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The Times They Are a-Changin' 0 0 1 RegionManager missing from Namespace? Anthony Trudeau, October 1, 2013 .NET Prism I struggled with an error in my XAML on a new project this weekend. The error is a design time error. That is, my project compiled and ran perfectly. But, the designer had the error: The name ‘RegionManager’ ... RegionManager missing from Namespace? 0 0 0 .NET Prism T-Sql: How to find records added in duplicate within a few seconds from each other Renso, October 1, 2013 SQL Goal: You need to find out if in a particular table, records that seem to have been added in duplicate due to a possible double-click. In this example I am querying a Shipment table and the natural key ... 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My old (generation 2) nano iPOD won't shut off. Paula DiTallo, October 8, 2013 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games Try holding down the Menu and Selector (push-button circle in the center) down at the same time for at least 2 seconds. My old (generation 2) nano iPOD won't shut off. 0 0 0 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games
My iPOD keeps saying "Do Not Disconnect" while charging. I can't listen to anything. Paula DiTallo, October 8, 2013 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games The simplest answer is because the iPOD software detects that it is unsafe (read: data loss) for your iPOD, Computer or both if you were to disconnect the cable without ejecting the device first.Here's ... My iPOD keeps saying "Do Not Disconnect" while charging. I can't listen to anything. 0 0 0 Practical Answers Entertainment - Games Entertainment - Games
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Win2003 Certs Mike Koerner, October 8, 2013 I was working on installing a ServiceBus 1.1 client app on a Windows 2003 server. I installed the server certs and crl on the client machine. However I was still receiving the message:System.Unauthorized... ... Win2003 Certs 0 0 0
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Android App Development in HTML5 using Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web Om Talsania, October 8, 2013 Tutorials The Story So Far: I love Visual Studio. I love their express editions for being FREE. I love it because it gives superb intellisense as well as debugging support. The reason I enjoy coding .NET is probably ... Android App Development in HTML5 using Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web 0 0 34 Tutorials
2008R2 SSRS "Subreport could not be shown" Kevin Shyr, October 7, 2013 Microsoft SQL - Reporting Services (SSRS) I got this error working on a report with subreport. At first I couldn't tell that anything is wrong with the subreport, which ran fine by itself.Turns out that the subreport pointer was changed, then ... 2008R2 SSRS "Subreport could not be shown" 0 0 0 Microsoft SQL - Reporting Services (SSRS)
How do I save frequently used SQL Statements in SQL Server? Paula DiTallo, October 7, 2013 Practical Answers SQL One convenient way is to make use of the template feature (aka: Template Explorere) in SSMS.1. Navigate to the View menu in SSMS2. Select Template Explorer->right click on SQL Server Tempaltes.3. Click ... How do I save frequently used SQL Statements in SQL Server? 0 0 0 Practical Answers SQL
How do I switch montor postions? Switching cables didn't help. Paula DiTallo, October 7, 2013 Practical Answers For Windows 7:1. Right click any blank area on your desktop. 2. Left click Personalize->Display Settings. A window will open that shows a monitor. 3. Navigate to Change Display Settings. A new window ... How do I switch montor postions? Switching cables didn't help. 0 0 0 Practical Answers
The IE6 countdown continues! TATWORTH, October 7, 2013 At http://www.ie6countdown.com, the IE6 countdown continues to be logged. Countries that have gone below 1% since I last blogged about this include:ThailandSouth AfricaFranceHowever a special note must ... The IE6 countdown continues! 0 0 0
Checking that Firefox and Chrome are up to date. TATWORTH, October 7, 2013 To check that Firefox and Chrome are up to date, in each of them go to Help, About. If there is a new version, it will be downloaded and then you will be prompted to re-start. Checking that Firefox and Chrome are up to date. 0 0 0
