December 2006 - Posts
A nice feature of Windows Communication Foundation ("WCF"), and specfically, the svcutil.exe utility for generation of proxy code (it has a few other uses - one other nice feature is the pre-generation of serialization code) is having it share Data Contracts
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I spend about 95% of my time, when coding, in C#. So, recently rolled onto a project that had built a framework using VB.NET (that's the first indication of trouble). So, I see something like the following when trolling through the code: Public Class
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Need a backup tool that let's you take control? Vista's backup just plain stinks. Microsoft is supposed to release NTbackup.exe for Vista after public RTM as internally the reasons for dropping it were trashed. Who knows what they were thinking. But,
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Finally got the "right" bug... Shutdown / Logoff working correctly.
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!!! STILL A MINOR BUG - WILL BE UPDATED TONIGHT - 12/19/2006!!! Updated 12/18/2006 - fixed issue with not listening for Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.SessionEnded event - can't logoff/shutdown issue Updated 11/24/2006 - added check if system implements
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Link courtesy of Greg Duncan... http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/ Link to Files
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Answers to my prayers - kind of. Good post on slipstreaming the SP1 patch into a Visual Studio 2005 Fresh Installation. http://blogs.msdn.com/heaths/archive/2006/12/16/slipstreaming-visual-studio-2005-service-pack-1.aspx
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Sorry about the advertisement, but been using Verizion FiOS since August and it's by far the best Internet service I've had. I live in a fortunate area that was wired, I mean "fibered" early on. Now, TV is ready - here's the list of towns that are on
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I've been running FireFox 2.0 for some time and have noticed way too many Freeze-ups causing me to kill the process somehow. Funny thing is, when Vista's Crash Analysis comes back it indicates that "Firefox has a new version" - but when I check for new
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If it takes 30+ minutes and on some machines 1+ hour to install SP1, why not refresh the installation media so that a clean install contains SP1? Microsoft wake up!!! Churn is bad enough but many of us wipe machines and restart projects with clean hardware.
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Good pointer for those that can't wait :) Sorely needed SP1 is out soon... Link to Heath Stewart's Blog : Save Time and Space for VS 2005 SP1 by Disabling the Patch Cache
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This is a great move on Microsoft's part. Could never understand the hoops general folks need to go through to get Hotfixes. Especially for Visual Studio.... Link to DevDiv Hotfix Public Availability Pilot Program
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Just had to bookmark this one... http://www.softinsight.com/bnoyes/PermaLink.aspx?guid=f9834693-e992-4bf1-9408-1ab8d2cb518c
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The book I particpated on ( Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation ) finally has had the index created. It's getting close to publication date, I'm told January. This has been a long road, actually inception goes back 2 years. Timing is good
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Nice blurb on how we're doing!!!! I like the relation to how we're doing is an indication of the uptake of Microsoft products in general. 1/2 a billion ain't bad for a company that's only 6.... Link to Profits rise at Microsoft joint venture
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A bunch of .NET 3.0 Training related materials. Haven't sampled, but I think I'll be trying out the WF Custom Activities module. I'll let you know how good the content is.... Link to InnerWorkings - Catalog
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Today I needed a "better" XSD for .NET 2.0. The one with .NET 2.0 is "ok", but in .NET 1.1 there were a couple of nice tools to help with Xml serialization in creation of better types, more complex types (nesting, etc.) from Xsd. Also an Inference tool.
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Been working with, and did quite a few demos during my short stint with Microsoft, VS 2005 Db Pro. The tool is Microsoft's 1 st real entry into bringing the Database team into the Visual Studio experience. So, if anyone believes that DB Projects in VS
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I was setting up a Virtual Machine from a sysprep image, and I came back to the system and on the screen was the following message - guess Microsoft is forcing the upgrade path. Guess what I put in that survey....
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Just found out, by accident, I can blog from Word 2007. From the new Office, if you select "Publish" – there's an option for Blogging…
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Updated 12/18/2006 - fixed issue with not listening for Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents.SessionEnded event - can't logoff/shutdown issue Updated 11/24/2006 - added check if system implements the required WMI objects. Updated 11/30/2006 - fixed GDI memory
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