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ASP.NET MVC at SDNUG on Thursday

After 6 months buried in a banking project, I'm emerging from the other end with a presentation this Thursday at SDNUG on ASP.NET MVC . Full details on the SDNUG site - if you're in Sydney, come along and be wowed.

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 6:17 AM by nick

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WM6 to Vista Sync Error 0x8503001c - Fixed by going back to WMDC 6.0

I had the frustrating experience of having a new WM6 device ( HTC Touch ) developing a problem synching to a new Vista machine. The Touch was in its third week of a synch relationship with Vista, so it could be hoped that honeymoon bliss was still lingering...

Published Thu, Nov 11 2007 7:43 AM by nick

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Dealing with linked servers in VSTS Database Pro

Working with linked servers in VSTS Database Pro can be a bit painful, especially when the linked server is a production server that should be (and typically is) inaccessible from developer's machines. If the appropriate linked server settings aren't...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2007 11:05 AM by nick

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A few quick tips for using SQL Server 2005 Linked Servers

I've just completed a short,rushed project that involved moving data from one SQL Server 2005 in a DMZ to another SQL Server 2005 server inside the network. The database in the DMZ is deployed on a per-web site basis, and there can be many copies...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2007 4:30 AM by nick

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New CodeGuru article up

This months offering looks at upgrading an old MFC application to take advantage of Vista. Some months the article come quickly (less than 4 hours). This month, it took a couple of days. The documentation for the MFC 9 updates is still pretty minimal...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2007 4:43 AM by nick

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In Perth tomorrow night

The website is up to date now - I'm in Perth tomorrow night for the Code Generation presentation (if APEC hasn't caused the too many problems with my flight)

Published Wed, Sep 09 2007 4:40 AM by nick

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First INETA Speaker Bureau Gig coming up - Perth 6 Sep

The site's not updated yet , but I'm happy to confirm that I'll be in Perth on 6 Sep to present my Code Generation in the Real World talk. The blurb for the talk is: Real-world Code Generationby Nick Wienholt There is a lot more to real-world...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2007 4:28 AM by nick

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SOA in the Real World Book from Microsoft Architecture Group

Released a couple of weeks ago, SOA in the Real World is a good summary of the guidance that Microsoft has been putting out for the last 5 years. As my main task in the current gig is the writing a document of integration stategy and then working with...

Published Fri, Aug 08 2007 3:47 AM by nick

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MSDN Subscription - Why isn't there a cheaper download-only offering?

As part of the MSDN Subscription offering, a box of discs is delivered most months with updated versions of Microsoft software. Because a single DVD has many products on it, the disc churn rate is reasonably high. In addition to the disks that come in...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2007 2:19 AM by nick

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Connecting to the VSS WebService on connections other than port 80

When connecting to VSS over the internet to a server that has the VSS web service on a web site that isn't sitting on port 80, the full name of the service needs to be specified in the connection settings on the client side, as shown below. If you...

Published Sun, Jul 07 2007 10:58 AM by nick

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Preventing audio pauses in Vista

With the release of a number of hardware drivers over the last couple of months, I've finally been in a position to upgrade my main dev machine to Vista. Everything has gone remarkably well, with the exception that I was getting very noticeable pauses...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2007 10:49 AM by nick

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Crypto Next Generation Wrapper for .NET

I do a monthly article for CodeGuru on Visual C++ ( archive here ), and this months article was on the new Crypto API (called Windows Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG)) in Windows Vista. One of the real benefits of CNG is the support for National...

Published Fri, Jun 06 2007 1:09 AM by nick

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Speaking at SDNUG June Meeting

I'm doing the June presentation at SDNUG on Real World Code Generation. The session basically covers the back-end system that has been put in place at the company I'm currently working with, and uses .net Tiers , VSTS DB Pro and CodeSmith to fully...

Published Tue, May 05 2007 2:07 AM by nick

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Automating Schema Compare with VSTS DB Pro

On the project I'm on at the moment, we're making extensive use of VSTS DB Pro as part of the process for generating the DAL and keeping it under source control. I just found this post where Gert has announced that there will be a MSBuild task...

Published Wed, May 05 2007 8:09 AM by nick

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SMH article of death of computer clubs

There was an interesting article in the SMH today on the death of computer clubs . As the co-president of a user group , the picture painted by the article seemed overly gloomy, and certainly doesn't represent the state of play for developer user groups...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2007 5:29 AM by nick

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Collections, derived types and generics

I'm sure someone has come up with this solution to collections of derived types in derived objects somewhere before, but I couldn't find the solution written up anywhere when I was trying to solve it, so I though I'd write it up for the sake of easy reference...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2007 1:13 AM by nick

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Don't waste your time with ATGen SDK for DotNetNuke

Warning: rant follows. I do some work for a client who likes DNN, and despite my own personnel luke-warm-at-best feelings towards DNN, I do work to support a web solution based on it. Today, I was reminded why DNN and the surrounding projects aren't at...

Published Tue, Apr 04 2007 4:57 AM by nick

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Schema compare with VSTS DB Pro (Data Dude)

In using Data Dude on a project I'm working on, the bizarre situation where a schema compare gives inaccurate results has occurred. The situation was easy to re-produce: one developer made a change in the schema, another developer did a get latest, and...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2007 2:23 AM by nick

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User group leaders meeting with Frank and Monique

As Frank mentioned , a couple of Sydney's user group leaders got together with some of the local DPE team and Sanjay Shetty from INETA APAC . The purpose of the meeting was a general chat about the current relationship with INETA and Microsoft, and what...

Published Tue, Jan 01 2007 10:05 PM by nick

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My MS Dev Show Podcast Up

I hope the audio comes through OK - we had some trouble during the recording. Download it here .

Published Thu, Nov 11 2006 11:05 PM by nick

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ASP.NET MVC at SDNUG on Thursday

WM6 to Vista Sync Error 0x8503001c - Fixed by going back to WMDC 6.0

Dealing with linked servers in VSTS Database Pro

A few quick tips for using SQL Server 2005 Linked Servers

New CodeGuru article up

In Perth tomorrow night

First INETA Speaker Bureau Gig coming up - Perth 6 Sep

SOA in the Real World Book from Microsoft Architecture Group

MSDN Subscription - Why isn't there a cheaper download-only offering?

Connecting to the VSS WebService on connections other than port 80

Preventing audio pauses in Vista

Crypto Next Generation Wrapper for .NET

Speaking at SDNUG June Meeting

Automating Schema Compare with VSTS DB Pro

SMH article of death of computer clubs

Collections, derived types and generics

Don't waste your time with ATGen SDK for DotNetNuke

Schema compare with VSTS DB Pro (Data Dude)

User group leaders meeting with Frank and Monique

My MS Dev Show Podcast Up