APress Deal of the Day 7/Oct/2013 - Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 TATWORTH, October 7, 2013 Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012"Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 is written to help ASP.NET developers make the leap ... APress Deal of the Day 7/Oct/2013 - Pro HTML5 with Visual Studio 2012 0 0 0
var codeReview = TFS.Features.First(feature => feature.IsAwesome); MikeParks, October 5, 2013 If your team is currently on TFS 2010 and you're looking for an awesome reason to upgrade to TFS 2012, check this video out. Incorporating code reviews into the Visual Studio IDE will take your code quality ... var codeReview = TFS.Features.First(feature => feature.IsAwesome); 0 0 0
Playing With Any vs. Count() greater-than 0 in .Net (Enumerable Extensions) Tom Hines, October 5, 2013 Code Code Anyone who has encountered the differences between Any() and Count() > 0 in .NET has had to choose which one fits the particular circumstance. This posting is an example of what each will do.I recently ... Playing With Any vs. Count() greater-than 0 in .Net (Enumerable Extensions) 0 0 2 Code Code
PowerShell – The first kiss with VMware PowerCLI Waclaw Chrabaszcz, October 5, 2013 PowerShell Long time ago VMware published they own PowerShell module. Let's take a look on it. First we need to download and install the module.https://my.vmware.co... ... PowerShell – The first kiss with VMware PowerCLI 0 0 0 PowerShell
Visual Studio Extensions - Mike Parks & Cory Cissell - Source Code Published MikeParks, October 4, 2013 I've been contacted by a ton of people since Cory and I rolled out our Visual Studio Extensions asking if I could publish the source code to them. A large majority of the responses and feedback have been ... Visual Studio Extensions - Mike Parks & Cory Cissell - Source Code Published 0 0 2
LINQ to Twitter Async Joe Mayo, October 4, 2013 Twitter LINQ LINQ to Twitter Async PCL The next version of LINQ to Twitter will be async. I’m currently doing some early spikes and everything is coming together nicely. Here’s a sample of what the syntax looks like, starting with Authorization. ... LINQ to Twitter Async 0 0 1 Twitter LINQ LINQ to Twitter Async PCL
Seeing Double in Visual Studio 2012? Lori Lalonde, October 4, 2013 Visual Studio When I launched Visual Studio this morning, I noticed something very strange with the menu - I was seeing double, as shown in Exhibit A: Exhibit A – Is this an April fool’s joke? My troubleshooting skills ... Seeing Double in Visual Studio 2012? 0 0 0 Visual Studio
MVC Table Styling selection to CSS and demo table TATWORTH, October 3, 2013 At https://tabledemo.codeplex.... I have created a new open-source project of an MVC form to produce by selection from drop-down lists, the CSS to style a table and a demonstration table. Here is a rather ... MVC Table Styling selection to CSS and demo table 0 0 1
Some thoughts on helpdesk system Kevin Shyr, October 3, 2013 I think infrastructure gets the heat a lot of times while not being at fault. I feel for them; I worked support for a while and know how tough the job is. I also feel some injustice, because these are ... Some thoughts on helpdesk system 0 0 0
Moving off iTune Podcasts and back into Zune podcast. Kevin Shyr, October 3, 2013 Mobility - All Mobility - iPhone Mobility - Zune I guess I am now "dead man walking". It's just a matter of time before Microsoft kills Zune, much to my chagrin. However, I just had too many problems with iTune podcast syncing that it's not worth my ... Moving off iTune Podcasts and back into Zune podcast. 0 0 1 Mobility - All Mobility - iPhone Mobility - Zune
Backing up SQL Server to Windows Azure Store using Credentials Renso, October 3, 2013 SQL Windows Azure Credentials Goal: How to backup my SQL Server database to a Windows Azure Store, which is just a folder on your Azure account. Of course you need a Windows Azure account to do this with a Store subscription. In your ... Backing up SQL Server to Windows Azure Store using Credentials 0 0 1 SQL Windows Azure Credentials
