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Steves
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IIS not starting: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process - Rick Strahl's Web Log
published 805 days, 20 hours, 39 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 806 days, 15 hours, 42 minutes ago
Monday, March 07, 2011 6:31:51 PM GMT Sunday, March 06, 2011 11:29:32 PM GMT
Ok, apparently a few people knew about this issue, but it is new to me and has caused me nearly an hour to track down today. What happened is that I’ve been working all day doing some final pre-deployment testing of several tools on my local dev machine. In the process I’ve been starting and stopping several IIS 7 Web sites. At some point I was done and just wanted to start my Default Web Site again and found this  little gem of an error message popping up: The process cannot access the file because i... (more)
category: Web Dev | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: west-wind.com
tags: IIS
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Organize Your Code with Named Regions - Visual Studio Tips and Tricks - Zain Naboulsi
published 818 days, 19 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 819 days, 3 hours, 8 minutes ago
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:59:04 PM GMT Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:03:38 PM GMT
Did you know you can create named Regions that can be used to organize your code? Let’s take a look at how to do it... (more)
category: How To | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Visual Studio
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Microsoft SQL Server JDBC 3.0 and SQL Azure - Microsoft JDBC Driver Team Blog
published 818 days, 19 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 819 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes ago
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:59:04 PM GMT Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:51:09 AM GMT
Dear SQL Server and SQL Azure developers and users: We are very pleased to announce the availability of an updated version of Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 supporting Microsoft SQL Azure database: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae924066-2946-40a7-93c6-c7e83f54072f&displaylang=en This updated version supersedes the release version of SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 and also addresses an issue with JDBC API getSchemas. For further information on getSchema issue, please... (more)
category: Data | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: SQL Server, JDBC, SQL, SQL Azure
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Getting started with F# using an online book - Don Syme's WebLog on F# and Related Topics
published 918 days, 2 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 919 days, 13 hours, 48 minutes ago
Monday, November 15, 2010 12:19:44 PM GMT Sunday, November 14, 2010 1:23:03 AM GMT
Some of the recent announcements around F# have greatly expanded the number of people looking to dig into the language. One great resource for getting started with F# online is the online book called The F# Survival Guide, from CTO Corner. To quote Mark Pearl: I highly recommend those wanting to get into the basics of the language to go through this resource. It is easy to understand, especially for someone coming from a C# background... (more)
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tags: F#
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Free Azure hours and storage for MSDN Premium and Ultimate users - MSDN UK Team blog
published 919 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 921 days, 18 hours, 37 minutes ago
Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:08:52 PM GMT Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:33:59 PM GMT
If you have Visual Studio 2010 with MSDN Premium or MSDN Ultimate, you get excellent cloud computing benefits from the Windows Azure Platform included at no cost. This three step video guide shows you how... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Azure
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Asynchrony in C# 5 Part Six: Whither async? - Eric Lippert's Blog
published 919 days, 19 hours, 2 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 921 days, 18 hours, 50 minutes ago
Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:08:52 PM GMT Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:20:40 PM GMT
A number of people have asked me what motivates the design decision to require any method that contains an "await" expression to be prefixed with the contextual keyword "async". Like any design decision there are pros and cons here that have to be evaluated in the context of many different competing and incompossible principles. There's not going to be a slam-dunk solution here that meets every criterion or delights everyone. We're always looking for an attainable compromise, not for unattainable perfec... (more)
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tags: Async
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25 Essential Chrome Extensions for Web Developers - SmashingHub
published 919 days, 2 hours, 51 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 921 days, 18 hours, 57 minutes ago
Sunday, November 14, 2010 12:20:02 PM GMT Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:14:05 PM GMT
AdvertisementAdvertisement85 As we all know that internet is stuffed with so many search engines, and every search engine has its own specific features, so to pick the odd one out is a very difficult task nowadays. But if we talk about specifically for web design and development professionals, Firefox is the number one choice. But now surprisingly, Chrome is snapping at its heels and could soon become every bit as powerful as its main asset is speed. But speed isn’t the only feature to consider in a bro... (more)
