BizTalk error - "No valid adapters are installed on this machine" Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 After upgrading to a new 64-bit OS on our BizTalk server, I was unable to get the WCF-SQL adapter working - kept getting the "No valid adapters are installed on this machine" error message. The Admin Console ... BizTalk error - "No valid adapters are installed on this machine" 0 0 5
Calgary .NET User Group - From MVP to MVVM: An Introduction to Mo... David Paquette, January 1, 0001 On October 19th, Craig Anderson, Jason Lepp and Mo Khan will be presenting “From MVP to MVVM: An Introduction to Model-View-ViewModel”. Register at http://tiny.cc/flu0b ... Calgary .NET User Group - From MVP to MVVM: An Introduction to Mo... 0 0 0
Checking if MSMQ queues exist is hard work so should you bother? John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 Frank Boyne, 5 star MVP, posted a great response to a question on the MSMQ newsgroups which I felt was worth reiterating. Basically someone wanted to check if a private queue on a remote machine existed ... Checking if MSMQ queues exist is hard work so should you bother? 0 0 1
Book Review: Foundation Expression Blend 4 by Victor Gaudioso mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Purchase at Amazon I wanted to talk for a minute about the author, Victor Gaudioso. I met Victor on Twitter earlier this year and ever since meeting him, I’ve seen how involved he is in the Silverlight/Blend ... Book Review: Foundation Expression Blend 4 by Victor Gaudioso 0 0 1
Simple Asynchronous Operation Runner – Part 2 codingbloke, January 1, 0001 In Part 1 I provided the code for the simple asynchronous operation runner. In this post I’ll put it to some use. First let me provide a real world scenario so that we have something to demonstrate with. ... Simple Asynchronous Operation Runner – Part 2 0 0 0
Testing, huh! What is it good for? Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 IMPORTANT: Before reading this post open this link and let it play. This is my response to the 2nd Developer Blog Banter. The question asked is How do you organise your tests. Do you separate your unit ... Testing, huh! What is it good for? 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for October 12, 2010 -- #966 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Martin Krüger, Viktor Larsson, Peter Brady, Colin Eberhardt, Jeremy Likness, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-), and Jesse Liberty. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Quick Fix for Silverlight HyperlinkButton ... Silverlight Cream for October 12, 2010 -- #966 0 0 0
Introducing TouchToolkit - simplify the multi-touch application d... Shahedul Huq Khandkar, January 1, 0001 I have been developing TouchToolkit for some time now and just released the October community technical preview (CTP) at the codeplex project website. The key features are: A domain-specific language to ... Introducing TouchToolkit - simplify the multi-touch application d... 0 0 1
How to help outgoing queues scale in MSMQ John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 This post is written for those systems where a central MSMQ server sends messages to a large number of MSMQ clients. "Large" here could mean hundreds, maybe thousands. MSMQ is not designed to be a real-time ... How to help outgoing queues scale in MSMQ 0 0 0
Can't register development WP7 - Error communicating with the dev... Adrian Hara, January 1, 0001 Just a quick tip: in case you are trying to register your windows phone 7 as a developer phone (so that you can deploy your app on it and debug directly on the device from Visual Studio 2010) and get the ... Can't register development WP7 - Error communicating with the dev... 0 0 0
Review: Trek 7.7 FX Rob Foster, January 1, 0001 I wanted to take some time off from my usual (or less than usual) technology blog to post a review of my road bike, the Trek 7.7 FX. I wanted to wait and get some miles on the road before posting any type ... Review: Trek 7.7 FX 0 0 5
Linking Shopify Products Together With Naming Conventions (and a ... Jesse, January 1, 0001 As I mentioned in my last post I talked some about how my side project, PiX Eyewear, has given me an opportunity to venture out of the predominantly server-side .NET programming that I’ve been doing at ... Linking Shopify Products Together With Naming Conventions (and a ... 0 0 0
