Moustafa Arafa Blog

How to convert your WCF Service Library to WCF Service Application

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:00 GMT

Hi Folks, If you have a WCF Service Library Project in VS 2012 and after you wrote some functional code and then you decided to change the project from a WCF Service Library that doesn't contain web configurations and can't be hosted in the IIS...(read more)

WCF Error: The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly.

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:31:00 GMT

Hi Folks, While i was developing a WCF service API for my enterprise application, I got an error while i'm calling a search function in the WCF. The WCF function is calling a stored procedure. I tested the stored procedure and there is no issues with...(read more)

How to enable MS Dynamics CRM 2011 to integrate with Windows Azure

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:01:00 GMT

Hi, I'm writing this article to explain a good architecture design for integrating your Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 with windows azure. Let's say you have on-premise CRM 2011 instance, and you want to use Windows Azure Blob storage to store Customer's...(read more)

Fix It: Application deployment Failed, Please try again in VS 2012

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:40:00 GMT

Hi, A well-known error message is being thrown from VS 2012 when you try to run the emulator for Windows Phone 8. After you installed all the tools and trying to see your application on the emulator you get the above error and it is a show stopper! It's...(read more)

VS 2012 Update 1 is available

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:05:00 GMT

Hi, Yesterday, Microsoft released a new update for VS 2012. In this first update for VS 2012, They included a lot of enhancements in terms of TFS services, SharePoint Development ALM, .NET Framework enhancements, Mobile development Enhancements and IDE...(read more)

Generic Failure in WP8 Emulator and Error when opening Hyper-V Switch Manager!

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:20:00 GMT

Hi, I was developing a windows phone 8 application using VS 2012, and after i did some changes in the network adapter by disabling the hyper-v virtualization protocol "vEthernet" and all its components, the emulator stops working!. The reason...(read more)

Calling Stored procedure from EF takes long time and times out!

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:13:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I was going through an interesting performance issue when calling a stored procedure from my web application more than one time and the WCF was timing out because of the stored procedure execution takes long time to execute. At the first, I...(read more)

Conditional using statement in C# debug versus Release

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:32:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I'm writing this blog post to share how to write conditional using statements in C#. The meaning of this is how to use using statements in Debug mode versus Release mode in reference to different dlls. This is needed when you are using any...(read more)

Adding Custom Propeties to EF 4.0 that doesn't exist in the DB model

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:13:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I was extending my EF 4.0 model by having custom propeties that don't exist in my DB, Since EF 4.0 doesn't support adding custom properties if it doesn't exist in the DB, I found a workaround for that by creating a partial class...(read more)

How to parse comma delimited string into IN Clause in SQL Server

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 22:22:00 GMT

Hi Folks, Today i was trying to pass multi-value parameter into my select query in SQL Server. To accomplish this i stored the multi-value parameter in a comma delimited string. Then, i want to pass it in my IN clause of the select statement. here is...(read more)

Error: unable to retrieve column information from the data source in SSIS

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:55:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I was trying to call a stored procedure from OLE DB Source in SSIS. and i getting this error: "Error: unable to retrieve column information from the data source" I wasn't even able to get the columns returned from this stored procedure...(read more)

Study Material for Programming HTML5 and CSS 3 Microsoft Exam

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:47:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I got a free voucher from Microsoft for programming HTML 5 and CSS 3 Exam. I studied and reviewed online video materials and i want to share with you my study notes and hope this will be helpful for passing the exam. Congratulations in advance...(read more)

Functions vs. Methods in JavaScript with Encapsulation!

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:35:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I found something interesting to share with all of you in Javascript. Functions in javascript as we all know is defined with function keyword while Method in Javascript is a function but can have a scope and you can hide it as we do in object...(read more)

Asynchronous Programming in C# - async/await

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:17:00 GMT

Asynchronous Programming in C# - async/wait Hi Folks, I want to share with you an important enhancement in .NET framework 4.5. The asynchronous programming paradigm for .NET developers using new C# keywords async/await. Since I'm C# developer; I will...(read more)

Error connecting to TFS 2010 using VS BIDS 2008

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:48:00 GMT

Hi All, If you are experiencing an error when connecting to TFS 2010 using Microsoft Visual Studio Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) while you don't have this problem connecting using VS 2010 so follow below steps to fix it. 1) Close...(read more)

Getting Started Windows 8 Store Apps Resources

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:29:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I'm writing this post to share the resources that every software engineer or developer needs to get started with Windows 8 Store App development. First, Before heading out and install Development resources (SDK) to start playing and exploring...(read more)

Microsoft Surface - Product Review

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Hi Folks, I'm writing this blog pot to share with all my blog readers and friends my experience in using Microsoft Surface. I was eager and waiting till it is available to pre-order online and i ended up getting it from the store right away with no...(read more)

Product Review: Zoomph

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:52:00 GMT

Hi Folks, This is a product evaluation blog post about a product evaluation & review for a social media service called: Zoomph. Zoomph is a social media product that provides moderation, analytics, feed management & Social Media mash up information...(read more)

Migrate SharePoint 2010 Lists,Libraries and Content

Mostafa Elzoghbi — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:34:00 GMT

Hi Folks, If you are trying to migrate content (Sites, Lists & Libraries) in SharePoint Foundation 2010 where we don't have content deployment feature or publishing features or SharePoint 2010 and you don't have the publishing feature enabled...(read more)

Error when running .NET Application that is consuming CRM 2011 Services

Mostafa Elzoghbi - C# MVP — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:22:00 GMT

Hi All, I was trying to run a .NET application that consumes CRM 2011 WCF Services and i was getting this exception: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.IdentityModel, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or...(read more)