Will the Amazon Beanstalk Obscure the Azure Skies? andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced the beta release of its “Elastic Beanstalk” Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. The platform Initially is available to Java developers only, but it sounds pretty ... Will the Amazon Beanstalk Obscure the Azure Skies? 0 0 2
XNA Notes 003 George Clingerman, January 1, 0001 Another week and another whirlwind of wonderful works coming from the XNA Community. I find it crazy just how hard it is to keep up with everything going on and knowing just how big the community has gotten ... XNA Notes 003 0 0 4
NetSparkle 1.0.35–Sample Feed for all Dirk Eisenberg, January 1, 0001 To make it easier for people to find out if NetSparkle would work in an application I created a sample feed and released the version 1.0.35. You will find the sample feed under the following URL: http://update.applimit.com/... ... NetSparkle 1.0.35–Sample Feed for all 0 0 0
Se denegó el acceso a la clave de Registro 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Acr... José Marcos García Espinosa, January 1, 0001 Estoy utilizando la librería de Report.NET para crear archivos PDF. En el ambiente de desarrollo (como siempre) todo funcionaba bien. Es al publicar la aplicación en el servidor cuando comenzaron los problemas. ... Se denegó el acceso a la clave de Registro 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Acr... 0 0 2
Silverlight Cream for January 18, 2011 -- #1030 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Mohamed Mosallem, Fons Sonnemans, Peter Kuhn, Pontus Wittenmark(-2-), Jeff Fansler, Gill Cleeren, Johnny Tordgeman, Jesse Liberty, Jeff Blankenburg, Walt Ritscher, WindowsPhoneGeek, Daniel ... Silverlight Cream for January 18, 2011 -- #1030 0 0 0
OneNote for iPhone Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 I remember looking forward to the day when my favorite Office tool would be available as an app for the iPhone, that day is today! Free at the moment, not sure if that will change. Check it out here … ... OneNote for iPhone 0 0 0
GiveCamp NYC 2011 - Project Development in under 48 hours David V. Corbin, January 1, 0001 This past weekend (Jan 14-16) there were GiveCamp events accross the country. At the New York City event, nearly 100 developers, designers and database administrators came together to dontate their time ... GiveCamp NYC 2011 - Project Development in under 48 hours 0 0 1
If I were in a Silverlight focus group, here is ten things I woul... mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Silverlight is a great product right off the shelf. I use it, love it and spend a lot of time helping the community understand it. This however, doesn’t mean that I don’t think that it can get better. ... If I were in a Silverlight focus group, here is ten things I woul... 0 0 19
Rebuilding a Mac Mini (early 2009) Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 This weekend I decided to rebuild the family’s Mac Mini. It’s the early 2009 model and I hadn’t done it since we got it in March of 2009. Even worse, I had done the import data step (or whatever Apple ... Rebuilding a Mac Mini (early 2009) 0 0 0
My Codemash 2011 Retrospective Greg Malcolm, January 1, 0001 I just got back from Codemash yesterday, and still on an adrenaline buzz. Here's my take on this years encounter: The Awesome Nearly everybody in one place Codemash is the ultimate place to catch up with ... My Codemash 2011 Retrospective 0 0 0
Build Controller status Unavailable issue in TFS2010 jehan, January 1, 0001 I ran into this problem few days back, I was not able to run the builds because the Build Controller was showing Status as Unavailable. It was showing the below exception: There was no endpoint listening ... Build Controller status Unavailable issue in TFS2010 0 0 7
Building InstallShield based Installers using Team Build 2010 jehan, January 1, 0001 Last few weeks, I have been working on Application Packaging stuff using all the widely used tools like InstallShield, WISE, WiX and Visual Studio Installer. So, I thought it would be good to post about ... Building InstallShield based Installers using Team Build 2010 0 0 9
XNA Notes 002 George Clingerman, January 1, 0001 This past week (much like every week in the XNA community) was filled with things happening and people doing cool things (and getting noticed for doing cool things!). You can definitely tell there are ... XNA Notes 002 0 0 2
Fake It Easy On Yourself Lee Brandt, January 1, 0001 I have been using Rhino.Mocks pretty much since I started being a mockist-type tester. I have been very happy with it for the most part, but a year or so ago, I got a glimpse of some tests using Moq. I ... Fake It Easy On Yourself 0 0 5
TFS 2010 and Expanding Possibilities ssmantha, January 1, 0001 My organization is migrating to the new Team Foundation Server 2010, and we all are busy experimenting with ALM features. I find it very exciting and I foresee quite a lot of possibilities for TFS 2010 ... TFS 2010 and Expanding Possibilities 0 0 3
Understanding Collabnet’s LDAP binding Robert May, January 1, 0001 We want to use both subversion usernames and passwords as well as Active Directory for our authentication on our Collabnet subversion server. This has proven to be more of a challenge than we thought, ... Understanding Collabnet’s LDAP binding 0 0 6
64kb limit on the size of MSMQ Multicast Messages John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 When Windows 2003 came out, Microsoft introduced the ability to broadcast messages to any machines that were listening back. All you had to do was send out a message on a particular port and IP address ... 64kb limit on the size of MSMQ Multicast Messages 0 0 5
