Just launched another open source project QrCode.Net at qrcodenet... George Mamaladze, January 1, 0001 Download binaries and application – 32K Source code – 99K Background Recently I was looking for a .NET implementation of QR code generator. Most of components either use online services to generate and/or ... Just launched another open source project QrCode.Net at qrcodenet... 0 0 2
jwplayer file not found or access denied checklist BenAdler, January 1, 0001 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; ... jwplayer file not found or access denied checklist 0 0 9
Scripting with Mono raccoon_tim, January 1, 0001 C++ is a very powerful language. Well written native C++ code can perform much better than managed languages like C# and Java due to optimizations that the managed systems are not able to perform during ... Scripting with Mono 0 0 0
IASA South East Florida Chapter – Meeting Report September 20, 20... Rainer Habermann, January 1, 0001 All seats were taken at the September IASA Chapter meeting. I opened the meeting with a short introduction of the officers and members of the board of directors as well as mentioning the benefits and opportunities ... IASA South East Florida Chapter – Meeting Report September 20, 20... 0 0 0
Microsoft Is Dead, Long Live SalesForce? Tim Murphy, January 1, 0001 A number of people returned from the recent Dreamforce conference. One told me that this is now the largest IT conference. This information was followed up with the statement that Microsoft is missing ... Microsoft Is Dead, Long Live SalesForce? 0 0 1
Enabling Frame Rate Counters for XAML Applications in Windows 8 mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Introduction One of the things that we all look at before we ship software is the performance of our apps. Last November, I posted a quick and easy way to do it in Silverlight. Today, I am going to walk ... Enabling Frame Rate Counters for XAML Applications in Windows 8 0 0 0
SVG - an introduction JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 So someone moved your Silverlight cheese? Go and get some HTML5 cheese! Before WPF/E & Avalon were anything more than vapourware, W3C had the SVG standard(Scallable Vector Graphics) for 2D vector graphics ... SVG - an introduction 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2011 -- #1146 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Eric Jensen, Andrea Boschin, Gill Cleeren, Rene Schulte, Colin Eberhardt(-2-), Mark Tucker(-2-), Mark Monster, Walter Ferrari, and Michael Washington(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Welcome ... Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2011 -- #1146 0 0 0
My Windows 8 slate has split personalities–and what Microso... Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I had dinner the other night with my good friend Josh Smith, and of course we started talking about Windows 8. Something he said was pretty much spot on: He said that Windows 8 feels as if it has split ... My Windows 8 slate has split personalities–and what Microso... 0 0 0
My guest-blog post on Silverlight 5 for the MVP Award Program Blo... mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Introduction I’m sure by now you have heard that the Silverlight 5 Release Candidate has been released. I recently had a chance to Guest Blog for the Microsoft MVP Award Program Blog on “Getting Started ... My guest-blog post on Silverlight 5 for the MVP Award Program Blo... 0 0 3
Comparison of Windows Azure Storage Queues and Service Bus Queues... Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 Nice table comparing Windows Azure Queues vs. Windows Azure AppFabric Service Bus – note the comment regarding in WAZ SDK 1.5 Queue message size is now 64KB Of course, I like the name of the blog too. ... Comparison of Windows Azure Storage Queues and Service Bus Queues... 0 0 0
How to execute a javascript function every time an updatepanel ex... Sglima, January 1, 0001 <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> Sys.WebForms.PageRequestMan... function refresh() { //Your code here; } </script> Source ... How to execute a javascript function every time an updatepanel ex... 0 0 0
The BUILD Conference Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 What a week it has been! The BUILD Conference just concluded http://www.buildwindows.com... and there were tons of announcements. This is one of the reasons I am passionate about ... The BUILD Conference 0 0 5
Book Review: Microsoft BizTalk 2010 Line of Business Systems Inte... Charles Young, January 1, 0001 One benefit of my recent experience on a BA flight was that I got plenty of time to read through “Microsoft BizTalk 2010 Line of Business Systems Integration”. I’d promised the publisher weeks ago that ... Book Review: Microsoft BizTalk 2010 Line of Business Systems Inte... 0 0 0
Review of InRule v 4.0 Business Rule Authoring system Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 I’ve worked with the BizTalk Rule Engine and various rule systems using Windows Workflow Foundation with varying degrees of success, so I was interested in seeing InRule’s solution, billed as “The Premier ... Review of InRule v 4.0 Business Rule Authoring system 0 0 1
Select First Row In Group using Custom Comparer Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We have a requirement for a list of itineraries with multple itinerary items show only single itinerary in the list with details of one of the items selected based on some custom sorting logic. So I needed ... Select First Row In Group using Custom Comparer 0 0 1
//BUILD + 2 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 I'm back... what did I miss?? Oh wait... you're expecting info from me about my week I guess :) I had an awesome time: Met tons of people that I didn't already know. Renewed friendships with another ton ... //BUILD + 2 0 0 2