Hitchhikers Guide to Houston Techfest 2010 Mohammad Azam, January 1, 0001 Where do you find 800+ technology geeks talking in binary? Yes you are right Houston Techfest 2010. I was fortunate enough to attend the Houston Techfest 2010 hosted at University of Houston on October ... Hitchhikers Guide to Houston Techfest 2010 0 0 1
Windows Phone 7 Launch – Thoughts and Canadian Availability D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 Just finished watching the Windows Phone 7 launch event that streamed live from NYC this morning. Was a great event that really set the stage for the platforms launch next month. My general thoughts are ... Windows Phone 7 Launch – Thoughts and Canadian Availability 0 0 2
How to tell if MSMQ is installed John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 Here is a collection of approaches I've pulled together from my archives for telling if MSMQ is installed without being able to physically go and bring up Computer Management to check yourself. Please ... How to tell if MSMQ is installed 0 0 0
Adventures with Windows Phone 7 – The Marketplace D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 With the upcoming announcements around Windows Phone 7, I thought now would be a good time to dive into the platform and see what its all about. For those thinking that writing apps for the WP7 platform ... Adventures with Windows Phone 7 – The Marketplace 0 0 1
Social Plugin – Comments en iframe jogarriot, January 1, 0001 Facebook y es una gran herramienta para comunicarse. Ahora con los Social Plugins es factible llevar las redes sociales de Facebook a otros websites: likes, comentarios, feeds, etc. Eso es exactamente ... Social Plugin – Comments en iframe 0 0 4
Silverlight Cream for October 10, 2010 -- #964 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Jeff Handley, Jeff Blankenburg, Kunal Chowdhury, Abhijit Jana, Larry Schoeneman(-2-), Michael Crump, Kevin Marshall, Derik Whittaker, Victor Gaudioso(-2-), and Mohamed Mosallem. Above the ... Silverlight Cream for October 10, 2010 -- #964 0 0 0
Sketchflow webinar offline recording plus sample available to dow... Braulio Díez Botella, January 1, 0001 Sketchflow webinar clean offline recording available: part 1, part2 ... Sketchflow webinar offline recording plus sample available to dow... 0 0 0
Intro a XNA 4.0 @ Microsoft Guatemala jogarriot, January 1, 0001 El día de hoy fue la primera reunión para desarrolladores de XNA donde Mario Alvarez nos compartió un poco de su pasión y conocimiento en desarrollo de juegos. Siendo esta una introducción, Mario nos habló ... Intro a XNA 4.0 @ Microsoft Guatemala 0 0 0
Playing with Netduino Joaquin Jares, January 1, 0001 I received (by chance, mostly) a Netduino last tuesday. Netduino is an open-source hardware project based on Arduino and the .Net Micro Framework. And it’s extremely cool. I’m a C# developer and I was ... Playing with Netduino 0 0 6
Silverlight Cream for October 09, 2010 -- #963 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Bart Czernicki, Sharker Khaleed Mahmud, Dragos Manolescu, Peter Kuhn, Victor Gaudioso, John Papa, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-), Ning Zhang, Paul Seriff, Dennis Doomen, and Martin Krüger. Above ... Silverlight Cream for October 09, 2010 -- #963 0 0 0
Difference between Path name and Format name when accessing MSMQ ... John Breakwell, January 1, 0001 For beginners to MSMQ development, the fact that there are FIVE ways of addressing an MSMQ queue is a real pitfall. Many hours will be lost trying to work out why a seemingly perfect address keeps returning ... Difference between Path name and Format name when accessing MSMQ ... 0 0 0
BizTalk 2010 Upgrade - frustration to pleasant surprise Ahsan Alam, January 1, 0001 Recently, I've been thinking of ranting about Microsoft's BizTalk 2010 release plan. I was not only going to blog about it; but was also thinking to vent my frustration all over the net. Why??? Well.... ... BizTalk 2010 Upgrade - frustration to pleasant surprise 0 0 4
