Code Query Language - for static analysis JoshReuben, January 1, 0001 Introduction · CQL is a SQL-like language (SELECT..FROM..WHERE) for static analysis of .NET code. · It is a nice complement to code contracts, & is usable in unit tests. If you've ever looked at creating ... Code Query Language - for static analysis 0 0 1
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
What is an OOLY? Thomas Canter, January 1, 0001 Back in 1980 or so, I attended the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Training and in January, after nearly two years of training, I was stationed on the USS Bremerton (SSN 698) and after another year of training ... What is an OOLY? 0 0 0
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
Reading Registry value using T-SQL kazim sardar mehdi, January 1, 0001 DECLARE @RegLoc VARCHAR(100) select @RegLoc='SOFTWARE\Microsoft... NT\CurrentVersion' EXEC [master].[dbo].[xp_regread] @rootkey='HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE', @key=@RegLoc, @value_name='ProductName' The above ... Reading Registry value using T-SQL 0 0 1
HTC lanza sus smartphones con Windows Phone 7 Mango jogarriot, January 1, 0001 Para los que quieren smartphones con Mango, cada vez hay más a la venta. La compañía Taiwanesa HTC es la segunda en sacar lanzar smartphones con Windows Mango. Mango es la última versión del sistema operativo ... HTC lanza sus smartphones con Windows Phone 7 Mango 0 0 0
New version of Firefox (6.0.2) TATWORTH, January 1, 0001 Mozilla have issued a new version of Firefox (6.0.2) . I suggest you install it, together with any update to Flash Player (but avoid installing the MacAfee Security can, unless you are a McAfee fan that ... New version of Firefox (6.0.2) 0 0 0
5 Reasons Why Unit Testing is fun–and Important jboyer, January 1, 0001 Yeah, you read that right. I may be weird, but I do think that unit testing is fun. It is also very important. I didn’t know much about Unit testing when I came out of school. I think colleges need to ... 5 Reasons Why Unit Testing is fun–and Important 0 0 4
Spotlight (R) on Azure: Cool Tool Herve Roggero, January 1, 0001 While testing the performance characteristics of the SQL Azure backup tool I am building (called Enzo Backup for SQL Azure), I decided to try Spotlight (R) on Azure in order to obtain specific performance ... Spotlight (R) on Azure: Cool Tool 0 0 2
St. Louis Day of .NET 2011 - Sessions Materials Muljadi Budiman, January 1, 0001 I have to say that it has been awhile (just over a year actually) since I've updated my blog. I feel embarassed. On the other hand, I have been quite busy - so it's not like I don't do it because I am ... St. Louis Day of .NET 2011 - Sessions Materials 0 0 1
Leveraging MSBuild for Ruthless Productivity Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 (Warning: This is semi-advanced stuff. It’s not hard, per se, but it involves editing important project files manually, which, if done wrong, can render them useless making it so that your code won’t compile ... Leveraging MSBuild for Ruthless Productivity 0 0 0
Creating Development Certificates for WCF Token and Transport Sec... Jamie Kurtz, January 1, 0001 When developing WCF services that interact with a custom Security Token Service (STS), you will need to create at least one X.509 certificate. If you have access to a trusted certificate authority – e.g. ... Creating Development Certificates for WCF Token and Transport Sec... 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 03, 2011 -- #1141 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Tony Champion, Kevin Hoffman, Pete Brown(-2-), Mike Gold, Jeremy Likness, Xpert360, Den Delimarsky, Sumit Dutta, Asim Sajjad, Vikram Pendse, and Michael Crump. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for September 03, 2011 -- #1141 0 0 0
Red Gate Ants Memory Profiler 7.1 – Initial thoughts and ge... MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 I was really excited when I heard Red Gate wanted a review of their memory profiler done. I have been a fan of Red Gate products for years… being first exposed to their products via reflector a few years ... Red Gate Ants Memory Profiler 7.1 – Initial thoughts and ge... 0 0 0
Masterpage, User Control, Modal Popup and Update Panel - Passing ... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 A developer is asking how to pass data from a UserControl control to the main page. Basically, the scenario is that he has a user control which contains a GridView and wrap arround within asp Ajax UpdatePanel ... Masterpage, User Control, Modal Popup and Update Panel - Passing ... 0 0 1
Getting Started with the Silverlight 5 RC mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Today the release candidate of Microsoft’s Silverlight 5 was released to the public. If you want to know “What’s new in Silverlight 5” then check out this page on Silverlight.net and continue reading the ... Getting Started with the Silverlight 5 RC 0 0 1
Technical Talent Versus Team Dynamics Robert May, January 1, 0001 Is technical talent more important than Team Dynamic? I don’t think so. Read on and tell me if you agree. The Art of the Interview For my job, I conduct quite a few technical interviews. Rarely will I ... Technical Talent Versus Team Dynamics 0 0 4