My thoughts about Build, Windows 8, WinRT, XAML and Silverlight Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Last week, Microsoft held their long awaited Build Windows (or simply "Build") conference in Anaheim CA. About 5000 people packed the convention center to discover the latest version of the Windows operation ... My thoughts about Build, Windows 8, WinRT, XAML and Silverlight 0 0 0
Windows 8 First Impressions Valter Minute, January 1, 0001 Technorati Tags: Windows 8 Just like many thousands of geeks around the world I downloaded the Windows 8 preview from Microsoft’s website: http://msdn.microsoft.com/e... and spent ... Windows 8 First Impressions 0 0 0
Serializable attribute is not related to XmlSerializer. Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 .Net has several methods of serialization and sometimes it causes a lot of confusion even for experienced programmers. I believe the best article to describe the different methods is Aaron Skonnard’s Serialization ... Serializable attribute is not related to XmlSerializer. 0 0 0
Performance Analysis Tools for SQL Server Server , IIS , SharePoi... AbhishekLohani, January 1, 0001 The PAL(Performance Analysis of Logs ) tool is used to generate an HTML-based report that graphically charts important performance monitor counters and generates alerts when thresholds for these counters ... Performance Analysis Tools for SQL Server Server , IIS , SharePoi... 0 0 0
TFS Azure–Technical Access Preview Experience! Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 I have been part of the Azure TFS Technical Access Preview (TAP) since March 2011. TFS Azure has been previewed and officially announced as TFS Service in the 2011 Build Conference, California. The Non-Disclosure ... TFS Azure–Technical Access Preview Experience! 0 0 6
Sharepoint Conference 2011, Anaheim, CA David Barrett, January 1, 0001 If you’ll be at the Sharepoint Conference this year, here’s something you’ll want to tuck into your back pocket. See the following information on some cool Sharepoint solutions and some fun stuff to boot, ... Sharepoint Conference 2011, Anaheim, CA 0 0 0
Dumpster Diving and Recovery Databases in Exchange 2010 SP1 jeffsinger, January 1, 0001 We recently implemented an email archiving solution at work. One of the requirements was that we configure automatic purging of messages older than 6 months in Exchange. One of our IT managers spent the ... Dumpster Diving and Recovery Databases in Exchange 2010 SP1 0 0 10
Build - Not all it could be. JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Programming for Metro Metro is the future http://zd.net/rnT9VZ .NET is for old apps. WinRT replaces WPF & WCF. XAML is big. There were no Silverlight sessions. HTML 5 and Javascript ( Blend for HTML) ... Build - Not all it could be. 0 0 3
Installation Guide to Install Windows 8 Developer Preview on Virt... Jay Fox, January 1, 0001 Step by Step Installation Guide to Install Windows 8 Developer Preview on Virtual Box Microsoft revealed Developer Preview of Windows 8 on 13th September 2011. Windows 8 is adhering Metro Design Gudielines. ... Installation Guide to Install Windows 8 Developer Preview on Virt... 0 0 0
Arrays of ValueTypes don't like object.Equals Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 This had me pulling my hair out for a couple days: byte[] _A = new byte[64]; // Fill _A with some meaningful, valid data. byte[] _B = new byte[_A.Length]; _A.CopyTo( _B, 0 ); if( !_A.Equals( _B ) ) { throw ... Arrays of ValueTypes don't like object.Equals 0 0 2
Professional Windows Embedded Compact 7 Valter Minute, January 1, 0001 This new book targets embedded developers that want to use the latest release of the Windows CE/Windows Embedded Compact OS family. It has been written by Samuel Phung (that wrote also the excellent “Professional ... Professional Windows Embedded Compact 7 0 0 0
3 Buzz-words that every CIO hears but 1 they should listen to. Webgui, January 1, 0001 Anyone that’s managing an enterprise IT with aging or outdated client/server systems is starting to feel the heat. Soon, their systems and applications will be obsolete and unsupported. At the same time, ... 3 Buzz-words that every CIO hears but 1 they should listen to. 0 0 11
Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview released Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 The Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview was released to MSDN subscribers yesterday, and will be available in general release tomorrow (9/16). There's way too many new features to list them all here (for ... Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview released 0 0 0
Perspective from BUILD Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 This week I’m at the Microsoft Build/Windows conference. Now I’ve been to many conferences throughout the years and this is the first conference where I literally knew nothing about including the agenda. ... Perspective from BUILD 0 0 0
Windows 8, Metro and IE10: First impressions Charles Young, January 1, 0001 I've just installed the Windows 8 Developer Preview. These are some first impressions: Installation of the preview was quite smooth and didn't take too long. It took a few minutes to extract the files ... Windows 8, Metro and IE10: First impressions 0 0 12
Technical Wisdom joeeames, January 1, 0001 I was recently discussing some common flaws in application architecture with David Adsit (codeobsession.blogspot.com/) about wisdom in development. Have you ever looked at a system and seen somethings ... Technical Wisdom 0 0 1
Speaking at the MCT Summit in San Francisco, Oct. 19th-21st Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 As an MCT it is always exciting when I travel to conferences because it becomes a reunion. Well, one more chance this year to make it so, but this time (unlike the last MCT Summit) I am also presenting. ... Speaking at the MCT Summit in San Francisco, Oct. 19th-21st 0 0 0