Silverlight Cream for October 07, 2010 -- #962 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Joost van Schaik, Rudi Grobler, AfricanGeek, Mike Talbot, Jeff Blankenburg, Shawn Wildermuth, and Victor Gaudioso. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Automatic Grid Layout for Silverlight" Mike ... Silverlight Cream for October 07, 2010 -- #962 0 0 0
IE 9, Cassini and the dreaded dns error (or page can’t load... Etienne Tremblay, January 1, 0001 So I’ve been hearing a lot of folks (myself included) having issue with debugging there web application with VS 2010, Cassini (the VS web server) and IE9. It looks like this Well I found and easy solution, ... IE 9, Cassini and the dreaded dns error (or page can’t load... 0 0 6
The Evolution of Package Management for .NET Robz / Fervent Coder, January 1, 0001 The thing to realize is that the destination is never the most important part of the journey. It’s the journey itself. When you start a journey, you are never fully sure where it is going to end up. We ... The Evolution of Package Management for .NET 0 0 0
BPOS: Exchange Online Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 La mensajería es ya una aplicación crítica para cualquier empresa, pero disponer de una solución adecuada no es sencillo. Los requisitos regulatorios cada vez son más complejos. La fusión y diversificación ... BPOS: Exchange Online 0 0 0
BPOS Single Sign On Tool Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 One small but immensely helpful part of BPOS is the Microsoft Online Services Sign In tool, a sort of dashboard applet the gives end-users one-click access to their BPOS services. From the AdministrationCenter ... BPOS Single Sign On Tool 0 0 0
BPOS Single Sign On Tool: BPOS & Mac Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 Mac BPOS-S Single Sign-On Client (SIC) provides Mac users with same capabilities as that of Windows. Mac SIC client, in addition to being a Launch Pad for Online Services, will provide ability to collect ... BPOS Single Sign On Tool: BPOS & Mac 0 0 2
BPOS Single Sign On Tool: Installation and Configuration Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 One of the biggest aim of BPOS is to help organization simplify management and increase productivity. So what I’m going to show in this post is how simplified it is to setup your outlook client with the ... BPOS Single Sign On Tool: Installation and Configuration 0 0 2
BPOS Workstation Preparation: Requerimientos Juan Mestas J. (aka gotchas), January 1, 0001 La primera tarea en la preparación para un despliegue BPOS es garantizar la compatibilidad de la plataforma con todos los dispositivos cliente. En cuanto al software, el sistema operativo es bastante simple: ... BPOS Workstation Preparation: Requerimientos 0 0 1
Joe Rocker -or- The Kid Who Rocks Theo Moore, January 1, 0001 Something interesting and pretty darn cool/funny has happened recently. I drive to work early every day. I like to get in and get my day started before the madness begins. It's a calm moment to get my ... Joe Rocker -or- The Kid Who Rocks 0 0 0
TFS and the Cloud, and a shameless plug. Enrique Lima, January 1, 0001 Recently I have been reading about how some companies offer services that would provide you with Team Foundation Server capabilities in the cloud. When we talk about cloud (and it seems everybody is doing ... TFS and the Cloud, and a shameless plug. 0 0 0
Google URL shoretner is public now Ramaraju, January 1, 0001 Google opened its URL-shortener Goo.gl to public. This will allow you to create the short form of any URL. It not only creates the URL but also maintain the analytics and shere the analytics to public. ... Google URL shoretner is public now 0 0 0
Houston Techfest 2010!! Mohammad Azam, January 1, 0001 It is that time of the year again! No not all you can eat at IHop! I am talking about Houston Techfest 2010 on October 9th 2010 at University of Houston. I have to admit that I have attended all the Techfest ... Houston Techfest 2010!! 0 0 0
Analyze and Manage your Code with Visual NDepend Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 NDepend is an awesome tool by Patrick Smacchia (C# MVP) which the primary goal is to let you analyze your application and to get clear idea about cross dependencies between objects, level of association ... Analyze and Manage your Code with Visual NDepend 0 0 0
TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 Migration Clara Oscura, January 1, 0001 Here’s how we migrated our TFS 2008 to TFS 2010. This is not an in-place migration. What is generally recommended as upgrade path is to backup the TFS 2008 DBs, restore them in the new TFS data tier and ... TFS 2008 to TFS 2010 Migration 0 0 2
Pillars of Earth–Mini Series BizTalk Visionary, January 1, 0001 This October in the UK the showing of Ken Follet’s Mini series based on his book – Pillars of Earth will be shown. IMDB link here.. The miniseries took about a year to produce, at a cost of $40 million ... Pillars of Earth–Mini Series 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 30, 2010 -- #958 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Rudi Grobler, Paul Patterson, Dragos Manolescu, Rob Tiffany, Mike Snow, Gergely Orosz, Jesse Liberty(-2-), Kirupa Chinnathambi, Alex Knight, and Nigel Sampson. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for September 30, 2010 -- #958 0 0 0
Hands-on : Windows Phone 7 Review mbcrump, January 1, 0001 I was lucky enough to be nominated to receive the Windows Phone 7 from a representative at Microsoft. The phone that was given to me was the LG GW910. Please note that this phone is not mine, it’s going ... Hands-on : Windows Phone 7 Review 0 0 10
Mouse Button Swapper – A simple windows 7 Silverlight gadge... Igor Milovanovic, January 1, 0001 I am using the mouse with my left hand but I am not swapping the mouse buttons. (Old habit from the times I was using public workstations at the university. I was too lazy to play with the system setup ... Mouse Button Swapper – A simple windows 7 Silverlight gadge... 0 0 4
Consolidating Multiple VMware VMDK Disk Files into One Rob, January 1, 0001 If you have older VMware Workstation disk images (vmdk files) that are split into multiple parts, you can consolidate them into a single disk image from the command prompt: vmware-vdiskmanager -r MyVirtualMachineDisk.vmdk ... Consolidating Multiple VMware VMDK Disk Files into One 0 0 1
Windows Phone 7 Developer training in Dallas Bill Osuch, January 1, 0001 While I think that Microsoft is shooting themselves in the foot by not releasing WP7 on CDMA networks this year (such as Sprint, meaning no new phone for me personally), these two free developer training ... Windows Phone 7 Developer training in Dallas 0 0 0
Wake a PC on LAN using magic packet (F#) yuriylsh, January 1, 0001 Has it ever happened to you that you are sitting with your laptop and need to do something with a computer on your local network and it turns out that computer is in a sleep mode and you have to walk to ... Wake a PC on LAN using magic packet (F#) 0 0 2
Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2010 -- #957 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Sandrino Di Mattia, Kranthi Kiran Gullapalli(-2-), Mike Snow, David Anson, Jeremy Likness, Vikram Pendse, Paul Sheriff(-2-), Markus Egger, Johan Danforth, and Beth Massi. Above the Fold: ... Silverlight Cream for September 20, 2010 -- #957 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for September 28, 2010 -- #956 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Dragos Manolescu, Jeff Fansler, Andy Beaulieu, John McFetridge, Kunal Chowdhury, Kirupa Chinnathambi, Mike Taulty(-2-, -3-), and Peter Bromberg. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Using ASP.NET ... Silverlight Cream for September 28, 2010 -- #956 0 0 0
Sharing the Light #VGDFW T, January 1, 0001 This weekend, DFW welcomed Victor Glaudioso, his daughter, Todd Knudsen, and Bill Moore for the first Sharing the Light. Thank you to everyone who came!! We had a great time. Everyone learned a lot about ... Sharing the Light #VGDFW 0 0 0
The Monday Postback dotgeek, January 1, 0001 Postback 09272010 – I had a pretty great week if you asked me and that led into a good start for this week I think. The first Sharing the Light event with Victor Guadioso was a huge success I think for ... The Monday Postback 0 0 0
ABC Pop iPhone Application Available in App Stores!! Mohammad Azam, January 1, 0001 Couple of weeks ago I gave myself a challenge. The challenge was that I have to write a complete iPhone application in 1 week. I had no prior iPhone development experience so I thought it would be fun ... ABC Pop iPhone Application Available in App Stores!! 0 0 0