I have finally traded my Blackberry in for a Droid! Bob Porter, January 1, 0001 Over the years I have used a number of different types of phones. Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Nokia, and now Android. Until the Blackberry, which was my last phone (and I still have one issued from my ... I have finally traded my Blackberry in for a Droid! 0 0 2
File Adapter FileName Macros IntegrationOverload, January 1, 0001 I can never find these when I need them... Macro name Substitute value %datetime% Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) date time in the format YYYY-MM-DDThhmmss (for example, 1997-07-12T103508). %datetime_bts2000% ... File Adapter FileName Macros 0 0 0
Shelving – What is it – and more importantly, can it ... Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 Since we shifted to TFS we’ve had the ability to perform what is known as ‘shelving’. Shelving (whilst not a wholly new topic in the world of SCC) is new to us, and didn’t exist in our previous SCC solution ... Shelving – What is it – and more importantly, can it ... 0 0 1
Poner aplicación Asp.Net en modo OFFLINE Jason Ulloa, January 1, 0001 Una de las opciones que todo aplicación debería tener es el poder ponerse en modo OFFLINE para evitar el acceso de usuarios. Esto es completamente necesario cuando queremos realizar cambios a nuestra aplicación ... Poner aplicación Asp.Net en modo OFFLINE 0 0 1
I, Android andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 I’m just back from the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). I go to CES to get a sense of what Microsoft is doing in the consumer space, and how people are reacting to it. When I first went to CES 2 years ... I, Android 0 0 2
TFS Build Server not finding 'Microsoft.Expression.Interactions&r... Chris Skardon, January 1, 0001 We’ve been trying to get the build server to pick up the Microsoft.Expression.Intera... needed so we can use things like the ExtendedVisualStateManager and the DataStateBehavior. Adding the DataStateBehavior ... TFS Build Server not finding 'Microsoft.Expression.Interactions&r... 0 0 0
IE9, HTML5 and truck load of other stuff happening around the web Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 First of all, I haven’t been updating this blog as regularly as it used to be. Primarily, due to the fact that, I was visiting a lot of cities talking about SharePoint, Web Matrix, IE9 and few other stuff. ... IE9, HTML5 and truck load of other stuff happening around the web 0 0 13
Going Paperless Jesse Taber, January 1, 0001 This blog post has moved:http://gruffcode.com/2011/01/10/going-paperless/ Going Paperless 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day 9/Jan/2011 - Pro Silverlight 3 in VB TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Today's $10 deal from APress at http://www.apress.com/info/... is Pro Silverlight 3 in VB Silverlight is a lightweight browser plug-in that frees your code from the traditional confines of the browser. ... APress Deal of the Day 9/Jan/2011 - Pro Silverlight 3 in VB 0 0 0
Using a saved password for remote desktop access from Windows 7 TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 This past week I have been accessing a remote server by remote desktop access from a Windows 7 PC. Whilst I could save the password, windows 7 will not use it if the remote system is not fully verified. ... Using a saved password for remote desktop access from Windows 7 0 0 0
A useful ZIP utility for DotNet TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 The DotNetZip Codeplex project at http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/ looks to be an effective means of programmatically zipping and unzipping files. The source is also available. It is a VS2008 solution that ... A useful ZIP utility for DotNet 0 0 0
Extreme Optimization – Numerical Algorithm Support JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Function Delegates Many calculations involve the repeated evaluation of one or more user-supplied functions eg Numerical integration. The EO MathLib provides delegate types for common function signatures ... Extreme Optimization – Numerical Algorithm Support 0 0 1
Are these 2 strings equal? Shawn Cicoria, January 1, 0001 I spent way too many hours on this one. I was going through full configuration of ADFS v2 with WCF active client scenarios and using self generated certificates, had all things lined up perfectly. Using ... Are these 2 strings equal? 0 0 0
XNA Notes 001 George Clingerman, January 1, 0001 Just a quick recap of things I noticed going on in or around the XNA community this past week. I’m sure there’s a lot I missed (it’s a pretty big community with lots of different parts to it) but these ... XNA Notes 001 0 0 3
Extreme Optimization –Mathematical Constants and Basic Functions JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Machine constants The MachineConstants class - contains constants for floating-point arithmetic because the CLS System.Single and Double floating-point types do not follow the standard conventions and ... Extreme Optimization –Mathematical Constants and Basic Functions 0 0 1
BizTalk and SQL: Alternatives to the SQL receive adapter. Using M... Leonid Ganeline, January 1, 0001 If we have to get data from the SQL database, the standard way is to use a receive port with SQL adapter. SQL receive adapter is a solicit-response adapter. It periodically polls the SQL database with ... BizTalk and SQL: Alternatives to the SQL receive adapter. Using M... 0 0 6