Go Asynchronous with C# 5 - presentation, source code and links f... Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 A big thanks to my lively audience at the NxtGenUG Birmingham group tonight who provided excellent feedback. I enjoyed the live coding to try to explore the limits of the framework, even though it was ... Go Asynchronous with C# 5 - presentation, source code and links f... 0 0 2
Bullet Points from Build–Day 1 and my thoughts mbcrump, January 1, 0001 I usually do a bullet points from major conference events like this one from Mix11. The purpose of this post is to get you up to speed quickly with news and links you may enjoy. Build – Day 1 Keynote Windows ... Bullet Points from Build–Day 1 and my thoughts 0 0 2
AppFabric Access Control Service Webcast - Using Social Identity ... Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 I’ve started to take a look at the Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS), and have started an ACS sectionon Cloud Casts. The first webcast looks at using social identity providers to provide authentication ... AppFabric Access Control Service Webcast - Using Social Identity ... 0 0 0
How do I get access to DB2 from my .NET applications? Paula DiTallo, January 1, 0001 You have at least 2 choices: Source 1: SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack http://www.microsoft.com/do... ... this includes Microsoft OLEDB Provider for DB2 Source 2: Available from ... How do I get access to DB2 from my .NET applications? 0 0 2
BUILD Keynote Notes | From Virtual Link Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 Demostration of Windows 8 Lots of great stuff going on with Windows 7 installs Touch First, Mouse Second – Wow, that is going to be interesting Demo of a netbook from two years ago running Windows 8 using ... BUILD Keynote Notes | From Virtual Link 0 0 0
//build conference in Anaheim: Keynote notes #bldwin Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 As usual when I attend a conference, I like to take quick notes to remember what it was all about and take some time later to analyze it. Since Windows 8 is going to be the next big things, let me share ... //build conference in Anaheim: Keynote notes #bldwin 0 0 0
Working with Android on Windows and without Cygwin raccoon_tim, January 1, 0001 Our engine is written in almost pure C++ with some part in C# that run on Mono. The code base is huge which mans that we’re primarily looking for platforms that support C++ development. Looking at the ... Working with Android on Windows and without Cygwin 0 0 0
Live Blogging Build Keynotes D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 We're 10 minutes away from the Build keynote, and I'm going to be live blogging the event. Now, to be clear, you shouldn't just read this - I mean, the keynotes are streaming live online. But I want to ... Live Blogging Build Keynotes 0 0 0
//Build/ - Day 0 D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Today was Day 0 of the Microsoft Build conference here in Anaheim - a day for attendees to travel, get their registration done early, and set up their session schedule for the remainder of the week.But ... //Build/ - Day 0 0 0 2
//BUILD - 2 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 //BUILD - 2 Well... here I am in Anaheim, on 9/11, a day early for the Billy Hollis PreCon tomorrow. Sitting here wondering what this week is going to bring. I believe there are a few people I count as ... //BUILD - 2 0 0 5
Configure MySql .Net Connector with Entity Framework Paul Petrov, January 1, 0001 I've been working lately on web application that uses Asp.Net MVC, WordPress and MySQL database. To communicate from .NET code to MySQL database using Entity Framework we installed MySql .NET Connector. ... Configure MySql .Net Connector with Entity Framework 0 0 0
New Release of SQL Azure Shaun, January 1, 0001 On the 9th Sep, the SQL Azure team announced that the new version of SQL Azure had just been release. In this version not only the SQL Azure engine had been upgraded, the SQL Azure Management Portal had ... New Release of SQL Azure 0 0 0
Windows 8 a fitting competitor for the Apple iPad iOS Kit Ong, January 1, 0001 Although Android tablets have been gaining increasing market share, they are still not as popular as the iPad, could Microsoft challenge the tablet market with their new OS Windows 8? It certainly looks ... Windows 8 a fitting competitor for the Apple iPad iOS 0 0 2
The AsyncOperationService and HttpWebRequest codingbloke, January 1, 0001 In the previous post I droned on about how to apply the AsyncOperationService to an API conforming to the .NET Asynchronous pattern. In this post I’ll be building a more real world example. Well I say ... The AsyncOperationService and HttpWebRequest 0 0 1
Compiler doesn’t report missing 'Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocat... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 I’ve upgraded Enterprise Library form 4. to 5 and replaced references to the DLLs (in particular we are using EnterpriseLibrary.Logging”) Compiler doesn’t report any errors about missing dependencies however ... Compiler doesn’t report missing 'Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocat... 0 0 1
Changing “Trusted Sites” list affected HttpWebRequest in applicat... Michael Freidgeim, January 1, 0001 We have a webscraper ASP.Net application, that worked fine on developers and test environments, but didn’t work on some machines with more strict security settings. HttpWebRequest failed with System.Net.WebException: ... Changing “Trusted Sites” list affected HttpWebRequest in applicat... 0 0 0