Goodbye XML… Hello YAML (part 1) Brian Genisio's House Of Bilz, January 1, 0001 Part 2 This is the first in a many-part series in which I will be writing about using YAML in the .Net space – particularly within C#. I will cover the whys, the hows, and show some tricks using the dynamic ... Goodbye XML… Hello YAML (part 1) 0 0 9
SharePoint Excel Services 2007 is Exciting, HUH? Mike Huguet, January 1, 0001 Over the past three plus years that I have been working with SharePoint, I have never had the pleasure of giving an Excel Services presentation to a client. Well, thanks to our awesome sales team this ... SharePoint Excel Services 2007 is Exciting, HUH? 0 0 0
Virtual Machines for Consultants and Developers Bob Porter, January 1, 0001 This is not a new topic for most of us, however there are aspects of using Virtual Machines that are applicable to us as developers and consultants that are not often discussed. As a consultant, when I ... Virtual Machines for Consultants and Developers 0 0 3
How to: force a Windows Installer Custom Action form to show on t... Bretshawn, January 1, 0001 Custom Actions can be a simple way to add needed UI elements to the Visual Studio Setup Project, without having to get your hands dirty. However, Windows Vista and Windows 7 push those Custom Action forms ... How to: force a Windows Installer Custom Action form to show on t... 0 0 10
The Dynamic pages load!! Mai Nguyen, January 1, 0001 The Dynamic pages load!! Effective web pages are the result of mmany different factors, including compelling content, good design, and attention to details, such as how fast the page load In other words, ... The Dynamic pages load!! 0 0 0
Automating SharePoint configuration with MSBuild and SAF SAF, January 1, 0001 One of the major areas developed for v2 of the SharePoint Action Framework (SAF) is its ability to integrate tightly with Msbuild. In order to get SAF working, you simply need to reference the Msbuild ... Automating SharePoint configuration with MSBuild and SAF 0 0 1
.NET DEVELOPMENT WITH ODAC 11.1.0.7.20 BelugaNeil, January 1, 0001 I've installed .NET DEVELOPMENT WITH ODAC 11.1.0.7.20 and apart from having to reboot my machine once it looks very good. I can use a sophisticated set of tools to look at an Oracle database. Works in ... .NET DEVELOPMENT WITH ODAC 11.1.0.7.20 0 0 0
Virtual PC BIOS password protection is a MOO point Kevin Shyr, January 1, 0001 Sometimes what Joey said made sense. Need some recollection of comedy to cheer me up because I'm pretty bummed out right now. For a while, I've been "protecting" my virtual PC by putting a password on ... Virtual PC BIOS password protection is a MOO point 0 0 0
Right Employees + Happy Employees = Productive Employees D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 I’m sitting in an area of the Microsoft campus called The Mixer. It’s one of a number of buildings that comprise an area offering restaurants, cafeterias, patios, professional services (credit union, hair ... Right Employees + Happy Employees = Productive Employees 0 0 1
WS-Discovery acting flaky from Host with Hyper-V virtual interfac... Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 I ran into a situation where I was trying out WS-Discovery. you know the new WCF capability that allows you dynamically find services on your local network. Which would come in handy if say some company ... WS-Discovery acting flaky from Host with Hyper-V virtual interfac... 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for February 17, 2010 -- #799 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: SilverLaw, Mike Taulty, and Victor Gaudioso. Shoutout: John Papa announced SL TV 8: Silverlight Client for Facebook From SilverlightCream.com: Since I'm at #MVP10, I'm going to be running ... Silverlight Cream for February 17, 2010 -- #799 0 0 0
Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Developer Toolkit now available TechTwaddle, January 1, 0001 The Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Developer Toolkit (DTK) is finally out. You can download both the professional and standard images from here. Note that this is again a DTK, not a SDK, so you will need Windows ... Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Developer Toolkit now available 0 0 0
Office 2007 Plain Text Issue Theo Moore, January 1, 0001 We had something odd happen in our office the other day. We finally installed Office 2007. Most of us had no issues at all. However, one of our co-workers installed it on her machine and then applied the ... Office 2007 Plain Text Issue 0 0 0
Is Visual Studio 2010 RC crashing on you? Then install the patch Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 I did a session yesterday on Entity Framework 4 using Visual Studio 2010 RC. Unfortunately VS2010 crashed on me 4 or 5 times during my presentation whilst editing code (I resolved it by copy and paste ... Is Visual Studio 2010 RC crashing on you? Then install the patch 0 0 2
XSD Validation from BizTalk Orchestrations charlie.mott, January 1, 0001 Article Source: http://geekswithblogs.net/c... There are various blog articles that give sample .NET code that can be used to validate a message against a schema from a BizTalk orchestration. These ... XSD Validation from BizTalk Orchestrations 0 0 3
Devil’s Advocate, 7 Series andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 Today’s briefing by Microsoft on their re-booted mobile platform and strategy was very impressive. The prototype hardware they showed looked great and the UI was attractive, productive and unique; it was ... Devil’s Advocate, 7 Series 0 0 2
