MS has released the .NET Reference Source Code, you can only get it one file at a time while you’re debugging. If you’d like to populate the cache, you’d may use Mass Downloader For .Net Framework which allows you do download .Net Framework source code in batch.The Mass Downloader For .Net Framework enables offline debugging of .Net Framework in Visual Studio 2008/2005(including Express Editions).

For configuration details you can check out the article in codeproject.com

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Cake3 library supports compressing and extracting files to/from different archive formats .The library can be easily integrated to your projects .

Usage of Cake3 library:

Compress

Cakdir3 cdir3 = new Cakdir3(@"c:\temp\arch.lha");
cdir3.AddOptions.addFolder = AddOptions.folderMode.relative;
cdir3.AddOptions.baseFolder = @"c:\temp\";
//Mask not supported in Cake3.
cdir3.AddOptions.addFile = new String[2] {@"c:\temp\arch.zip", @"C:\temp\test\image.bmp"};
cdir3.Add();

Decompress

Cakdir3 cdir = new Cakdir3(@"c:\temp\test.lha");
cdir.ExtractOptions.extractItem = new String[1] {cdir.Archive_Contents[0].fileName};
cdir.ExtractOptions.extractFolder = Utils.GetTempPath() + "qztemp";
cdir.ExtractOptions.allowFolder = true;
cdir.ExtractOptions.allowOverwrite = true;
if (cdir.Extract())
 Console.WriteLine("Success");

Supported Archives(compress)

NxBRE is the open-source rule engine for the .NET platform and a lightweight Business Rules Engine that supports two different approaches:

• The Inference Engine, which is a forward-chaining (data driven) deduction engine and that supports concepts like Facts, Queries and Implications and like Rule Priority, Mutual Exclusion and Precondition (as found in many commercial engines). It is designed in a way that encourages the separation of roles between the expert who designs the business rules and the programmer who binds them to the business objects.
• The Flow Engine, which uses XML as a way to control process flow for an application in an external entity. It is basically a wrapper on C#, as it offers all its flow control commands (if/then/else, while, foreach), plus a context of business objects and results. It is a port of JxBRE to .NET’s C#.

NxBRE is released under LGPL license in order to allow users to legally build commercial solutions that embed NxBRE.

Download NxBRE

Tom Hollander has posted that the second CTP of Enterprise Library 3.0 is now available to download on CodePlex community site.

New In This Release

• Validation Application Block
  • Near-complete validator library
  • Configuration tool support
  • ASP.NET integration
  • Winforms integration
  • Quickstarts and preliminary documentation
• Data Access Application Block
  • TransactionScope enlistment
• Logging Application Block
  • Rolling Flat File Trace Listener
  • WCF integration
• Application Block Software Factory
  • VB code generation
• Configuration Tool
  • Selectable assembly sets

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The CTP of Enterprise Library 3.0 was released last Friday.One of the new application blocks it contains is a Validation Application Block for validating classes in your applications.David Hayden wrote 4 tutorials on how to use it:

• Validation Application Block in Enterprise Library 3.0 - Using Validation Facade Class - Part I
• Validation Application Block in Enterprise Library 3.0 - ValidationFactory Class - Part II
• Validation Application Block Ruleset in Enterprise Library 3.0 - Enterprise Library 3.0 Tutorials - Part III
• Validation Application Block - Rules in External XML Configuration File - App.Config Web.Config - Enterprise Library 3.0 - Part IV

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