NullReferenceException when calling the Retrieve method of the Or... Geordie, January 1, 0001 I have recently started to update a very successful SAP CRM integration I originally built 5 or 6 years ago. We have recently started the implementation of CRM 2011 so the business has decided to take ... NullReferenceException when calling the Retrieve method of the Or... 0 0 0
Red Gate | SQL Compare Review Jeff Julian, January 1, 0001 To start, I love Red Gate Software’s Tools. I have loved them since the first time I started using SQL Backup and SQL Compare when I first started Geekswithblogs.net. I think they create quality products ... Red Gate | SQL Compare Review 0 0 3
Git Revisited MarkPearl, January 1, 0001 Having worked with TFS & SVN for a while now, I recently was put in a position where I had to get up to speed with Git. My only experience with Git up to now was attending a brief presentation on the ... Git Revisited 0 0 0
VS2010 Find In Solution Explorer Hotkey/Toolbar Button Lance Robinson, January 1, 0001 First I found this blog post – which worked but only after some tinkering. There is a comment there that describes a better (simpler) solution, IMO. Step 1: Create the following macro, which simply toggles ... VS2010 Find In Solution Explorer Hotkey/Toolbar Button 0 0 2
TFS SDK: Workspace Explorer & Statistics Tarun Arora [Microsoft MVP], January 1, 0001 The Team Explorer is a wonderful view of the position of your version control in the team foundation server. However, there is no one window of such truth available for the workspace. I am a very active ... TFS SDK: Workspace Explorer & Statistics 0 0 19
Mounting VHD comes to Windows Explorer in Windows 8 Liam Westley, January 1, 0001 I'm glad to see that mounting a VHD file has escaped the Computer Management (Disk Management) administrator console in Windows 7, and made it to Windows Explorer in Windows 8. That should make the feature ... Mounting VHD comes to Windows Explorer in Windows 8 0 0 0
Using HTML5 Local Storage in ASP.NET Applications Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 I recently delivered a Zeollar session on Using HTML5 Local Storage in ASP.NET Applications Following it up with a blog post on the contents, since a few mentioned that the code was not better aligned/readable. ... Using HTML5 Local Storage in ASP.NET Applications 0 0 6
What can TFS do for me, as an IT Pro? An Overview. Part 1 of 3. Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Let’s define what this should mean and be about. How can I as an IT Pro be able to use TFS for the tasks and activities I normally do. Whether it is controlling a project or creating scripts and such. ... What can TFS do for me, as an IT Pro? An Overview. Part 1 of 3. 0 0 1
JaxCodeCamp 2011 - AgileThought Team on-board! Nikita Polyakov, January 1, 0001 Excited to come speak at JaxCodeCamp this coming weekend, there are many amazing session and speakers! Jacksonville .NET Code Camp - http://jaxcodecamp.com What: All day geek fest focusing on code and ... JaxCodeCamp 2011 - AgileThought Team on-board! 0 0 0
AppleSoft Basics andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 There are plenty of posts and articles out there that provide retrospectives of, and pay homage to, Steve Jobs’ tenure as Apple CEO. I’m not an expert on Apple or Jobs, and this is not one of those posts. ... AppleSoft Basics 0 0 0
Who says Silverlight can’t run on a tablet? mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Introduction: One of the concerns that I keep hearing from customers is, “We can’t deploy Silverlight because it won’t run on a tablet.” I usually reply to that question stating, “What do you mean it can’t ... Who says Silverlight can’t run on a tablet? 0 0 4
Call C# code inside Silverlight application on click of Custom Ri... Nilesh, January 1, 0001 Here is the screenshot of final output. Here is what PoC is doing 1. There is Silverlight application hosted in CRM on custom area-subarea. This in-turn needs two web resources 2. There is Custom button ... Call C# code inside Silverlight application on click of Custom Ri... 0 0 4
Getting Started with jqChart for ASP.NET MVC jqChart, January 1, 0001 Official Site | Samples | Download | Documentation | Forum | Twitter Introduction jqChart takes advantages of HTML5 Canvas to deliver high performance client-side charts and graphs across browsers (IE ... Getting Started with jqChart for ASP.NET MVC 0 0 0
SharePoint 2010 Not Indexing OneNote 2010 files Kelly Jones, January 1, 0001 Our SharePoint team at work noticed that our SharePoint 2010 farm wasn’t returning search results based on the contents of OneNote files that were saved in document libraries. I did a little research and ... SharePoint 2010 Not Indexing OneNote 2010 files 0 0 4
Platform Builder on Windows 7 (64-bit) "Tools Install Dir in regi... Doug Moore, January 1, 0001 Resolve "Tools Install Dir in registry is missing" and Remote Tools issues on Windows 7 (64-bit) system after Platform Builder is installed by exporting [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR... ... Platform Builder on Windows 7 (64-bit) "Tools Install Dir in regi... 0 0 2
