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I’m working on a new screen-cast series for an online technical publisher and I ran across some problems this morning with the audio support. I currently use a GT-55 with the M-Audio MobilePre as the pre-amp. The sound quality is superb (when it...
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In the EF version 1.0, there was a problem when one would try to update multiple contexts as part of a single transaction. For example, I can use Transaction Scope, the update one context, then second context. Here is sample code to illustrate:...
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I have been doing a lot of research this week on WPF performance issues, and I have run across many blog posts that suggest that the calculation of the rendering tier value for a WPF-enabled target platform is based solely on the version of DirectX installed...
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Yesterday I was asked about a way to play animations in MVVM environment.
So, I gave this some thought today, and came up with a few ideas.
First, and the easiest way is to separate ViewModel from animation by attaching an animation to a behavior. ...
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Today I am continuing exploring WCF RIA Services. I am going to discuss validation in RIA Services.
Any business application needs to validate user input. I am going to start with a simple case. In my sample application a user can enter...
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There. I said it. Medium Trust is PITA. I wont be surprised if someone replies with one of the following: “Well, not really, you only have to do x, y and z and your code is compatible with medium trust environments”
or “It’s there (Medium Trust)...
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The reason my blog postings have been reduced a bit lately is because of Twitter. When I come across new content and materials I post the information through my twitter account ( http://twitter.com/denglishbi ); It is more convenient and easy for me and...
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I just want to relay Microsoft’s new offer to everyone. Windows Azure is now offered for free for a limited time. This is an introductory offer to get more people to use new cloud platform from Microsoft. Please see this link for...
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I have another DimeCast up on DimeCasts.net. More Info: In this episode we are going to continue looking at how to use Partials within the Spark View Engine. In this episode we will take a deeper look at partials and learn more about their _undocumented_...
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I’ve moved my blog engine once again. I started with DasBlog, then went to BlogEngine.NET and now I’m finally on WordPress. Why WordPress? You’re a .NET guy …
Plain and simple. What I had, didn’t work and I need my blog to work, and work quickly....
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I spoke at Atlanta.NET Users Group yesterday, My topic was Azure Step-by-Step.
I talked about why someone would use Windows and SQL Azure, then I built a Silverlight application from scratch. The application was designed to run in Windows Azure...
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One of the nice features about creating dashboards with PerformancePoint Server (PPS) is the ability to incorporate different types of reporting types like Analytical Grids/Charts, SQL Reporting Services Reports (SSRS), ProClarity Analytical Views, and...
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I have been spending some time with a client analyzing the performance of an existing WPF application. We have found a driver-related memory leak and I wanted to share the methodology and findings. The WPF application in question has a bar graph, of sorts,...
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On a few occasions I have been asked where the install is for the Dashboard Designer application that is used to create and deploy the PerformancePoint Server (PPS) 2007 elements. This is a fair question because it would be a little confusing for someone...
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Since Microsoft joined the MVC foray with ASP.NET MVC (other options existed previously, such as Monorail ) I've personally witnessed (and been part of ) a lot of MVC vs. WebForms discussions. Usually these discussions end up with opposite sides taking...
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I know it has been quite a while since I posted to the blog, a topic for another time, but I wanted to put this out here as I have used it three times this week to answer a couple different questions. The system view sys.key_constraints replaces functionality...
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Next month on Tuesday, February 9 there will be an MSDN Event in Eden Prairie, MN (from 1 to 5 p.m.). These events typically occur on a quarterly basis and you can see if there is one happening in your area by going to http://msdnevents.com . Here is...
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This last weekend I hosted and participated in the first Twin Cities GiveCamp . We created a solution for the Animal Humane Society which they were very happy with. I'm happy to say that the event was a success! Here's the success annoucement on the give...
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As I mentioned previously, I will be presenting on the topic of Velocity at the next Atlanta Leading Edge Microsoft Users Group this coming Tuesday, January 19th.
I am supposed to be at a customer site out of state today, and I am not sure if I am going...
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I am going to continue exploring the topic of RIA services and Silverlight. I thought I was going to get into updates in this post, but there are a few topics I would like to cover first. I am going to try to get to updates in the next post....
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As always I had fun presenting at Gwinnett Georgia Microsoft Users Group on Thursday. The subject of my talk was “Getting started with SQL Azure”. I documented all the steps in this blog post. There are also useful links that I mentioned...
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I have just been selected to receive the Microsoft MVP award! This is an awesome news! I feel honored and humbled that Microsoft recognized my efforts in learning Microsoft technologies and being active in local Microsoft oriented developer...
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The ESB Toolkit 2.0 install is still a painful process and I have often asked if there was an easier way to do it to get more out of it. Use of the ESB pipeline components is particularly helpful in some situations but it is a little annoying to go through...
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Right now I have ReSharper turned off on my client's machine because it bogs down the machine. There's a lot of encryption going on to the hard drive so my guess is that this is the culprit. Reason being: I can run VS2010 with ReSharper installed on my...
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I know many posts have been written on this subject by many people, but I am writing this one mostly for myself. I find it very useful to type my thoughts on any subject and create a sample project to help me commit more information to memory. ...
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