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Create a VS Project Compiling .NET Framework Detection Ccode

Aaron Stebner — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:09:07 GMT

Aaron Stebner writes, "You should be able to use the following steps to create a project and compile the sample .NET Framework detection code using either Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008...while testing the above steps, I noticed that the sample code was generating several warnings during the build process. I fixed these..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:09:07 GMT

Entity Framework Designer and Large Databases

Julie Lerman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:51:31 GMT

Julie Lerman writes, "What have people who have been pushing the designer with databases with hundreds or even thousands of tables & views been experiencing?...I created a model from a database with about 400 tables & views...The wizard itself took about 20 seconds..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:51:31 GMT

ForEach a Simple But Very Useful Extension Method

Glenn Block — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:44:44 GMT

Glenn Block writes, "...the need to invoke a set of methods on an IEnumerable that was returned from a LINQ to XML query. Unfortunately no such animal exists on IEnumerable. It took me < 5 mins to write this..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:44:44 GMT

TPH on Relationship

Matthieu Mezil — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:42:42 GMT

Matthieu Mezil writes, "The guy wants to keep the relationship and to have TPH inheritance on Customers.CustomerTypeId. So this means two mappings on Customers.CustomerTypeId which is forbidden. But we can do this with ssdl view:..This post shows you...the big interest of ssdl view: to make possible non-supported scenarii." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:42:42 GMT

TFS and FQDN Problem - Solution

Brian Harry — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:40:39 GMT

Brian Harry writes, "The problem has been isolated to a change in Windows 2003 SP1. The symptom is error messages that look like the following in your event log: Exception Message: TF30063: You are not authorized to access...understand the issue and learn how to correct it:" more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:40:39 GMT

Great TechEd US Sessions Available

Jason Langridge — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:37:35 GMT

Jason Langridge writes, "...combined list of Video sessions from TechEd US... there is a broad spectrum with some great speakers! I thought it was too good not to blog!" more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:37:35 GMT

SSDL View and CUD Operations

Matthieu Mezil — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:27:22 GMT

Matthieu Mezil writes, "...Fisrt if you change only the properties mapped on the columns of the table and then if you want to save your changes on DB, all is ok. Why? Because EF doesn't generate an UPDATE per table / view mapped systematically but it generates one per table / view modified. The SSDL view are Read Only. So you will have some exceptions..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:27:22 GMT

Exchange System Manager and Outlook on the Same Computer?

Bharat Suneja — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:24:53 GMT

Bharat Suneja writes, "...The KBA provides an explanation of the issue related to MAPI32.DLL, and also indicates that these can be installed on the same computer for demonstration purposes. They're not supported in production...." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:24:53 GMT

More Clues About Microsoft's Cloud-Computing Vision

Mary Jo Foley — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:26:01 GMT

Mary Jo Foley writes, "The term “cloud computing” has become almost meaningless...a new white paper...provides more clues aboutwhat the Softies are planning to unveil at this October’s Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) all fit together, the 13-pager is worth a read..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:26:01 GMT

Changes to Server Application Licensing and Support for Hyper-V

Emma Healey — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:23:19 GMT

Emma Healey writes, "...We are evolving our licensing rules in response to their feedback and to keep pace with rapid innovation in (and adoption of) virtualisation technologies. Waiving the 90 day reassignment rule" more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:23:19 GMT

StyleCop 4.3 Seems to be Heading in the Right Direction

Scott Dorman — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:15:32 GMT

Scott Dorman writes, "...the newest release of StyleCop shows the direction StyleCop seems to be heading…and it’s a good direction. The new release includes various bug fixes and better Visual Studio integration, new rules documentation (which is also integrated into Visual Studio) and new rules. See Jason’s post for the full list of rules added..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:15:32 GMT

Definitive Story About Virtualizing Exchange and the Support Policies

David Elfassy — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:09:35 GMT

David Elfassy writes, "...This is a better story than what we've had up to now, albeit not a complete support policy yet. The obviously lack of support for VMWare, IMO, is going to be an issue. Though there is basic support for all 3rd party virtualization products..." more

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:09:35 GMT

How to Use the Command Line to Manage Printers

Jeff Guillet — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:06:33 GMT

Jeff Guillet writes, "...handy way to manage printers from the command line. This makes it really easy to add, delete or change printers from logon scripts and batch files." more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:06:33 GMT

Windows Server 2008 R2 Still Lives

Mary Jo Foley — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:02:20 GMT

Mary Jo Foley writes, "Microsoft is still doing what it had led folks to believe up until this point: A release called Windows Server 2008 R2 is still on the books (now officially slated for 2010). And there will be some release two years after that which may or may not be called Windows 7 Server. And just to keep things extra confusing...." more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:02:20 GMT

Adobe Fuse and Flash Dangers - Malicious Web Advertising

Harry Waldron — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:02:19 GMT

Harry Waldron writes, "...how malware writers are currently using these products to create malicious ads that can even appear on more popular mainstream sites if the webmasters aren't careful..." more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:02:19 GMT

Malicious FedEx Notification Emails

Don Patterson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:50:49 GMT

Don Patterson writes, "...discovered a new campaign of malicious spam posing as FedEx notifications. The notifications claim to be from FedEx and explain that a package sent by the recipient in the past month was not delivered." more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:50:49 GMT

Error Importing SQL Server 2005 Registered Servers to SQL Server 2008

Buck Woody — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:51:23 GMT

Buck Woody writes, "...if you use the "Import" feature in SQL Server 2008 and point it at the list of servers you exported from SQL Server 2005 using the "Export" feature, you'll get this error....But there is a solution:" more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:51:23 GMT

How to Find Out if You Have the Final Version of SQL Server 2008 Installed

PSS SQL Engineers — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:51:37 GMT

PSS SQL Engineers writes, "When you use SQL Server Management Studio and select the Help/About menu choice to see what version you have, you may see something like this...So what does SQL_PreRelease mean? Don't I have the "released" SQL Server and not some pre-release?" more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:51:37 GMT

Example Application for Webcam Support in Silverlight 2

Jonas Folleso — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:11:27 GMT

Jonas Folleso writes, "I’ve gotten a few requests to update the application for Silverlight 2 Beta 2. I have now done that...The new example application is called “Webcam Sliding Puzzle” and extends a picture puzzle game written by Cigdem Patlak and adds support for capturing pictures from your local webcam..." more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:11:27 GMT

VS and .NET Framework SP1 Installation EyeOpeners

Tomislav Bronzin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:09 GMT

Tomislav Bronzin writes, "...If you previously installed a Visual Studio 2008 Hotfix or Visual Studio 2008 SP1 pre-release, you must run the Service Pack Preparation tool before installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1...Sometimes installation of VS SP1 RTM will require that you provide VS 2008 Installation DVD media..." more

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:09:09 GMT