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In my current project I'm using Enterprise Library 3.1's Caching block to cache data retrieved from web services. The caching code is implemented in a regular C# class library, and I have NUnit 2.4 tests to test it. In order to configure Enterprise Read More...
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Reader Ravindranath posed several questions today in a comment, and I think that they deserve a post of their own. Here they are again: As a part of migrating from .Net 1.x to .Net 3.x, is it advisable to re-architect for the newer .Net 3.x features Read More...
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As you may or may not know, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) does not ship with a data grid control. [I'll pause while I wait for the cursing to die down...] First, I need to make an important distinction: there is a Grid control in WPF, Read More...
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A while back Microsoft copied some of the biggest and most in-demand software downloads for MSDN Subscribers to the Akamai content distribution network. If you haven't heard of Akamai, it operates a worldwide network of content distribution servers with Read More...
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The next major release of Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 have quietly been released to manufacturing over the weekend, along with .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 and .NET 3.0 SP1. This is an important release of Visual Studio because it fully Read More...
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Most developers tend to think in the context of the language they are currently writing. If you're writing C#, you are accustomed to having the core .NET Framework class library at your disposal. If you're writing VB.NET, you're used to having Read More...
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I happened to be building an ASP.NET 2.0 website earlier this year when the ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions RTM'd, so I decided to try it out. Someone recently asked me my impressions of the Extensions and Control Toolkit and how best to get started, so I Read More...
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I've been forgetting to write about this one for the better part of a year... Many of you have probably seen the exception dialog box in the SQL Server 2005 GUI's. It lets you copy the exception text to the clipboard and so on. It's pretty nice, certainly Read More...
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I've written before about installing .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 side by side (SxS) on the same box . Microsoft recently added to the mix .NET Framework 3.0 , so it's about time to clear up any confusion on the newest release. Above all, you should understand Read More...
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You're already familiar with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) if you've ever opened Computer Management, IIS Administration or any of the other Windows management tools. The most common version today is 2.0, found on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Read More...
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I frequently hear comments that Web services are inappropriate for carrying large data messages, say greater than 1 MB. In the past there was some truth to that, but no longer. There is really no reason to avoid a Web service simply because you have to Read More...
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Thanks again to everyone who attended my session entitled " Effective Techniques for Handling Large Messages in Service Oriented Solutions " at the Microsoft SOA & BP Conference. The session covered the difficulties of working with large messages Read More...
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You might have used the VB6 to VB.NET Upgrade Wizard in Visual Studio, or maybe the Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA) to convert Java code to C#. These tools have something in common - the technology comes not from Microsoft, but from a company Read More...
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The Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference is coming soon. This is a great 4-day conference held at the Microsoft campus at an awesome price - only $199! Consider that TechEd costs nearly $2,000! Of course you have to pay to get there, but really, Read More...
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One of the coolest resources that Microsoft employees have is an internal website filled with hundreds and hundreds of small but useful apps and utilities, many of which were written by Microsoft employees. Sadly, few of the tools are made available outside Read More...
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