Now that SOA is taking the world by storm, this is the time to define the format that will be used to exchange data in this new architecture ruled by…

Today, I found out I have been MVPed in the area of XML. Wow!!!!!!! I am completely ecstatic. If you see someone walking around in Kansas City without a…

There are some great new interviews posted from Stephen Ibaraki. This round includes notables: Scott (4GuysFromRolla) Mitchell, Kate Gregory (Visual C++…

I created a little experiment to serve InfoPath documents dynamically from ASP.NET. Once opened, I wanted the form to already be populated with values…

In InfoPath, every control on the form must be bound to an element in the XML document and defined by the underlying schema. This can be limiting when you…

Using Log Parser to Read Log Files Log Parser COM Architecture What to do with Log Parser? Log Parser is a tool available from Microsoft that allows you…

After some testing (thanks DonXML), I feel the syndication compression for .Text is ready. However, if you have any issues, please email me at…

Weird. Tonight I went to the store to buy the requisite 6 pounds of M&Ms (it's a Microsoft tradition to treat your team to a pound per year on your…

So tonight as I was walking from my car up to my backdoor, I got mugged. Thats right, in my own frigging backyard I actually got mugged! Some dude walks…

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Summary:Automated test tools are powerful aids to improving the return on the testing investment when used wisely. Some tests inherently require an…

In a review , a work product is examined for defects by individuals other than the person who produced it. A Work Product is any important deliverable…

Learn how to write a Regular Expression: \--------------------------------------------------------------- What Regular Expression? A regular expression is…

A friend in a formerly communist country explained to me how things were in the communist days. Many members of her family had been in prison because they…

Microsoft Word and Visual Studio have one very cool feature in common -- squiggly underlining of errors. As of richedit 3.0 (distributed with Windows 2000…

As promised earlier, I've added the ability to change the background colour of the text. I've also made one or two minor changes to the rest of the code,…

For a while now I've been toying with the idea of writing a C# editor (almost an IDE, but with only the features that I need). Clearly the hardest part of…

If your like my company and have very large .net Apps, you can find your self in .net Dll Hell. We currently have close to 30 projects for one…

[ ](https://geekswithblogs.net/aimee/what-is-replatforming/) Deciding to replatform is no small feat; it’s like setting sails for new horizons with your…

The .NET Base Class Library (BCL) has a wide array of collection classes at your disposal which make it easy to manage collections of objects. While it’s…