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It's pretty good that Reflection is included in the compact framework - but it's slightly surprising that they couldn't fit in the Enum.GetNames() method as well. # Posted in the Technical section and tagged as: .NET, XNA Previous Page | Blog Search Recent Blogs Log o' cats I'm number 1! Resolute Phuket, Thailand - 2010 Mr. Potato Head Mashups Random Travel #2 - Thailand You have been the ones, you have been the ones for me. Balls Caramelised Pumpkin Risotto Malaysian Vegetable CurryFeed Blog EntriesRecent Comments Log o' cats posted 10 months ago by joeldixon ha ha - I didn't mention that I bought two copies of Lock, Stock after the creation of this catalogue ... link Log o' cats posted 10 months ago by Brad I made a DVD list for the same reason and just last week bought The Green Mile on Blu-ray before ... link Balls posted 2 years ago by joeldixon Exactly. What's wrong with the kids today when they can't spell genitals? And you and I have been using ... link Balls posted 2 years ago by abrereton I'm just glad that they spelt it correctly in the end. link Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 2010 posted 2 years ago by joeldixon Definitely, you have to let us know when you're free for UBs! link Comment Standings 1. the man with no name (45) 2. Hoff (39) 3. Gav (27) 4. Hitman (26) 5. Brad (23) 6. Eryc-Ads (13) 7. Deep Lurker (6) 8. thefury (5) 9. Dieter (4) 10. Zelks (4) |
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