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Avoid Run Time Errors while deploying SharePoint 2010 Solutions

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

Through my discussions with developers and attendees in SharePoint Events, I was getting a lot of questions about the target .net framework for applications and solutions that are built against Server and Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010.

I decided to list the things you need to take care and set before start compiling and deploying your solutions and getting runtime errors using SharePoint object model.

1) If you are developing a SharePoint 2010 Solutions. You solution has to target .NET Framework 3.5 Only and Not 4.0.

2) Also, if you build your solutions as layers and you have different projects ( Non SharePoint Project) all are used within your SharePoint project, ALL OF THEM HAVE TO TARGET .NET FRAMEWORK 3.5 as well.

3) Your target CPU platform can't be x86. Even if you are building a console application using the client object model. The Solution ? Next Point.

4) It's recommended that all your projects to target Any CPU platform, You can't have some projects are targeting x86 ( Such as Console Application ) that are referencing x64 CPU platform.

5) You have the option "Less Recommended" to target all your project to x64. but in this case your solution will not be able to run on x86 machines. Instead, Select Any CPU platform as recommended on Point 4.

6) If you made all your projects to target Any CPU, the only point you have to put in your consideration is the file size for your solution will be bigger than if you target x64 CPU platform.

7) If you decided to enable x64 configuration, here is the steps you need to do in VS 2010 and the resource of this post:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff407621.aspx

Hope this helps.

Regards,Mostafa Arafa
twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools Go Live

keith — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In case you missed it, with the fun of the IE 9 beta, the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools went live today! Read more at the MS Blog http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2010/09/16/windows-phone-developer-tools-are-final.aspx.

By the way, IE 9 appears to be quite fast.

How can you deploy Windows LIVE Project Template on Azure

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

If you are developing windows live application using Window Live SDK June CTP, You won't be able to deploy your windows live application on windows azure if you didn't update your web.config by adding the following section: diagnostics.

PROBLEM: You won't be able to view any page in your web role project, and you will get a blank page.

CAUSE: Missing web.config section needs to be set on the Windows Live Project Template in VS 2010

To add this section do the following:
1) Create a new web role project in your solution.
2) Open web.config file.
3) Copy the section system.diagnostics and add it in your windows live application.

You will notice that you don't have this section on your windows live application.

Try to run the cloud service now and you will be able to view the default page of your web role.

This blog post is a result summary from my MSDN thread below:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/netservices/thread/cc7d0a30-a12f-4280-acbb-ed77f405acd6/

To download Windows Live SDK - June CTP for VS 2010:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7fdf2281-3ee4-466a-a68f-ac71d47d6620&displaylang=en

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Mostafa Arafa
twitter.com/mostafaelzoghbi

Export office system files to PDF

Anonymous — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Hi all,

Office System 2007 save as PDF add-in now is available without 3rd party tools/add-ins.

Download link:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

This add-in work with all office 2007 applications such as: Word,Excel,PowerPoint,Access,Visio,InfoPath and OneNote.

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

24 Hour Virtual Event - TechEd 2009 Developers !!!

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Hi folks,

Do you have a problem of different time zones for online trainings and workshops ? If Yes, here is a good news from microsoft :

Defy all challenges of different time zones, Now you can attend Virtual Tech Ed Event for Developers on 1st April 2009 after your registration. No matter which time zone you belongs to.

Event contains 5 tracks:
1) Windows Development.
2) Windows Mobile Development.
3) Office & Sharepoint development.
4) Developer tools , Languages and tools.
5) Web Development & User Experience.

Read more on below link:

https://www.msfttechdays.com/public/home.aspx

Happy .Netting !!!

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

Integrate SharePoint Data to non Microsoft Portal Products

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Hi all,

Great News !!! Recently MS SharePoint product team has released Web Services Remote Portlets (WSRP) toolkit, This toolkit provides developers to expose easily sharepoint data to non microsoft portal products such as : AquaLogic Portal, IBM WebSphere Portal, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal...etc.

Now if you have any portal in your organization and you want to expose sharepoint data in two different ways and MS also released the source code for both of them under MS Public License.

**Download Link :
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WSRPToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=1943

**Announcement - Sharepoint Product Team:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/12/05/announcing-the-wsrp-toolkit-for-sharepoint.aspx

**Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STP5ArdFlME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwetm92V89Q

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

New useful tool to prepare your web server or development machine

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

We used when we want to install any software for our web servers or any of our development machine is to read alot of KBs article how to install .Net Framewort 3.5,SQL 2005 express edition...etc. and it was a long process you have to have your DVDs or download it from your partnet account website,then start your software installtion process.

Microsoft has released a new wonderful tool,to prepare all required software for installations on your machine,it shows you all available SW based on your machine OS and architecture (32 or 64bit ) and make it available on a list.

The new tool called "Web platform installer",and you can download it from the following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebPlatformInstaller.aspx

This tool should be used by .net web developers who prepare their web server or system admins.

The tool has alot of sensitive tools and updates,the person who use it should be aware about the tools and the conflict that might happen.

I have used it and it's pretty easy and fast :).

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

Test the performance of you web pages

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

For all web developers to measure the performance of your web pages,now MS has released new tool to visualize analyze the performance of your roundtrip in your webpages called VRTA.

download link :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=119F3477-DCED-41E3-A0E7-D8B5CAE893A3&displaylang=en

This is not a substitute for the tests that you can do it with VS team system testing tools such as : load test.

hope this helps.

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

Different Languages Interface for VS 2008

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Hi All,

MS has released a new tool since that all developers all over the globe can see the translation of VS Interface in different languages other than english Interface (CLIP).

This is one announcement,the other one which is interesting,that i have participated in this product 1 year ago and i'm very happy to see it in place and all MVPs efforts are presented in one of the most favourable products for all .Net developers.

One Question will come which language did I support in the VS Dictionary : Sure It's Arabic Translations for VS.

Tool download link :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4E5258D2-52F4-46B8-8B74-DA2DBEC7C2F7&displaylang=en

Happy time with VS IDE.

Regards,
Mostafa arafa

VS.Net WSS 3.0 Extensions V1.1

Anonymous — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Hi,

Great News,New version of VS.Net 2005 Extensions for WSS 3.0 V1.1 has been released,New templates and tools has been added and updated from the last version V1.0.

Download it now :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3E1DCCCD-1CCA-433A-BB4D-97B96BF7AB63&displaylang=en

User Guide,to get started with VS.Net 2005 Extensions for WSS 3.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=A8A4E775-074D-4451-BE39-459921F79787&displaylang=en

The only hope i wish from Microsoft ,i want to see those extensions on Orcas ?!.

Regards,
Mostafa arafa