T-SQL: Target server product version and edition Renso, October 3, 2013 SQL To find out what the target server product version and edition is:SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVers... SERVERPROPERTY('Edition');This may seem trivial, but a mistake some folks make is that just ... T-SQL: Target server product version and edition 0 0 0 SQL
T-SQL IntelliSense: Some objects or columns don't show up, or are incorrectly marked as invalid Renso, October 3, 2013 SQL Reasons by T-SQL intellisense does not pickup and complete a list or that an object or column is underlined and marked as incorrect. There could be multiple reasons but I will cover the three most prevalent ... T-SQL IntelliSense: Some objects or columns don't show up, or are incorrectly marked as invalid 0 0 1 SQL
Speaking with the Cebu Developers Vincent Maverick Durano, October 3, 2013 Community ASP.NET Yesterday’s training session was a success with few developers from Cebu attended the session. The core topic I’ve talked about was ASP.NET MVC. Here’s the full list of the topics below: An Intro to ASP.NET ... Speaking with the Cebu Developers 0 0 0 Community ASP.NET
Interesting book about messaging wants your support Ralf Westphal, October 3, 2013 Messaging - or programming with flows - is different from your grandpa´s object orientation. It´s so different, it needs time and effort to wrap your head around it. And it needs more information and perspectives ... Interesting book about messaging wants your support 0 0 0
Dinosaurs and Spaceships: Using self hosted WebAPI 2 with legacy applications Malisa L. Ncube, October 2, 2013 ASP.NET C# I have blogged about how you can use WebAPI 2 hosted on OWIN with legacy applications. Visit the link below for more information. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/afr... ... Dinosaurs and Spaceships: Using self hosted WebAPI 2 with legacy applications 0 0 0 ASP.NET C#
A Love Letter to the American Populace MOSSLover, October 2, 2013 I am a 31 year old girl sitting in Keystone, SD just 10 miles outside of Mount Rushmore. I am on vacation visiting a ton of national parks and monuments, but they are closed. I am not here to lecture you ... A Love Letter to the American Populace 0 0 1
Staying in touch with APOD TATWORTH, October 2, 2013 You can stay in touch with APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) by going to https://www.facebook.com/As... ... Staying in touch with APOD 0 0 0
Software Engineering Book List mrad, October 2, 2013 This is recommended book list by Mike Potts INTERN/JUNIOR LEVELFirst Design PatternsPragmatic ProgrammerUML DistilledSOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOUNDATIONPrinciples, Patterns and PracticesAnalysis PatternsClean ... Software Engineering Book List 0 0 0
Heartland Developers Conference 2013 Highlights Aligned, October 2, 2013 Unit Testing BDD Tools I was able to go to another great year of HDC 13 at the beginning of September (on Twitter #hdc13). Our company sent 8 of us down for the Thursday and Friday (thanks for investing in us!). The main theme ... Heartland Developers Conference 2013 Highlights 0 0 1 Unit Testing BDD Tools
Windows Phone 8 Recipes – The Missing Page Lori Lalonde, October 2, 2013 Windows Phone As you know, my colleague, David Totzke and I, published an Apress book on Windows Phone 8 development. Nearing the end of the writing process, we were lucky enough to have the book’s Foreward written ... Windows Phone 8 Recipes – The Missing Page 0 0 0 Windows Phone
NDepend 5.0 has been Released! Vincent Maverick Durano, October 2, 2013 General NDepend Highlights of the final NDepend 5.0 release include:Support for Visual Studio 2013 RC while preserving compatibility with previous versions of the IDE, namely Visual Studio 2012, 2010 and 2008.New Dashboard ... NDepend 5.0 has been Released! 0 0 0 General NDepend
Hacking on Puppet in Windows: Running Puppet Commands Against the Source Code Robz / Fervent Coder, October 1, 2013 Puppet This is not something one would normally do, but this is here for future reference for me. First of all ensure puppet, facter and hiera source codes are all checked out from git and have the same top level ... Hacking on Puppet in Windows: Running Puppet Commands Against the Source Code 0 0 1 Puppet