Prairie Developer Conference Site and Registration are Live! D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 http://www.prairiedevcon.com I’m thrilled to announce that registration is open for the Prairie Developer Conference! The website is also live, with full sessions (including info on the post-conference ... Prairie Developer Conference Site and Registration are Live! 0 0 0
Excited about Microsoft MWC 2009 Keynote Sarang, January 1, 0001 All you tech addicts out there must be following the MWC 2010 keenly enough. But today (tonight for me in India) is a night I've been waiting eagerly. Kind of with the same teeny excitement with which ... Excited about Microsoft MWC 2009 Keynote 0 0 0
Bioshock 2: Great game, but why? Theo Moore, January 1, 0001 I love the Bioshock series (guess it's a series now that there are two of them), I really do. I've completed them both, and am tempted to start the first one over and do through them to get the other ending ... Bioshock 2: Great game, but why? 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for February 14, 2010 -- #798 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Karl Shifflett, Rishi, and David Anson. Shoutouts: Victor Gaudioso has updated his video archive page: All of My Silverlight Video Tutorials in One Place (revised again 02.10.10) Michael ... Silverlight Cream for February 14, 2010 -- #798 0 0 0
9 years of having a cell phone… Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 …or an excuse to write about my cool new phone. I got a new phone this past week. One which I think is really cool, but before I talk about it, I want stroll through the previous cell phones I’ve owned. ... 9 years of having a cell phone… 0 0 0
Installing Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for SharePoint 2007 v3 Bob Porter, January 1, 0001 I have been using VSeWSS 1.3 since it first became available. As of this writing it is still in the CTP release stage. The previous version, 1.2 is still available, but the biggest advantage of the 1.3 ... Installing Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for SharePoint 2007 v3 0 0 2
My latest postings BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Reading 'How to put your iPhone in DFU mode' on http://microtastic.homeip.n... Build View progress bar http://icio.us/ekz0ud New blog post: http://tinyurl.com/ylk7kso - BizTalk Blog Post ... My latest postings 0 0 0
Resurrecting My Sony Palm Clie NX70V Bob Porter, January 1, 0001 Recently my son had noticed that I was reading eBooks on my BlackBerry Storm using MobiPocket reader. Since he and I share an interest in a lot of the same books, he inquired as to if he could do the same ... Resurrecting My Sony Palm Clie NX70V 0 0 12
SOAP Header required information from Web Service Mai Nguyen, January 1, 0001 From what I understand that .NET is rich with classesa andd Web Service Suppor, and SOAP headers arewith the authentication theme... The first thing to do this is create a class that will represent the ... SOAP Header required information from Web Service 0 0 0
Using Gnome Partition Editor (GParted) to transfer Windows Server... Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 UPDATE 15 February 2010 : See Virtual PC Guy's Blog here for a crucial item of information about the Windows Startup repair not restoring the Hyper-V service as an automated service. Basically once you ... Using Gnome Partition Editor (GParted) to transfer Windows Server... 0 0 1
Sharepoint Search Stopped Working: Event ID: 2436 Event ID: 242... kversaw, January 1, 0001 The Technology: WSS 3.0 running on Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition, Service Pack 2. The Issue: Sharepoint search stops working, for no apparent reason. Some Clues: At the scheduled time when the ... Sharepoint Search Stopped Working: Event ID: 2436 Event ID: 242... 0 0 3
Setting App.Config attributes at Run-time in C# BelugaNeil, January 1, 0001 Manipulating app.config attributes at run time in C# appears to be simple. However most of the samples I've looked at don't work or are impenetrable. Simply in app.config file at design time add some userSettings ... Setting App.Config attributes at Run-time in C# 0 0 0
Windows 7 sin acceso a dispositivos de red José Marcos García Espinosa, January 1, 0001 A principios de esta semana, tuve que configurar una máquina con Windows 7 para usarla como un equipo de trabajo más de nuestra red. Todo parecía ir bien hasta que intenté conectarlo al servidor de control ... Windows 7 sin acceso a dispositivos de red 0 0 19
Thinking With Collections Ryan Ohs, January 1, 0001 I was recently having a discussion with @tyarmer and @g0t4 about what is necessary to sufficently test a method that determines the previous business day. There are quite a few unique scenarios that can ... Thinking With Collections 0 0 0
Brad Smith on the Cloud in the 21st century Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Something a little different. No mentions of web roles, nodes or queues – but interesting nevertheless. Brad Smith gave Microsoft’s vision of cloud computing devoted to the economic success of Europe. ... Brad Smith on the Cloud in the 21st century 0 0 0
Be careful what you wish for... Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 ...because you might get it... Today I finally got Office 2007 installed on this machine at my client's facility. They even installed OneNote for me. But I made one small teensy error... I neglected to ... Be careful what you wish for... 0 0 0
SAAS vs Software + Services Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 Saas vs. S+S Saas is an architectural paradigm where a solution architecture can benefit from the economies of scale of the data and behavior of that architecture being built and hosted in the cloud by ... SAAS vs Software + Services 0 0 0
