Setup license stuff for PostSharp 2.1 Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Problem Normally PostSharp runs fine on unattended build servers. So on our global Jenkins continuous integration server PostSharp does the job. But on my local TeamCity continuous integration server I ... Setup license stuff for PostSharp 2.1 0 0 0
Load and Web Performance Testing using Visual Studio Ultimate 201... Tarun Arora, January 1, 0001 Performance testing is almost always conducted to address one or more risks related to expense, opportunity costs, continuity, and/or corporate reputation. But not everyone thinks their application requires ... Load and Web Performance Testing using Visual Studio Ultimate 201... 0 0 3
SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model – CAML Query inaccurate... Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 I ran into a frustrating scenario today, while working with SharePoint 2010’s Managed Client Object Model. My application queries a SharePoint document library using the file’s name (the FileLeafRef field). ... SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model – CAML Query inaccurate... 0 0 0
SilverlightShow for October 31 - November 06, 2011 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for SilverlightShow Top 5 News for October 31 - November 06, 2011. Here are the top 5 news on SilverlightShow for last week: Silverlight Best ... SilverlightShow for October 31 - November 06, 2011 0 0 0
Build guides: Windows 2008 R2 Server marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 The first of the build guides just got published! And you can find it in the "Build Guide" section or by following link: Click here... Exerp: In this first part of the build guide series we look at building ... Build guides: Windows 2008 R2 Server 0 0 0
MSB4067: The element <ImportGroup> beneath element <Proj... Marko Apfel, January 1, 0001 Problem Our global Jenkins continuous integration server throws this error during compile step. My local TeamCity continuous integration server runs fine. What is the difference. Background I integrate ... MSB4067: The element <ImportGroup> beneath element <Proj... 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for November 07, 2011 -- #1164 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Colin Eberhardt, WindowsPhoneGeek, John Papa, Jesse Liberty, Derik Whittaker, Sumit Dutta, Asim Sajjad, Dhananjay Kumar, Charles Petzold, Peter Kuhn, and Ollie Riches. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for November 07, 2011 -- #1164 0 0 0
Creating a simple sparse ARFF file Razan, January 1, 0001 Here you will find a sample java program to generate sparse ARFF file. The following italic text text has been taken from: http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz... Sparse ARFF files are very similar ... Creating a simple sparse ARFF file 0 0 0
SQL Server Denali CTP 3 - Dockable Windows! MikeParks, January 1, 0001 The future of SQL Server Management Studio looks pretty promising. I downloaded SQL Server Denali CTP 3 the other day and was really happy to see that they've finally implemented dockable windows. I always ... SQL Server Denali CTP 3 - Dockable Windows! 0 0 1
Free Books Chris G. Williams, January 1, 0001 I've got a bunch of technical books I'd like to get rid of. Some are more current than others. 3D Programming For Windows Introducing LINQ VB.NET Class Design Handbook ASP.NET MVC 1.0 ASP.NET MVC In Action ... Free Books 0 0 5
MS Press Deal of the Day 7/Nov/2011 - Windows® Internals, 5th Edi... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's 50% off deal of the day from Microsoft Press at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is Windows® Internals, 5th Edition "See how the core components of the Windows operating system ... MS Press Deal of the Day 7/Nov/2011 - Windows® Internals, 5th Edi... 0 0 0
Interaction Design Course Summary MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 The following sections are covered in the Interaction Design book – the sections in blue are examinable for 2011, the sections in pink are not examinable. A brief example of questions to be expected in ... Interaction Design Course Summary 0 0 12
Silverlight Cream for November 06, 2011 -- #1163 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Yikes... left off all my information last night! In this Issue: Jay Kimble, Charles Petzold, Peter Kuhn, Adam Kinney, Ollie Riches, Abhinaba Basu, Mike Taulty, Erik Mork, Kunal Chowdhury, Cheryl Simmons, ... Silverlight Cream for November 06, 2011 -- #1163 0 0 0
LightSwitch Tutorial - Adding Custom Control in LightSwitch ChrisD, January 1, 0001 In this article, you will learn the basic information in Visual Studio LightSwitch application. You will know how to create basic application in LightSwitch. Now, I will show you how to add custom control ... LightSwitch Tutorial - Adding Custom Control in LightSwitch 0 0 0
Bind List<T> to a DataGridView Jim Lahman, January 1, 0001 Here is a technique to bind a List (of objects) to a DataGridView so that the public Properties appear as columns. In this example, the columns are binded to the individual public property of the object. ... Bind List<T> to a DataGridView 0 0 0
SourceMonitor V3.2.0.208? TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 A new version of SourceMonitor (V3.2.0.208) is available from http://www.campwoodsw.com/s... "The freeware program SourceMonitor lets you see inside your software source code to find out ... SourceMonitor V3.2.0.208? 0 0 0
Testing Entity Framework applications, pt. 1 Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 For good or bad, Microsoft’s Entity Framework (EF) has become one of the most widely used ORM tools out there. While some may state that it's not among the better ones (or that it's not even a real ORM), ... Testing Entity Framework applications, pt. 1 0 0 2
