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Setting a WPF Image programmatically T, June 30, 2014 WPF Here is one way to mapping images using code behind in WPF so.ImgMap.Source = new BitmapImage(new Uri(String.Format("../{0}/{... In this example, Images must have ... Setting a WPF Image programmatically 0 0 0 WPF
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Using CMS for App Configuration - Part 3, Consume Your Config Elton Stoneman, June 27, 2014 Umbraco APIs After Part 1 and Part 2, we now have an app config server with a nice UI and a publishing workflow for changes. In our app, we can get the current config settings with an HTTP client reading from the URL ... Using CMS for App Configuration - Part 3, Consume Your Config 0 0 0 Umbraco APIs
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Useful git instructions / commands sathya, June 26, 2014 git Concept of git In a git project, there will be two branches for each branch that you have :one is local branch and other is remote branchyou always commit to your local branch and when you push the changes ... Useful git instructions / commands 0 0 0 git
Combining jquery form serialize() and JSON.stringify() when doing ajax post in MVC Rohit Gupta, June 25, 2014 Most of the times we end up using either $(‘#myform’).serialize() along with default contentType in ajax POST request, OR we use the JSON representation of the form using jquery helper methods, then call ... Combining jquery form serialize() and JSON.stringify() when doing ajax post in MVC 0 0 0
Get the Last Build By Build Number with Visual Studio ALM Team Foundation Server API Bob Hardister, June 25, 2014 Here is a handy TFS 2013 build activity for getting the last build by build number filter. In this case: We get the 4th version node number: we call it the revision number We use semantic versioning and ... Get the Last Build By Build Number with Visual Studio ALM Team Foundation Server API 0 0 0
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WES: Changing Power Settings from the Command Line Bruce Eitman, June 24, 2014 Windows Embedded Standard (WES) I am working on a kiosk type system right now – really, it is a kiosk. So we want the user to feel like the system is running all of the time, and the power settings to turn off the display hinder that. ... WES: Changing Power Settings from the Command Line 0 0 0 Windows Embedded Standard (WES)
Tournr Chris Skardon, June 24, 2014 Tournr A little while ago (2 months and 12 days to be precise) I launched my project I’ve been making for a while now: Tournr. I have the usual Facebook page (please like!), twitter account and even a blog for ... Tournr 0 0 0 Tournr
WES: Disabling the Taskbar Bruce Eitman, June 24, 2014 Windows Embedded Standard (WES) There has been plenty written about replacing the Explorer Shell to disable the taskbar, but what if you want the Explorer Shell, but don’t want the taskbar? This article will show how to disable the taskbar ... WES: Disabling the Taskbar 0 0 0 Windows Embedded Standard (WES)
WES: Use Command Line to Disable a Service Bruce Eitman, June 24, 2014 Windows Embedded Standard (WES) I have been working with a customer who needs to be able to disable services in WES 7. They want to do this after using IBW to install WES. So, how can we manage services from the command line? The answer ... WES: Use Command Line to Disable a Service 0 0 0 Windows Embedded Standard (WES)
Heartbleed is still a problem! TATWORTH, June 24, 2014 As reported by ITPRO, the Heartbleed bug is still a risk. What is appalling is that the rate of fixing Web Servers has dropped drastically. The Heartbleed risk must be fixed. See http://www.itpro.co.uk/secu... ... Heartbleed is still a problem! 0 0 0
O’Reilly 50% off all Web Ops and Performance titles to 05:00 PT 28th June 2014 TATWORTH, June 24, 2014 Until 05:00 PT 28th June 2014, O’Reilly are offering 50% off all Web Ops and Performance titles at http://shop.oreilly.com/cat... ... O’Reilly 50% off all Web Ops and Performance titles to 05:00 PT 28th June 2014 0 0 0
