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Oct 9 Thu
Solution for VS Error - The breakpoint Will Not Currently Be Hit
Guy Barrette writes "
...looks like it is a common problem both with VS 2005 and 2008 however, it was the first time I experienced it...When you look at the Web/WCF breakpoint while debugging, the red dot displays an exclamation mark and this message: "The breakpoint will not currently be hit"...Looks like there are many solutions to the problem. Here’s what I did:"
Fix for Outlook Data File Permission Error
Desmond Lee writes "..This misleading error occurs even though you may already have full control and access to the Outlook data file. The cause is attributed to the fact that Outlook must be able to write to the data file although your intention is simply to read the archived data.."
Oct 8 Wed
Options for Installing IE B2 With Previous Versions of IE Running
Darryl Schaffer writes "... it is not possible to have more than a single version of Internet Explorer installed at the same time on any Windows platform. People who want to run Internet Explorer 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 side-by-side have several options:"
Summarizing the SQL Server Support Running in a Hardware Virtualization Environment
PSS SQL Engineers writes "...If you use Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, you are supported for SQL Server 2005 and 2008..If your configuration is not SVVP certified, be prepared for Microsoft CSS to ask you..."
Easiest Way to Get Data Mining Results Into SQL Tables
Jamie MacLennan writes "The way to do it is to simply use linked servers. Anyone who uses DMX knows to connect to SQL data with OPENQUERY. There's no reason you can't simply connect to Data Mining data using the same mechanism. For example, use a query like this to establish a link to an AS server:"
Oct 6 Mon
Fix for Bug While Installing the Podcasting Kit for Sharepoint
Robert MacLean writes "
What you need to do is run the install to the root site...and then uninstall it..I know it seems pointless but the installer doesn’t clean up well and leaves a few files behind...The next steps in the guide of the ratings DB, media encoder and feature activation work as documented. The user interface steps also work as expected but make sure you “fix” their links"
Silverlight PathTextBlock Control Writes Text on a Path
Tim Heuer writes "
This basically allows you to have a normal TextBlock, but distort and outline it…here’s an example output...Bill has also included a few transforms to play around with as well. All of this is included in an Ms-Pl licensed component that is available on Codeplex. Go check out..."
Oct 3 Fri
Example Using Silverlight for Uploading Multiple Files
Stephen Walther writes "
The Silverlight control solution solves both of the problems associated with the standard HTML file upload element discussed in the beginning of this blog entry. First, the Silverlight control provides you with visual feedback on the progress of a file being uploaded. Second, it enables you to efficiently upload multiple files"
Oct 2 Thu
Virtual Server Sprawl: FUD or FACT?
Lori MacVittie writes "...None of the research cited ever discusses the number of virtual servers running, just the number of organizations in which virtualization has been implemented... there just doesn't seem to be any real data to back up the claim that virtual sprawl is - or will become - a problem."
Oct 1 Wed
Problems Installing Visual Studio for C++ Development
Kenny Kerr writes "Installing Visual Studio for C++ development is fraught with problems...In most cases you not only need Visual Studio and its service pack, but you also need the latest Windows SDK. Since Visual Studio SP1 was released I’ve had some of my installations fail, or worse, just corrupt my build environment. I couldn’t figure out why..."
Catch the Thief - Slick Phone Recovery Solution
Jason Langridge writes "...a solution for Windows Mobile that if you have your phone stolen it will automatically send you the thief’s mobile phone number and SIM card ID when they try and use the phone with their SIM card..."
Error on BizTalk Installation with Visual Studio 2008 Installed
Ben Cline writes "...all of a sudden I started receiving errors about the WCF adapters that are included with BizTalk Server 2006 R2. Here is an example error: Failed to add adapter: WCF-NetNamedPipe, Error C0C025CA A similar error occurred for nearly every one of the R2 WCF adapters..."
MediaStreamSource For Silverlight - Why You Would Want This
Tim Heuer writes "MediaStreamSource is a piece of the Silverlight runtime that removes a the influence of a media file's container, giving developers direct access to APIs for manipulating encoded elementary audio and video streams...Basically it can enable you as the developer to implement file parsers/etc. in managed code instead of Silverlight, enabling support beyond the native built-in formats for media...."
Sep 29 Mon
Examples Writing Extension Methods for SharePoint
Adam Buenz writes "Extension methods are a formidable programming construct that augment implementation abstraction and modularize segments of code, lending itself well for filling gaps that may be present in a closed API, such as the one that SharePoint provides...Extension methods are increasingly important when working with SharePoint code because a majority of objects that would normally mandate customizations of behavior..."
What's Next for Visual Studio and .NET FX?
Somasegar writes "...At a high level, here are the key areas that we are focusing on with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4.0...Another key element here is being able to explore and re-use existing code assets. Only 20% of the code in most business applications is “new” code. The remainder is code that already exists..."
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