Andrew Ng to speak at Rules Fest Charles Young, January 1, 0001 In my previous post I mentioned the free AI course being run by Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun (122,314 and rising) in conjunction with Stanford University School of Engineering. Professor Andrew Ng ... Andrew Ng to speak at Rules Fest 0 0 0
Deciding on Windows Azure – much more than just a technical... Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 This post on the Windows Azure blog caught my eye as a) it includes UK early adopter eTVMedia and b) its an interesting look at the wider picture of adopting Windows Azure – including coming up with the ... Deciding on Windows Azure – much more than just a technical... 0 0 0
New IE8 "Feature" Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 It appears I stumbled upon a hidden IE8 "feature." Unfortunately, this was an intentional feature. Let me set the stage. I am currently working on the advanced version of the table I posted about last ... New IE8 "Feature" 0 0 0
Html Table with Fixed Header and Scrollable Body Chris Gardner, January 1, 0001 I have created the world's greatest web control. OK, it's more like I reinvented the wheel. I present to you a cross-browser table with a fixed header and scrollable body. Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Row ... Html Table with Fixed Header and Scrollable Body 0 0 17
Silverlight Cream for August 20, 2011 -- #1132 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this All Submittal Issue: Michael Washington, SilverlightShow(-2-), Mark Monster(-2-), Oren Gal, Andrea Boschin, Sigurd Snørteland, Peter Kuhn, Mijail Cisneros, Kunal Chowdhury(-2-), Gill Cleeren Above ... Silverlight Cream for August 20, 2011 -- #1132 0 0 0
MSDN vs. TechNet Mark Treadwell, January 1, 0001 For a period of time, I have access to both an MSDN and a TechNet subscription. Both offer Microsoft software for download. I wondered what the similarities and differences were between the two subscriptions. ... MSDN vs. TechNet 0 0 6
Using Lean to Manage Scrum Robert May, January 1, 0001 Recently, I gave a presentation on Flow at Agile Executives. It was a fun meeting and a fun topic and lead to several realizations on my part. First, when Alistair Cockburn is in the audience, I get a ... Using Lean to Manage Scrum 0 0 1
Building a home virtualization lab/test/learning/what's not envir... marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 Oh No! Not another geek who is going to tell us how to build a virtualized lab environment! We already know all there is to know about this crap! Hah! Yes this is another geek doing this build, but rest ... Building a home virtualization lab/test/learning/what's not envir... 0 0 1
Windows mobile devices get 30.5% market share :-) Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 Ok… it doesn’t really but this still cheered my Thursday eve. Whilst perusing the blog of BF3 I spotted that publisher behemoth EA were doing an “innocent poll” on mobile devices. As background, BF3 is ... Windows mobile devices get 30.5% market share :-) 0 0 0
Troubleshooting exchange web services marc dekeyser, January 1, 0001 Since exchange versions from 2007 and up put more emphasis on the webservices for use in the distribution of the offline address book, out of office, the scheduling assistant and autodiscover (a.k.a outlook ... Troubleshooting exchange web services 0 0 4
Did Google and HP Thread WP7’s Needle? andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 I’m on vacation this week, and I didn’t intend to write a blog post. But after the sea changes in the mobile computing industry and, ironically, my extra time to ponder it, I really couldn’t stay silent. ... Did Google and HP Thread WP7’s Needle? 0 0 1
How To Get Faster – Forwarding Empty Values Alois Kraus, January 1, 0001 Last time we did have a look into the issues you get if you create many class instances. The more class instances you have the more complex is your object graph which means more work for the GC. If the ... How To Get Faster – Forwarding Empty Values 0 0 0
All Hail, the Conquering Hero WonderOfItAll, January 1, 0001 Every quarter, I get the following e-mail from my manager: "I will be out of the office all day tomorrow. I will be off-site at the Quarterly Manager's Meeting." Today is the day of the meeting. Today, ... All Hail, the Conquering Hero 0 0 1
Book Review: Screw It, Let’s Do It D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Last month at the Microsoft WPC I had the opportunity to see Richard Branson do a live Q&A during one of the morning keynotes. I honestly knew very little about Branson, other than he headed up Virgin ... Book Review: Screw It, Let’s Do It 0 0 1
AppFabric Duplicate Message Detection Alan Smith, January 1, 0001 I’ve just published three webcasts looking at AppFabric Messaging, Introduction to Azure AppFabric Queues, AppFabric Duplicate Message Detection and AppFabric Messaging Message Expiration. There are more ... AppFabric Duplicate Message Detection 0 0 0