O’Reilly Half-Price Offer of the Day 24/June/2014 - Programming Entity Framework: DbContext TATWORTH, June 24, 2014 Today’s half-price Microsoft E-book offer from O’Reilly at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is Programming Entity Framework: DbContext. “The DbContext API captures Entity Framework’s ... O’Reilly Half-Price Offer of the Day 24/June/2014 - Programming Entity Framework: DbContext 0 0 1
What If Voyager 1 Had Explored Pluto? TATWORTH, June 24, 2014 Alan Stern, the Principal Investigator for the New Horizons space probe, has raised a very good question – what if after targeting Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 had been targeted at Pluto? Read the full ... What If Voyager 1 Had Explored Pluto? 0 0 0
Flask Web Development - Developing Web Applications with Python by Miguel Grinberg, O’Reilly Media Book Review Compudicted, June 23, 2014 I remember Miguel at one of the O’Reilly educational webcasts greeting the audience in three or four languages. Energetic, full of wisdom, creativity and warmth. How happy I was when I saw his forthcoming ... Flask Web Development - Developing Web Applications with Python by Miguel Grinberg, O’Reilly Media Book Review 0 0 0
APIC for x86 BSP (how to build it for WCE8) Werner Willemsens, June 23, 2014 Windows CE Windows Embedded Compact Embedded RTOS Microsoft APIC ACPI ACPICA BSP Visual Studio 2013 As promised I will talk about how to replace the “old” PIC (Peripheral Interrupt Controller) with the “new” APIC (Advanced Peripheral Interrupt Controller) in a CEPC (x86) BSP. I will refer to the “MyBSP” ... APIC for x86 BSP (how to build it for WCE8) 0 0 3 Windows CE Windows Embedded Compact Embedded RTOS Microsoft APIC ACPI ACPICA BSP Visual Studio 2013
Discover the Management API in Microsoft Azure Herve Roggero, June 23, 2014 Microsoft recently published a Management API framework within Microsoft Azure. If you haven’t had a chance to review this new feature, still in preview at the time of this writing, you may be surprised… ... Discover the Management API in Microsoft Azure 0 0 0
Downloading file using ajax and jquery after submitting form data using ajax HTTP POST in MVC Rohit Gupta, June 23, 2014 Many a times we find a need to download a file on doing a AJAX POST request. Normally we would just use the Response.Write to write the fileStream to the MVC Output response, as follows: 1 [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] ... Downloading file using ajax and jquery after submitting form data using ajax HTTP POST in MVC 0 0 0
VS2013 Quirk–Dealing with “We have lots of great content to show you, but we need your permission to get it and keep it updated” TATWORTH, June 23, 2014 The message “We have lots of great content to show you, but we need your permission to get it and keep it updated” appears with a new installation of Visual Studio 2013. To give permission, do the following: ... VS2013 Quirk–Dealing with “We have lots of great content to show you, but we need your permission to get it and keep it updated” 0 0 0
Calling a success Callback Jquery function after File Upload in MVC Rohit Gupta, June 23, 2014 Many a times there is a need to call a function after successfully uploading a file in MVC using form submit. Thus your HTML code will look something like the following for uploading a file: 1 <form ... Calling a success Callback Jquery function after File Upload in MVC 0 0 0
Smoothwall Express 3.1 RC5 Released TATWORTH, June 23, 2014 Smoothwall Express in a Linux distribution designed specifically to build a PC as a firewall. From the download page at: http://www.smoothwall.org/d... “Express 3.1 RC5 is the fifth Release Candidate ... Smoothwall Express 3.1 RC5 Released 0 0 0
Free ADSI Browser– Beaver Tail TATWORTH, June 23, 2014 The Beaver Tail ADSI browser is an Active Directory browser written in C#. Both a compiled version and source code are available at http://adsi.mvps.org/adsi/C... ... Free ADSI Browser– Beaver Tail 0 0 0
O’Reilly Microsoft E-Book Deal of the Day 23/June/2014 - Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Integration Services TATWORTH, June 23, 2014 Today’s half-price Microsoft E-book at http://shop.oreilly.com/pro... is Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Integration Services. “Renowned SQL Server MVP Brian Knight ... O’Reilly Microsoft E-Book Deal of the Day 23/June/2014 - Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Integration Services 0 0 0