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ASP.NET MVC and the New IIS7 Rewrite Module

Scott Hanselman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:02:00 GMT

Scott Hanselman writes, "...Fast forward to this year and the IIS7 team has been taking advantage of IIS7's modular design to release a bunch of new modules out-of-band. Both the newest ISAPI_Rewrite and Apache's standard mod_rewrite module uses distributed configuration files or .htaccess files.Here's just part of my .htaccess file that makes sure that all the incoming URLs end up at the final canonical..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:02:00 GMT

Fix for Weird Search Server Express Error

Liam Cleary — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:57:57 GMT

Liam Cleary writes, "After some basic investigation it became evident that the Alternate Access Mappings had not been set for the FQDN but only for the short name URL. I am still a little unsure as to why it failed, unless I use reflector to see what the web part is actually trying to do...If you need some guidance on Alternate Access Mappings then see the links" more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:57:57 GMT

What Are .wixlibs and Why Would You Use Them?

Rob Mensching — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:53:39 GMT

Rob Mensching writes, "One of the first big changes to WiX v3 was to add the ability for lit.exe to create "binary .wixlib" files which contained the referenced files in a cabinet file prepended to the .wixlib's XML blob. This gave us the best features of both of .wixlib files and Merge Modules, as long as you are using the WiX v3 toolset everywhere..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:53:39 GMT

Fix For Large Framework.log Files

Jeff Guillet — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:43:28 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "...The WMI service maintains text log files for all operating systems earlier than Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008...Most of these log files are configured to automatically wrap every 64KB. When the log file reaches this limit, it is renamed to logfile.lo_ and a new log file is created. Unfortunately, this does not happen with the Framework.log file - it will continue to grow indefinitely..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:43:28 GMT

Illustrating Standard Deviation and Event-based Programming

Luke Hoban — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:31:50 GMT

Luke Hoban writes, "Standard deviation is a pretty straightforward computation with F#. There’s a few ways to write it, but with “average” and “average_by” built-in, they provide a particularly simple option....This is really compelling, because it’s a case where two data sources which are conceptually very similar are often programmed in very different ways..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:31:50 GMT

How to Create New GUIDs With Two Key Presses in Visual Studio

Wouter van Vugt — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:29:04 GMT

Wouter van Vugt writes, "...My grievance is that I actually need to start this tool to get a GUID, copy and then paste it...I decided to fix that little error. I first tried to do a macro to copy a new GUID to the clipboard, but macro's don't run STA, so OLE calls to the clipboard failed...First you create a Console Application..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:29:04 GMT

3 Antivirus 2010 Fake Rogue Security Products Continue

Harry Waldron — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:19:01 GMT

Harry Waldron writes, "Sunbelt is continuing to warn on three brand new variants from the AntiVirus 2009 family. These products try to simulate legitimate security products and will infect vulnerable systems..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:19:01 GMT

Hey, Who Took My Chiron?

Tim Heuer — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:16:37 GMT

Tim Heuer writes, "Fast forward to release builds for Silverlight 2. No Chiron. Hey, what’s up? Chiron is still available for you if you want it. It is a part of the Silverlight Dynamic Languages SDK which is available on Codeplex. So if you need/want it..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:16:37 GMT

Inside a Dividing Debate at the London Girl Geek Dinner

Julie Lerman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:01 GMT

Julie Lerman writes, "...The study found that the teams with the 50/50 balance of men & women were the ones who most prominently displayed the facets that lead to innovation. They didn't spike off the charts, but they were consistently a little higher in each category...She also talked about stereotypes and used as a great example how Nokia made their cell phones pink as a "feature" for women..." more

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:01 GMT

Low Launch Price for Expression Web Ebook

Tina Clarke — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:24:20 GMT

Tina Clarke writes, "Now available the Migrating from FrontPage to Expression Web Ebook V1 can be obtained at the low launch price of $45 Normally priced at $55 the offer won’t be available for long so take advantage now... This ebook is best way forward for those users who are struggling with not only how to clean their code, but how to make a dwt, validat their pages..." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:24:20 GMT

How to Keep Files From Falling Off the File Tab Channel

Sara Ford — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:19:04 GMT

Sara Ford writes, "Just found out about this tip the other day. Works for both 2005 and 2008, although I haven’t tested 2005 myself. Warning: To enable this tip, you’ll need to modify your registry settings Follow the instructions below at your own risk." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:19:04 GMT

Fix For Error Starting Automatic Updates Service on Local Computer

Jeff Guillet — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:15:30 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "This can happen when Windows XP clients attempt to start the Automatic Updates service and is due to a permissions issue. The quickest and the easiest solution would be to reset the permissions for the Automatic Updates service on the client and then start the service. To display the current permissions of the Automatic Updates service and fix them:" more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:15:30 GMT

VB Catch When: Why So Special?

VB Team — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:13:02 GMT

VB Team writes, "The VB Catch syntax has a unique feature: When. It allows users to filter expressions based on something other than their type. Any arbitrary code can enter a When block to decide whether or not to handle an Exception...Newsgroups often ask, "Why's this so special? I could effectively get the same behavior out of C# by doing the following..." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:13:02 GMT

Types of Code Tests to Use While Building Silverlight Applications

Jonas Folleso — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:21:26 GMT

Jonas Folleso writes, "Automated unit testing of code has become a common development practice, and as developers we have a wide variety of frameworks to pick from to help us do testing. A common misperception is that any test written using a testing framework is a unit test. That is not necessary true...the types of tests I normally write when building Silverlight applications..." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:21:26 GMT

WSCF.Blue Development Opened up For Community

Edward Bakker — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:15:22 GMT

Edward Bakker writes, "Christian Weyer just announced that he decided to open up development of his very successful Web Service Contract First (WSCF) tool. The new release, named WSCF.blue, targets WCF and can be found on CodePlex..." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:15:22 GMT

Using Table Variable vs Temp Table and Estimated vs Actual Query Plan

SQLCAT Team — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:12:05 GMT

SQLCAT Team writes, "When examining query plans be careful to consider possible plan change during the batch execution due to recompiles. Bear in mind that while table variables are not causing recompiles, you may need just the opposite to get the best query plan...You will find some great information about table variables and temporary tables in..." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:12:05 GMT

Moving to .NET 3.5? Pick Up the Enhancements Training Kit

David Yack — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:46:25 GMT

David Yack writes, "...kit covers a lot of the .NET 3.5 SP1 features but there is also a training kit for .NET 3.5 - If you have new developers moving to .NET 3.5 you might want to check out that training kit here..." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:46:25 GMT

Solution for VS Error - The breakpoint Will Not Currently Be Hit

Guy Barrette — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:44:52 GMT

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:" more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:44:52 GMT

Code to Configure the BAM WCF Interceptor Programmatically

Jesus Rodriguez — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:13:15 GMT

Jesus Rodriguez writes, "...the BAM interceptor functionality is not public and consequently it can’t be added to the service endpoint behaviors collection. The trick to access this endpoint behavior is to invoke the CreateBehavior method of the BAM behavior extension element. The following code illustrates the details...." more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:13:15 GMT

Dancing Windows 7? At the PDC?

Eileen Brown — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:07:34 GMT

Eileen Brown writes, "I’ve just seen the viral video advertising Windows 7 and the PDC this year. We do seem to be getting a bit of a name for videos that make you talk… cringe… react…" more

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:07:34 GMT