Authentication Error with SharePoint Application which uses Host ... MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 This is known issue with SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010 on Windows Server 2008 platform and not specific to any sharepoint application. Problem: Your windows credential doesn’t work if you try to log ... Authentication Error with SharePoint Application which uses Host ... 0 0 3
Top 10 Vulnerabilidades de Seguridad en el WEB.CONFIG- PARTE 1 Jason Ulloa, January 1, 0001 Durante estos post, mostraré los 10 problemas o errores de configuración en el web.config que provocan grandes vulnerabilidades en las aplicaciones. Estos errores, en su mayoría vienen dados por desconocimiento ... Top 10 Vulnerabilidades de Seguridad en el WEB.CONFIG- PARTE 1 0 0 3
Cryptographic Validation Explained MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 We have been using LogicNP’s CryptoLicensing for some of our software and I was battling to understand how exactly the whole process worked. I was sent the following document which really helped explain ... Cryptographic Validation Explained 0 0 1
Database Rebuild Robert May, January 1, 0001 I promised I’d have a simpler mechanism for rebuilding the database. Below is a complete MSBuild targets file for rebuilding the database from scratch. I don’t know if I’ve explained the rational for this. ... Database Rebuild 0 0 0
What is the best book on Silverlight 4? mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Silverlight/Expression 4 Books! I recently stumbled upon a post asking, “What is the best book on Silverlight 4?” In the age of the internet, it can be hard for anyone searching for a good book to actually ... What is the best book on Silverlight 4? 0 0 2
BizTalk HL7 Receive Pipeline Exception Paul Petrov, January 1, 0001 If you experience sequence of errors below with BizTalk HL7 MLLP receive ports you may need to request a hotfix from Microsoft. Knowledge base article number is 2454887 but it’s still not available on ... BizTalk HL7 Receive Pipeline Exception 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for December 31, 2010 -- #1019 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Washington, Thomas Martinsen, Mike Ormond, William E. Burrows(-2-), Vangos Pterneas, Jesse Liberty, Diptimaya Patra, and Jeff Blankenburg(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Drag ... Silverlight Cream for December 31, 2010 -- #1019 0 0 0
Why I Love Microsoft Development Brian Lanham, January 1, 0001 I've been writing software for a while and recently had an opportunity to broaden my horizons and start developing for iOS. We decided to leverage, as much as possible, our existing skills and use MonoTouch ... Why I Love Microsoft Development 0 0 4
SharpBox 1.0.3 - Happy New Year Dirk Eisenberg, January 1, 0001 Our project goal in 2010 was to push out the solved issues and a couple of features in the SharpBox library within a new release. I'm proud to announce that we achieved this goal on the last day of this ... SharpBox 1.0.3 - Happy New Year 0 0 0
Christmas in the Clouds andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 I have been spending the last 2 weeks immersing myself in a number of Windows Azure and SQL Azure technologies. And in setting up a new business (I’ll speak more about that in the future), I have also ... Christmas in the Clouds 0 0 0
BizTalk 2009 - Pipeline Component Wizard Error Stuart Brierley, January 1, 0001 When attempting to run the BizTalk Server Pipeline Component Wizard for the first time I encountered an error that prevented the creation of the pipeline component project: System.ArgumentException : Value ... BizTalk 2009 - Pipeline Component Wizard Error 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for December 29, 2010 -- #1018 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Arik Poznanski, Derik Whittaker(-2-), Alex Knight, Maurice de Beijer, Jesse Liberty, Jason Ginchereau, Jeff Blankenburg, Mike Snow, and Peter Kuhn. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for December 29, 2010 -- #1018 0 0 0
My Windows Phone 7 experience: 45 days in Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 November 13th, 2010 was the day I got my Windows Phone 7. It was an exciting day, a lot of anxiety too. Over a phone? Sadly, yes! Being a Zune Pass subscriber, it was something worth looking forward too, ... My Windows Phone 7 experience: 45 days in 0 0 1
Repeater with no data MoezMousavi, January 1, 0001 Empty data in repeater doesn't have a template. Have a look at this: if (rptMyRepeater.Items.Count < 1) { if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Footer) { Label lblFooter = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("... ... Repeater with no data 0 0 0
Client side page validation MoezMousavi, January 1, 0001 Wish you ever validate the page using .NET validation controls in JS for any reason? Just use Page_ClientValidate in a javascript function or something. Page_ClientValidate('Valida... ... Client side page validation 0 0 0
The life saver HttpContext.Current.Items["ParameterName"] MoezMousavi, January 1, 0001 I got stocked passing parameter to one master page for some reasons, seems the page lifecycle and dynamic loading of the master pages has got some issues with defining public properties in the masterpage ... The life saver HttpContext.Current.Items["ParameterName"] 0 0 0
Timeout Considerations for Solicit Response – Part 2 Michael Stephenson, January 1, 0001 To follow up a previous article about timeouts and how they can affect your application I have extended the sample we were using to include WCF. I will execute some test scenarios and discuss the results. ... Timeout Considerations for Solicit Response – Part 2 0 0 6