BizTalk: Internals: the Partner Direct Ports and the Orchestration Chains
Partner Direct Port is one of the BizTalk hidden gems. It opens simple ways to the several messaging patterns. This article based on the Kevin Lam’s blog article. The article is pretty detailed but it...
View ArticleIntellitrace bug causes “Operation could destabilize the runtime”...
We cant use it when we use simplemembership to handle external authorizations. Server Error in '/' Application. Operation could destabilize the runtime.Description: An unhandled exception occurred...
View ArticleDo NOT Change "Copy Local” project references to false, unless understand...
To optimize performance of visual studio build I've found multiple recommendations to change CopyLocal property for dependent dlls to false,e.g. From...
View ArticleA Taxonomy of Numerical Methods v1
Numerical Analysis – When, What, (but not how)Once you understand the Math & know C++, Numerical Methods are basically blocks of iterative & conditional math code. I found the real trick was...
View ArticleEager Loading more than 1 table in LinqtoSql
When I've tried in Linq2Sql to load table with 2 child tables, I've noticed, that multiple SQLs are generated. I've found that it isa known issue, if you try to specify more than one to pre-load it...
View ArticleEnterprise Instrumentation: The 'sessionName' parameter of value...
We are still using Enterprise Instrumentation(that was created during .Net 1.1 time)In new Server 2008 environment and IIS 7 we have the following errors:The 'sessionName' parameter of value...
View ArticleChange the port on SVN
Did someone in your company change the port number of your SVN repository, and told you only after the fact?Well, there's a simple solution, to connect existing TortoiseSVN directories to the same...
View ArticleAmazing Video - Watch the speech, humor, vision, belief, spontaneity
Most amazing part of this video is the sense of humor of this gentleman from Lunds University..How learned he must have been at this age, to put examples, new technologies, vision, geo-politics and so...
View ArticleMy Upcoming Talk at South Florida’s ITPalooza 2012 - NuGet for Open...
I am very excited to be speaking at IT Palooza next week. As this event’s audience will span professionals working in different facets of Information Technology, I chose to speak on NuGet, an essential...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2012 Launch Winnipeg–Slides
The Winnipeg .Net User Group hosted a VS 2012 Launch Event at the Imax in Winnipeg on Thursday, Dec 6. Doing presentations on the giant Imax screen is always fun, and I did the first 2 sessions...
View ArticleHow to build Visual Studio Setup projects (.vdproj) with TFS 2010 Build ?
Out of the box, Team Foundation Server 2010 Build does not support building of setup projects (.vdproj). Although, you can modify DefaultTemplate.xaml or create your own in order to achieve this. I had...
View ArticleLaptop Regret
Just a casual observation. To base line this. I've discussed this one terrible horror in the past, 'hot bag syndrome'. This is when you realise that you've just travelled home with your laptop enclosed...
View ArticleExcel ODBC on OSX, Connect to SQL Server
Oh goodness. What a shocker. How hard can it be, to simply make Microsoft Office Mac (Excel) connect to Microsoft SQL Server. I've spent the last 2 hours being told to go spend $xx to go buy ODBC...
View ArticlePresenting VS2012 at VBUG Bristol on 16 Jan 2013
Let’s start with a few interesting facts about Bristol,Bristol is located just 120 miles west of London.It is the largest city in the south west of England.Bristol is a 45 mile trip across the Bristol...
View ArticleAccessing GAC-files in Explorer without registry hacks
ProblemIf you go in Explorer to the GAC folder (%windir%\Assembly) a shell extension gives you a special view of the content there:In this view you couldn’t copy the DLLs to somewhere else.SolutionWith...
View ArticleSo much in motion!
Thanks for all your patience during my move to a new job and a new area. I've been settling into my new position here at Amazon in Seattle and am loving every minute of it so far!Unfortunately, there's...
View Article5 Years of SharePoint Saturday
Five years ago I drove down in an old Cadillac to Virginia Beach, VA from Raleigh, NC with Michael Lotter, a coworker named Nas, and Josh Carlisle. Now hundreds of events have occurred in places like...
View ArticleManaging App-V 5 Virtual Applications with System Center 2012 Configuration...
In today's TechNet Radio show, I'm back again for another episode in our System Center 2012 ConfigMgr SP1 series with Wally Mead, Senior Program Manager from the System Center Client Management team...
View ArticleHow to preserve state across pages in a Windows 8 app
When designing a Windows 8 app, you need a way to preserve the state of various items as you navigate from page to page. Windows allows this using the pageState dictionary - a dictionary that can...
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