Preparing SharePoint 2010 (SP2010) Development Machine MJ Ferdous, January 1, 0001 AS you already know SharePoint 2010 is in Beta release and it only supported for 64-bit OS. I am sorry for them who are looking for a SP2010 version for 32-bit OS. Here i will explain what you need to ... Preparing SharePoint 2010 (SP2010) Development Machine 0 0 0
Green Health Solutions Juan Suero, January 1, 0001 Putting my last attempt at creating a business on the shelf... Passed to second round of grant funding but ultimately did not receive grant. We were looking to submit GHS for the first round of federal ... Green Health Solutions 0 0 2
Two-way data binding in ASP.NET - Part 1 panpra, January 1, 0001 Data binding is a powerful paradigm to reduce boilerplate code. In this post I am going to talk about a way to convert Object Container Data Source (OCDS) to support hierarchical two-way data binding with ... Two-way data binding in ASP.NET - Part 1 0 0 1
Q&A: Do I get charged compute hours for every role in my Wind... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 [Advert: Interested in Azure? Based in the UK? Be amongst friends -> http://ukazure.ning.com/] [Check out my other QandAs] A common question I get is “Do I get charged compute hours for every role type ... Q&A: Do I get charged compute hours for every role in my Wind... 0 0 0
Feb 4 2010 Windows Phone Deployment Patterns Akshay Deep Lamba, January 1, 0001 I come from a C++ (and now C#) background. In both languages the index of the first item in a list is zero, so I like to stay consistent to that when working with other list (including blog post). In this ... Feb 4 2010 Windows Phone Deployment Patterns 0 0 0
Setting up icons for a Silverlight OOB application Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 In Silverlight 3 and 4, it is possible to create a Silverlight application and to have the user install it on the desktop (aka Out Of the Browser OOB). This is a great way to offer a “light desktop” experience, ... Setting up icons for a Silverlight OOB application 0 0 0
Windows Azure Command Line Tools Josh Holmes, January 1, 0001 There are times that you just need to leverage the raw power that you can get from the command line. For example, if you are trying to script something or if you are on a machine that is not all tooled ... Windows Azure Command Line Tools 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for February 05, 2010 -- #793 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Joel Neubeck, James Bacon, Jeremy Likness, John Stockton, Fredrik Normén, Subodh Pushpak, Alexander Golesh, PhaniRajuYN, Victor Gaudioso, and Syed Mehroz Alam. Shoutouts: Michael Sync posted ... Silverlight Cream for February 05, 2010 -- #793 0 0 0
Setting up SVN on Windows Agha Usman Ahmed, January 1, 0001 Subversion is ultimately one of the best source control option we have in today’s world. it has very light instance running on Server and of course it is FREE. To access the Subversion repository on the ... Setting up SVN on Windows 0 0 6
Everything you ever wanted to know about compression, but were af... James Fleming, January 1, 0001 I wanted to pull together all of my notes on compression I've gathered from various sources and bring them together here, in the hope that it would help someone else. All of this information is from reliable ... Everything you ever wanted to know about compression, but were af... 0 0 0
How to debug SharePoint feature receivers Geordie, January 1, 0001 Just a quick one to detail how this is done in case someone finds it useful. For those still getting into working with SharePoint features, a feature receiver is a class which contains some code you've ... How to debug SharePoint feature receivers 0 0 0
Searching for Files Using the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt Jeff Paterno, January 1, 0001 I just ran into a scenario where I couldn't find a file in it's expected directory. I took the next logical step and ran a typical search using Windows Explorer. Unfortunately this search turned up no ... Searching for Files Using the Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt 0 0 2
Silverlight Cream for February 04, 2010 -- #792 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Nokola, Braulio Díez Botella, Gavin Wignall, David Poll, Mike Taulty, Pete Brown, Tim Heuer, Bruce Abernethy(2), and Kathleen McGrath. Shoutouts: John Bruin has a fun Silverlight app up ... Silverlight Cream for February 04, 2010 -- #792 0 0 0
Implement custom Claim based Authorization in ASP.NET MVC Web App... Shahed Khan, January 1, 0001 To download the source code please click here Introduction Claim-based authorization is a new model of authorization introduced in Windows Communication Foundation. This model addresses more scenarios ... Implement custom Claim based Authorization in ASP.NET MVC Web App... 0 0 0
Thought: More on Microsoft and iPad BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Already for the iPhone we have desktop remoting apps. Microsoft think around some of the following: 1. SCOM Monitor for iPad 2. BAM dashboard for iPad 3. Silverlight for iPad….another nail in the Flash ... Thought: More on Microsoft and iPad 0 0 1
Thought: Office Apps for iPad BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 Maybe it’s time for Microsoft to think forward rather than simply denounce a product such as the iPad. A forward thinking Microsoft would embrace the iPad as an opportunity. Whatever we think the iPad ... Thought: Office Apps for iPad 0 0 1
This version of SQL Server in use does not support datatype datet... Codekiwi, January 1, 0001 Had a strange error come up today when I tried to use my home PC to run an Entity Framework project, the EDMX schema (is it a schema) was generated in SQL Server 2008 and my home dev machine has SQL Server ... This version of SQL Server in use does not support datatype datet... 0 0 10