category: How To | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: smashinghub.com
tags: Chrome, extensions, Google Chrome
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Creating a Delete Without Recycling Feature for List Items in SharePoint 2007 - Kirk Evans Blog
published 932 days, 16 hours ago posted by StevesSteves 933 days, 18 hours, 12 minutes ago
Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:11:02 PM GMT Saturday, October 30, 2010 8:59:23 PM GMT
In my last post, I talked about errors you might encounter while trying to empty the second stage recycle bin with SharePoint 2007. My customer encountered this problem partially because a single site deletes upwards of 2,000 items per day. They saw items in the second stage recycle bin that were 8 months old and there were nearly 1 million items in the second stage recycle bin. The items could be deleted manually one at a time, but there was no way to bulk delete the items using the SharePoint web us... (more)
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tags: SharePoint 2010, Sharepoint
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What’s Next in C#? Get Ready for Async! - Alexandra Rusina
published 935 days, 1 hour, 52 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 935 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes ago
Friday, October 29, 2010 1:18:51 PM GMT Thursday, October 28, 2010 7:00:55 PM GMT
Today we announced the Visual Studio Async CTP, which shows one of the major features we plan to include in a future release of C# and Visual Basic. This feature makes development of asynchronous applications--which include everything from desktop applications with responsive UI to sophisticated web applications--much easier. The future release will introduce two new keywords to the C# language: await and async. The await keyword is used to mark asynchronous calls, so that you don’t need to create callb... (more)
category: How To | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: Async, C#
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Asynchrony in C# 5, Part One - Eric Lippert's Blog
published 935 days, 1 hour, 52 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 935 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes ago
Friday, October 29, 2010 1:18:51 PM GMT Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:49:15 PM GMT
The designers of C# 2.0 realized that writing iterator logic was painful. So they added iterator blocks. That way the compiler could figure out how to build a state machine that could store the continuation - the “what comes next” - in state somewhere, hidden behind the scenes, so that you don’t have to write that code. They also realized that writing little methods that make use of local variables was painful. So they added anonymous methods. That way the compiler could figure out how to hoist the loca... (more)
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tags: C#
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WP7 Development Tips Part 1 - Kevin Marshall
published 935 days, 20 hours, 37 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 936 days, 16 hours, 13 minutes ago
Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:34:36 PM GMT Wednesday, October 27, 2010 10:58:31 PM GMT
Performance is the area that we probably spend the most time on in all our apps.  Building apps on the phone is just way different than building desktop apps.   Things that might be really minor optimizations on a desktop Silverlight can really make a difference on desktop Silverlight apps. Developing on the phone is an issue of economics where processing power is a scarce resource.  You have to be conscious of the tradeoffs of using things like binding, layout controls, de... (more)
category: Smart Client | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.claritycon.com
tags: WP7
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Getting Started Tutorials - Kathleen McGrath
published 935 days, 1 hour, 52 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 936 days, 16 hours, 17 minutes ago
Friday, October 29, 2010 1:18:51 PM GMT Wednesday, October 27, 2010 10:53:42 PM GMT
Mick Alberts and I have created a series of getting started videos for Visual Basic and C#. The first set of videos correspond to the getting started tutorial: Tutorial 1: Create a Picture Viewer. If you’re new to Visual Basic or C# development, these tutorials give you a great start. You will learn how to create a program that loads a picture from a file and displays it in a window. There is a separate video for C# and Visual Basic... (more)
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tags: VB, C#
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Silverlight Tip of the Day #36 – Creating Smooth Tile Transitions using Opacity Masks | Silverlight Tips of the Day
published 939 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 939 days, 16 hours, 52 minutes ago
Monday, October 25, 2010 12:24:46 PM GMT Sunday, October 24, 2010 10:19:22 PM GMT
This tutorial will look into using the Opacity property on the tiles to create smooth, natural looking transitions between tiles. For example, blending a dirt tile into a grass tile, a grass tile into a rock tile, etc. Below, on the left, is a screen shot of a grass and dirt tile without the use of an opacity mask. As you can see, the straight line does not make for a very real looking transition! On the right is the result with an opacity mask applied, making for a much more realistic transition.     ... (more)
category: Metro | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: www.michaelsnow.com
tags: SL, Silverlight
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Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) SDK Help Overhaul - Alik Levin's Blog
published 941 days, 3 hours, 23 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 943 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes ago
Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:48:23 AM GMT Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:02:23 AM GMT
* Identity Challenges – SSO, Identity Flow, Fine Grained Authorization (Changed from: Identity Silos) * The Claims-Based Identity Model * Solution Concept (Changed from: Basic Scenario) * Security Token Service * Relying Party * Solution Implementation Overview (Changed from: Federation Scenario) * Fast track (How to use this content) * Windows Identity Foundation SDK - Download and Installation of runtime and dev tools (External) * Windows Identity Foundation Download and Installation of runtime onl... (more)
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tags: SDK, Windows Identity Foundation, help, WIF
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Add a Security Bug Bar to Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 - MSDN Magazine
published 993 days, 40 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 993 days, 6 hours, 7 minutes ago
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 2:30:56 PM GMT Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:03:45 AM GMT
One of the most contentious tasks a software development team faces during the course of its products’ lifecycles is triaging bugs. Deciding the relative level of importance of any given bug—and consequently determining the chance that that bug might not be fixed at all in time for release—is a serious matter to everyone involved in the product’s development... (more)
category: How To | clicked: 1 | 1 comment | | source: msdn.microsoft.com
tags: Team Foundation Server, TFS 2010, Team Foundation Server 2010, TFS
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Microsoft announces SQL Server Migration Assistant for MySQL - Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) Team's Blog
published 993 days, 40 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 993 days, 6 hours, 12 minutes ago
Wednesday, September 01, 2010 2:30:56 PM GMT Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:59:20 AM GMT
Migrate from MySQL to SQL Azure or SQL Server with ease! Microsoft announced today the release of first version of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL! Along with this release, Microsoft refreshed the existing SSMA family of products for Oracle, Sybase and Access with the latest v4.2 release... (more)
category: Data | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: SQL Server, migration, SSMA, SQL Azure, mysql, SQL Server Migration Assistant
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Patch for VS 2010 Find and Replace Dialog Growing - Scott Guthrie's Blog
published 993 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 994 days, 22 hours, 44 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:08:28 PM GMT Monday, August 30, 2010 4:27:27 PM GMT
One of the top reported Microsoft Connect issues with VS 2010 has been an issue with the Find and Replace dialog – which grows 16px each time you use it (which is pretty annoying). The Visual Studio team recently released a patch that fixes this issue. You can download and apply it here. Hope this helps, Scott P.S. A few people reported issues installing the patch if they had an older version of the Silverlight 4 tools installed.  If you see an error message that says you need an update to Visual Stu... (more)
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tags: VS 2010, VS2010
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Clay: malleable C# dynamic objects – part 2 - Bertrand Le Roy
published 993 days, 23 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 994 days, 23 hours, 8 minutes ago
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:08:28 PM GMT Monday, August 30, 2010 4:03:30 PM GMT
Clay: malleable C# dynamic objects – part 2 In the first part of this post, I explained what requirements we have for the view models in Orchard and why we think dynamic is a good fit for such an object model. This time, we’re going to look at Louis’ Clay library and how you can use it to create object graphs and consume them. But before we do that, I want to address a couple of questions. 1. If we use dynamic, aren’t we losing IntelliSense and compile-time checking and all the good things that come ... (more)
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tags: C#
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30 Free Online Tools for Web Developers | VisonwidGet
published 1002 days, 2 hours, 12 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 1002 days, 23 hours, 51 minutes ago
Monday, August 23, 2010 12:59:06 PM GMT Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:19:56 PM GMT
It’s no secret that web developers seldom build things up from scratch nowadays. From web icons to graphical chart, CSS menu to random dummy texts, from web traffics analysis, You must identify current trends and standards and determine ways to incorporate them into your designs. In this article, I have compiled 30 extremely useful tools for web developers, that should definitely be added to your bookmarks... (more)
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tags: Tool, Tools
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Update on the TFS Upgrade Fix - bharry's WebLog
published 1012 days, 4 hours, 6 minutes ago posted by StevesSteves 1012 days, 16 hours, 38 minutes ago
Friday, August 13, 2010 11:04:45 AM GMT Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:33:27 PM GMT
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about a moderately rare problem with upgrading from TFS 2005/2008 to TFS 20010. Although the number of people affected is modest, the severity of the issue is bad enough that we decided to re-release all TFS images so that the upgrade fix is automatically included and no one who downloads new images will get “bitten” by missing the step to install the patch.... (more)
category: Architecture | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: blogs.msdn.com
tags: TFS 2010, TFS
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