May 2006 Entries

Trouble Registering for NJ Code Camp II

If you have trouble registering on line for NJ Code Camp II because of your “Live ID” there is a way around it. When you click on the Register link if you recieve an error message that there was trouble with your Live ID, simply choose to log on with a different e-mail account. When prompted, go ahead and use the same e-mail account again anyway and you should get through. According to the message on the right side of the page Microsoft is aware of the problem and it is not specific to...
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Posted On Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:47 AM | Feedback (0)

Calling all Jersey Geeks

Help! I so desperately want to present at NJ Code Camp II on June 3rd. But what? I am kicking around a couple of ideas and want to know what would get you to my session? Here are some ideas I've been kicking around... 1. One or more Application Blocks in the Enterprise Library - Code demo Just a display of how to incorporate these in your code.2. Fun with Serialization - Code demo Show multiple ways to serialize and deserialize your objects to/from disk on a fat client.3-A. Down with Datasets! -...
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Posted On Monday, May 08, 2006 7:56 PM | Feedback (6)

Why pay for MS hotfixes?

Okay, I don't want this to be an MS bashing session. But I ran into a problem where I believe a hotfix will resolve a problem I am having in a .Net 1.1 application. The problem is around a bug in certain kinds of serialization/deserialization in the .Net 1.1 framework SP1. The MS Knowledge Base article says there is a hotfix, but I have to go through support to obtain it. If MS knows there is a bug in the .Net framework and has a hotfix, then why do I have to pay $99 for e-mail support to obtain...
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Posted On Wednesday, May 03, 2006 12:48 PM | Feedback (1)

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