AWESOME!  Though I'm perhaps a bit late to this party, seeing that Craig Paterson posted on it last March, and apparently it's been available for some months, but I wanted to help spread the word for those that hadn't seen this, or known about it.

When it comes to favorite games, the original The Legend of Zelda is probably at the top of my all-time list.  That game was a lot of fun.  Well, it appears that Armageddon Games has created a tribute to the original game (in that it replicates exactly the game we all love), but they've made it extensible.  This allows people to go in an create new quests, items, enemies, graphics, etc.

I am in love...retro-love.

Yesterday was a pretty active, exciting, fantastic, exhilarating, exhausting day.  For that reason I delayed until today to announce the birth of our fourth (yes 4th!) girl.  Born at 9:56 AM, weighing in at 8 lbs 1 oz and 19 1/2 inches in length, Logan [yet undecided middle name, though leaning towards Irene] Zupancic entered this world by way of Cesarean Section.  She was breach (bottom down).

She and mom are doing fantastic and we hope to have them home this Wednesday.  Four girls is a handful...I'm dreading the teenage years...and the weddings...

They're such great girls.  I love 'em.