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Silverlight 2.0 is going to change the web so much. I've just completed an experimental blog theme for Community Server that uses a Silverlight masthead. You can view the finished result over at Grace's blog . The Silverlight masthead was created...
If, like me, you're trying to get up to speed on Silverlight 2.0 beta 2, you should know about Jesse Liberty's webcast series. Jesse has a new approach to coding webcasts where instead of watching the presenter write code live (which takes time...
In part 1 we set the scene and created our web application project. In part 2 we began creating the HTTP Generic Handler, retrieved the CLID string from the URL's query string and knocked it into the correct canonical format ready for looking in the...
In part 1 , we set the scene and created a new project in Visual Studio and set up a few things in preparation. Now for the good bit, let's write some code! Diagnostics Throughout the code, you're going to see diagnostic trace routines. This diagnostic...
Following on from my last post where I discussed using LINQ to dip into a Microsoft Dynamics CRM database, here is a real-world application using similar techniques. This sample is an integration between TrixBox, an open-source IP Telephony system and...
Inspired by Simon Hutson's post and sharing his aversion to T-SQL code, I decided to have a go at re-writing his code in C# using LINQ (Language Integrated Query). Before we go any further, I need to say that the techniques used here are definitely...
Someone on LinkedIn recently posed the question: Which of the technology Open Source or Microsoft you prefer? [sic] Well that was like a red rag to a bull. My response was voted "best answer" by the original poster, so I suppose I must've...
I've been dabbling with various different development projects recently and I've uncovered what I think is an important failing in Microsoft's support for 64-bit software. In Visual Studio, the default setting is to generate code for "Any...
I've been learning about LINQ (a new feature of visual C# 3.0) and decided to play around with a little application. I have a VOIP PBX based on TrixBox/Asterisk. I thought it would be neat to write an application to examine the call logs, which are...
If you are developing ASCOM drivers or applications in Visual Studio (i.e. you are generating .NET code), there's a compatibility issue you should be aware of that could prevent your code from running on 64-bit systems. When you create a new project...
Poor Mike - perhaps he should have used PowerGUI . I have been catching up with Mike Ormond's blog today. Mike posts lots of stuff that will be interesting to software developers and if you're a Visual Studio user, even just a hobbyist, it's...
I'm not implying that the Framework needs to be debugged - but now, if you need to understand what the .NET Framework is doing, you can single step into the source code! For instructions on how to enable this feature, please see: Configuring Visual...
I was reading an article by David Overton , a Microsoft employee whose opinions I really respect. Of course, being a Microsoft employee he is always keen to play up the benefits of Microsoft's products, but I think he manages to do so in a fair and...
I was in the San Francisco Bay area during the last days of the DotCom bubble. I saw it crumble before my very eyes, I saw vast swathes of office blocks with empty car parks where once they were full of software engineers trying to create the next killer...
I need your help. I found what I think is a new performance issue in Outlook related to SharePoint integration and I’m looking for independent confirmation so I can take it to Microsoft with confidence that it is not just a local issue. If you see this...
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