Getting started with the Azure Hosted TFS (aka TFSPreview): Conne... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 The updates are installed, all you want to do now is get connected, authenticated and get going. The first step needed here is to open Visual Studio 2010, once opened then you need to get to Team Explorer. ... Getting started with the Azure Hosted TFS (aka TFSPreview): Conne... 0 0 0
Getting started with the Azure Hosted TFS (aka TFSPreview): Updat... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Once you have configured your online preview, then you can proceed to connect to it using Visual Studio 2010. In order to get Live ID authentication working and such, there is an update you need to apply. ... Getting started with the Azure Hosted TFS (aka TFSPreview): Updat... 0 0 0
Learning VIM – A windows fanboy’s progression from de... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 A while back read a book called the “pragmatic programmer”. Great book and I highly recommend – A section in the book was titled “Power Editing” and a suggestion they made was to have one editor. The motivation ... Learning VIM – A windows fanboy’s progression from de... 0 0 5
Checking for the existence of a property Thomas Canter, January 1, 0001 NOTE: The variable PropExists as bool has been already created The Property of interest is BTS.RetryCount The Message is Message_In The list from Using Operators in Expressions (http://msdn.microsoft.com/... ... Checking for the existence of a property 0 0 0
INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 9 Summary MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Aims of this Chapter Consider what doing interaction design involves Explain some advantages of involving users in development Explain the main principles of a user-centred approach Ask and provide answers ... INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 9 Summary 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for November 04, 2011 -- #1162 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Washington, WindowsPhoneGeek, Jeremy Likness, Mike Taulty, Erno de Weerd, Jesse Liberty, Derik Whittaker, Sumit Dutta, Asim Sajjad, Dhananjay Kumar, and Avi Pilosof. Above the Fold: ... Silverlight Cream for November 04, 2011 -- #1162 0 0 0
Setting up the EDMX Model to Generate DevExpress XPO/XAF Objects Patrick Liekhus, January 1, 0001 So you have started using DevExpress XPO/XAF and now you would like to see how to use the EDMX (Entity Data Model XML) visual designer within Visual Studio to draw your entities and relationships. First ... Setting up the EDMX Model to Generate DevExpress XPO/XAF Objects 0 0 4
Azure: Fault Tolerance for apps xamlnotes, January 1, 0001 Check out the Fault Tolerance Framework: http://windowsazurecat.com/... This is really sweet. You can download the source code, then open it in VS and build it. ... Azure: Fault Tolerance for apps 0 0 0
INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 10 Summary MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Aims of this chapter Describe different kinds of requirements Enable you to identify examples of different kinds of requirements from a simple description Explain how different data gathering techniques ... INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 10 Summary 0 0 0
PhillyNJ - Open XML SDK, Windows Service Design and Other Goodies RonGarlit, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; ... PhillyNJ - Open XML SDK, Windows Service Design and Other Goodies 0 0 0
INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 5 Summary MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Aims of this chapter Explain what expressive interfaces are and the effects they can have on people Outline the nature of user frustration and how to reduce it Describe how technologies can be designed ... INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 5 Summary 0 0 0
Reminder that this blog has moved and check out www.sixweeksofazu... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Just a gentle reminder that this blog has moved to http://ericnelson.wordpress... (as I still get folks contacting me via here) and a shout out for a great initiative (probably!) I’m pulling together ... Reminder that this blog has moved and check out www.sixweeksofazu... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for November 03, 2011 -- #1161 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Andrea Boschin, Mark Monster, Antoni Dol, Chaitanya Venneti, Erik Arthur and Jeffrey Ferman, David Kelley, Jose Fajardo(-2-), Andy Beaulieu, Rudi Grobler, Chad Campbell, and Andrej Tozon. ... Silverlight Cream for November 03, 2011 -- #1161 0 0 0
Track Changes and Advance Scroll Mode in Visual Studio 2010 ChrisD, January 1, 0001 In the recent update of Visual Studio 2010 productivity power tool there are few new interesting features introduced. You can download the Productivity tool from http://bit.ly/9nybU6 . There are certain ... Track Changes and Advance Scroll Mode in Visual Studio 2010 0 0 0
Finally: The 1600-volt Compact Hairdryer Mark Treadwell, January 1, 0001 You have to love Amazon. They will sell you anything. Get them while they last ... Finally: The 1600-volt Compact Hairdryer 0 0 0
GWB Influencer Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 I was pleasantly surprised to find out this week that I am now part of the Geeks With Blogs Influencers program. It is hard to believe that it has been 5 1/2 years since I started blogging here. It has ... GWB Influencer 0 0 1
INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 1 Summary MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Aims of Chapter 1 Explain the difference between good and poor interaction design Describe what interaction design is and how it relates to human-computer interaction and other fields Explain what is meant ... INF3720 – Interaction Design Chapter 1 Summary 0 0 0
