I am testing the new optional parameters in C#.  I am also testing the my new Windows Live Writer plug-in for code snippets.

// Testing optional parameters in C# 4.0
public static void DisplayMessage(string message = "NO SOUP FOR YOU") 
{
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", DateTime.Now, message);
}

Now this is how to execute one way or another…

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // calling with parameter
    DisplayMessage("Favorite comedy line...");
    
    // calling with named parameter
    DisplayMessage(message: "Drum roll...");
    
    // calling without parameter
    DisplayMessage();
}

If you ever forget your password and you are the administrator of a blogengine.net website, you will learn quickly that there is not a “reset password” option through the administration interface.  Rather, you will need to find the *original* roles.xml and users.xml files and replace your current ones on your site.  This will replace your user account with the default admin user with the password of “admin”.  Once you have logged in as the admin user, you can either change the default password or create a new account with admin role abilities.

Speaker notes for WUX203 Session at Tech-Ed 2009 South Africa

It was great to finally deliver a presentation in 1024x768 resolution!  For those who attended this session, thanks for a great time.  I enjoyed my lap around the auditorium :-)

The code demos for this session can be downloaded below.  Cheers!

Speaker notes for WUX206 Session at Tech-Ed 2009 Africa

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Download demonstration code:  [IE 8 Demos]