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Creating custom EventLog source in windows azure

If you have tried to execute the following code on windows azure then no doubt you have run into a security violation. In fact if you try and run the same example on your local machine you will also get the same error as creating an custom event source on windows requires that it be performed by an ... [More]

PlayOn Plugin - TECH.ED 2011

Well I really enjoyed creating the MIX 2011 PlayOn plugin that I decided to do the same for TECH.ED 2011. I am going to do a bit more research and see if in the next release I can provide a folder for each year as they have published all of the archives for TECH.ED and MIX back to 2008. When you ac... [More]

PlayOn Plugin - MIX 2011

I have been using PlayOn software to view online content via my XBOX for about 6 months now and while it is really cool I dont find myself using it as much as I thought I would. However one thing I have enjoyed is using it to view last years MIX 2010 content that someone provided a plugin script for... [More]

Fix error: Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance.

For anyone using Visual Studio and trying to add a SQL Database File and getting the error: "Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in starting the process for the user instance." you might want to give the following steps a try.   Make sure you have enabled user in... [More]

ASP.NET CustomValidator that validates multiple controls using both Server Side and Client Side scripting

ASP.NET has some nice validation controls built in that can help make validating forms much easier. Listed below are a few of the available controls. RequiredFieldValidator – Ensures that the user does not skip a field that has some requirement for being selected or filled out. CompareValida... [More]

Silverlight PivotViewer control released

The silverlight PivotViewer control allows you to build very large collections and embed them on your website. Works really well for collections that provide a visual representation of the data you are navigating and uses the silverlight deep zoom feature so navigating high resolution images is very... [More]

ASP.NET MVC3 Preview 1 - Released Today

You can download the new ASP.NET MVC3 Preview 1 here This is the next major release of the ASP.NET MVC framework and is fully backwards compatible with projects using ASP.NET MVC2. ASP.NET MVC3 has all the great features of the previous releases and builds on top of that foundational work. So ever... [More]

Bind DNS – Configuring multiple views on primary and secondary DNS servers

If you have a firewall with DMZ and Internal zones and you have machines that sit behind the firewall that query DNS that resolves back to your machines inside one of those zones then it is likely that you have had to setup some type of DNS configuration that allows internal hosts to resolve a DNS n... [More]

Reed Copsey, Jr presented Windows Forms to WPF with MVVM at last Seattle DOT Net User Group Meeting

I am mostly an ASP.NET developer but after watching Reed show the group the basics of WPF and how easy it was in my opinion compared to winforms I am convinced now that I am going to start doing WPF going forward. Reed put together some great slides and a basic application to demonstrate the power ... [More]

Seattle DOT Net User Group Meeting - March 2010 Meeting : An Introduction to Visual Studio 2010 Extensibility

For more information about the usergroup visit www.seattledotnet.org When From: March 10, 2010 05:45 PM To: March 10, 2010 08:00 PM Publication date: February 07, 2010 12:00 AM Location WhereStreet: 2401 Utah Ave. S.City: SeattleState: WashingtonCountry: USA What Speaker: Nathan Halstead... [More]