A few months behind (Web Forms to Web API) Ed Crookshanks, October 1, 2013 practical tools WebAPI refactoring MVC ASP.NET MSDN Web Forms .NET C# Sometimes, being a few months behind in reading/reviewing articles can be a good thing. I recently was discussing the latest cool things in ASP.NET - such as MVC, jQuery, Web API, etc. with a good friend ... A few months behind (Web Forms to Web API) 0 0 1 practical tools WebAPI refactoring MVC ASP.NET MSDN Web Forms .NET C#
The Times They Are a-Changin' Valter Minute, October 1, 2013 As you may know, in the past 3 years I’ve been working as a consultant and collaborating with Adeneo Embedded. Today (October 1st) I begun a new experience at Toradex (http://www.toradex.com/), in Horw, ... The Times They Are a-Changin' 0 0 1
RegionManager missing from Namespace? Anthony Trudeau, October 1, 2013 .NET Prism I struggled with an error in my XAML on a new project this weekend. The error is a design time error. That is, my project compiled and ran perfectly. But, the designer had the error: The name ‘RegionManager’ ... RegionManager missing from Namespace? 0 0 0 .NET Prism
T-Sql: How to find records added in duplicate within a few seconds from each other Renso, October 1, 2013 SQL Goal: You need to find out if in a particular table, records that seem to have been added in duplicate due to a possible double-click. In this example I am querying a Shipment table and the natural key ... T-Sql: How to find records added in duplicate within a few seconds from each other 0 0 0 SQL
T-Sql: How to find records added in duplicate within a few seconds from each other Renso, October 1, 2013 SQL Goal: You need to find out if in a particular table, records that seem to have been added in duplicate due to a possible double-click. In this example I am querying a Shipment table and the natural key ... T-Sql: How to find records added in duplicate within a few seconds from each other 0 0 0 SQL
HTML5 Web Application Development by Example PhubarBaz, September 30, 2013 HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript JQuery Web Application Check out my new book. I put everything I've learned over the last 3 years about HTLM5 and JavaScript into it. It tells you everything you need to know to start writing feature rich web apps using HTML5, ... HTML5 Web Application Development by Example 0 0 1 HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript JQuery Web Application
Free ebook from Microsoft Press: System Center: Designing Orchestrator Runbooks TATWORTH, September 30, 2013 At http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mic... Microsoft Press are offering a free E-Book "System Center: Designing Orchestrator ... Free ebook from Microsoft Press: System Center: Designing Orchestrator Runbooks 0 0 0
Visual Studio (VS13) launch announced TATWORTH, September 30, 2013 Visual Studio 2013 will be launched on November 13th in New York. You will be able to follow the launch at: http://events.visualstudio.... details later ... Visual Studio (VS13) launch announced 0 0 0
Ignoring Your Test Suite Jesse Taber, September 29, 2013 If you practice any form of test-driven development or automated testing you’ve likely come across some kind of test framework. If you work with .NET you might have used nUnit, MSTest, or xUnit. These ... Ignoring Your Test Suite 0 0 0
XAML Mood Wheel / Spinner Wheel Control for Windows 8/Store Apps Harish Ranganathan, September 29, 2013 Have been wanting to revive this blog for a long time but haven’t properly invested the time. So thought of kicking this off with a control I worked on recently. One of the requirements for a Windows 8 ... XAML Mood Wheel / Spinner Wheel Control for Windows 8/Store Apps 0 0 3
Which DMVs are most helpful? Is there a list of them? Paula DiTallo, September 27, 2013 Practical Answers SQL As with most questions asked about monitoring/assessing/admini... MS SQL Server installations, the answer is "it depends".There are many other blogs/resources/etc. online that can get into the specifics--think ... Which DMVs are most helpful? Is there a list of them? 0 0 0 Practical Answers SQL
generic error in access 2013 Alex Bransky, September 27, 2013 all tech stuff Today I got an error in Access 2013 saying "Cannot open database ''. It maybe not be a database that your application recognizes, or the file may be corrupt."After doing some digging I figured out that ... generic error in access 2013 0 0 0 all tech stuff