Making HTML5 Video work with IIS Express Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 One of the cool things about HTML5 is the ability to play audio/video files out of the box without the dependency on plugins. Earlier I had written about HTML5 Video and the fallback using Silverlight ... Making HTML5 Video work with IIS Express 0 0 9
Disabling IPv6 marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 I often see that people want to disable IP v6 on their windows machine but instead of disabling it completly they uncheck the box on the network adaptor. Unfortunately that is not enough.... In general ... Disabling IPv6 0 0 0
O' Reilly Deal of the Day 3/Nov/2011 - Windows 7: The Missing M... TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's Deal of the Day from O'Reilley at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... at $15.99 is Windows 7: The Missing Manual "In early reviews, geeks raved about Windows 7. But if you're an ordinary ... O' Reilly Deal of the Day 3/Nov/2011 - Windows 7: The Missing M... 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day - 3/Nov/2011 - Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's APress Deal of the day at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010 "ASP.NET 4 is the principal standard for creating dynamic web pages on the Windows platform. Pro ASP.NET ... APress Deal of the Day - 3/Nov/2011 - Pro ASP.NET 4 in VB 2010 0 0 0
Getting started with the Azure Hosted TFS (aka TFSPreview): Creat... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Once you have successfully signed in to your environment, you are at the welcome screen, from here we will need to go to Administration. Once there, if you have not done so already, add a Team Project ... Getting started with the Azure Hosted TFS (aka TFSPreview): Creat... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for November 01, 2011 -- #1160 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this all-submittal post-"GoLive" 3 week marathon Issue: Vikas, Rene Schulte, Ollie Riches, Alex van Beek, Kevin Dockx, Michael Crump(-2-), Michael Washington, Antoni Dol, Colin Eberhardt(-2-, -3-), ... Silverlight Cream for November 01, 2011 -- #1160 0 0 0
Getting Lync for Mac working with Office 365 Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 About a month ago, Microsoft announced the release of Lync for Mac. If you have access to TechNet or MSDN you likely have access to download this tool. Among the benefits of the tool, being able to connect ... Getting Lync for Mac working with Office 365 0 0 0
Windows Phone Code Camp in Calgary on Saturday, Nov 5th David Paquette, January 1, 0001 Windows Phone 7.5 represents a new and credible challenge in the smartphone space for both consumers and businesses to adopt with confidence. With strong predictions from some of the leading think tank ... Windows Phone Code Camp in Calgary on Saturday, Nov 5th 0 0 0
Using Windows Azure table storage Shervin Shakibi, January 1, 0001 The Azure Table service, provides a semi-structured storage in the form of tables that contain a collection of entities, these entities have primary keys and set of properties. A property is a name, typed-value ... Using Windows Azure table storage 0 0 19
New Google Reader Layout | Not a Fan Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 I have always been a fan of Google Reader. I have been using it since it first came out and have never tried another feed reader. Yesterday they decided to update the UI to fit their new G+ look and in ... New Google Reader Layout | Not a Fan 0 0 4
Creating a Windows Azure VM Role Shervin Shakibi, January 1, 0001 I wanted to have a VM that I could access remotely and thought why not take advantage of the VM role. So I just documented my steps, for those of you might be interested, but more importantly for myself, ... Creating a Windows Azure VM Role 0 0 17
SilverlightShow for October 24 - 30, 2011 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for October 24 - 30, 2011. Here are the top 5 news on SilverlightShow for last week: Photoshop in METRO style Nokia giving away 25,000 Lumia ... SilverlightShow for October 24 - 30, 2011 0 0 0
My guest-blog post on Kinect for the MVP Award Program Blog mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Introduction I’m sure by now you have heard that the Kinect SDK has been released by Microsoft. I recently had a chance to Guest Blog for the Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog on “Getting the Most out of ... My guest-blog post on Kinect for the MVP Award Program Blog 0 0 0
Windows Azure: AppFabric sdk 1.5 xamlnotes, January 1, 0001 When you download the samples for this sdk, they are going to be read only as they are coming from the web. Windows 7 is pretty smart about this and automatically marks them read only, then VS 2010 picks ... Windows Azure: AppFabric sdk 1.5 0 0 0
Some myths of 'Textbook-TDD', and why they are wrong Thomas Weller, January 1, 0001 During the last months, I was (for some reasons that are not related to programming) working for a dev shop where software development was done the 'traditional' way: You just write your application's ... Some myths of 'Textbook-TDD', and why they are wrong 0 0 17
A follow up to installing a Dev SharePoint 2010 environment on Wi... Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Sometime ago, say around mid April, 2011 I posted about Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7 by going in a different path than using the standalone installation. This post is about what happens after ... A follow up to installing a Dev SharePoint 2010 environment on Wi... 0 0 0