MDX: Implicit Recursion Darren Gosbell, January 1, 0001 A few months ago Richard Lees did a blog post showing how you can calculate a LastNonEmpty measure using recursion. In Richard's example he used what I call "explicit recursion" in that he explicitly referenced ... MDX: Implicit Recursion 0 0 1
Moving TFS warehouse from SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 to SQ... Tim Huffam, January 1, 0001 Turns out you can't just move a TFS warehouse/cube from SQL Server 2005 to 2008... Once performed we got the following error on the TFS app server tier - when we tried to update/process the cube (both ... Moving TFS warehouse from SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 to SQ... 0 0 42
Magic Transistor Boolean Logic Joaquin Jares, January 1, 0001 WARNING: I’m probably doing something terribly wrong here. In my last post, I mentioned that using transistors you can do boolean logic. This is the fundamental basis for computers to work. I wanted to ... Magic Transistor Boolean Logic 0 0 0
SyncToBlog #14 Even more Azure stuff :-) Eric Nelson, January 1, 0001 This is some pre-pdc stuff that caught my eye: Gartner on the Cloud Landscape. Windows Azure fairs extremely well. Scalability survey of cloud platforms. Benchmarking cloud alternatives – interesting stuff. ... SyncToBlog #14 Even more Azure stuff :-) 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for November 02, 2010 -- #984 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: René Schulte, Walter Ferrari, Amyo Kabir, David Anson, Jesse Liberty, Mike Taulty, Erik Mork, Jeremy Likness, and Joost van Schaik. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Swapping two elements in ... Silverlight Cream for November 02, 2010 -- #984 0 0 0
Silverlight: Alive? xamlnotes, January 1, 0001 There's a lot of buzz about Silverlight (SL) and its future. HTML 5 is good but its not about about to take over SL. Here's what Scott Guthrie's keynote at Dev Connections: Bt"The reports of my death are ... Silverlight: Alive? 0 0 4
Testing Enumeration Mappings Jesse, January 1, 0001 My coworker John Sonmez had a great blog post recently illustrating how to refactor a switch statement. In short, he outlined how to take a switch statement covering all known values of a C# Enumeration ... Testing Enumeration Mappings 0 0 1
My Commentary on the Silverlight brouhaha Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 Anyone reading this knows I go by the AKA "WynApse". I've used it since Windows was a puppy, we still had "DOS Apps" and "Win Apps", and I needed a business name for selling my shareware. I only re-state ... My Commentary on the Silverlight brouhaha 0 0 1
A Customize MessageBox, ConfirmBox and FrameBox Control for ASP.N... Vincent Maverick Durano, January 1, 0001 I've been seeing many developers in the forums asking: How can I display a message box from the server (code behind)? How can I customize the javascript confirm and alert popup? How can I display a message ... A Customize MessageBox, ConfirmBox and FrameBox Control for ASP.N... 0 0 51
Microsoft: Our strategy with Silverlight has shifted. HTML5 is a ... CatherineRussell, January 1, 0001 Microsoft: Our strategy with Silverlight has shifted At Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference (PDC) this week, the future of Silverlight is one topic that has gotten short shrift. There have been ... Microsoft: Our strategy with Silverlight has shifted. HTML5 is a ... 0 0 0
Two giants are fighting and the third might win, Visual WebGui mi... Webgui, January 1, 0001 Latest announcements by Microsoft executives leave no doubt. Microsoft is shifting its support to HTML 5 and by doing so gives up on its RIA platform Silverlight which it repurposes for mobile. Adobe releases ... Two giants are fighting and the third might win, Visual WebGui mi... 0 0 0
Custom MVC Routes Joe Mayo, January 1, 0001 One of the first things I build for a new feature in MVC is a controller, with actions. For the C# Tutorial at C# Station, I built a CSharpTutorial controller and began looking at what actions were necessary. ... Custom MVC Routes 0 0 0
My position on the #Silverlight debate Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Latest update (and hopefully last update): Microsoft has published a few posts to clarify the debate. Please consider the following: PDC and Silverlight by Bob Muglia PDC Thoughts by Steve Ballmer *NEW* ... My position on the #Silverlight debate 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 30, 2010 - 2 -- #982 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Joe McBride, Ben Gracewood, Michael S. Scherotter, Adam Kinney, Todd Brix, Nokola, Avi Pilosof, WCF Data Services Team Blog, Brad Tutterow, and Matthias Shapiro. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for October 30, 2010 - 2 -- #982 0 0 0
An MVC 3 Contact Form Joe Mayo, January 1, 0001 Many sites have a contact form, instead of posting email addresses. Admittedly, email addresses are convenient for customers because they can use a mailto link that brings up their email client and allow ... An MVC 3 Contact Form 0 0 3
Silverlight Cream for October 30, 2010 -- #981 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Crump, XAMLCast, Sigurd Snørteland, Brad Tutterow(-2-), Manuel Felício(-2-), Mohamed Mosallem, Lee(-2-), Walt Ritscher, Chris Koenig, and Jeff Blankenburg. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for October 30, 2010 -- #981 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 29, 2010 -- #980 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Jesse Liberty, Senthil Kumar, Jason, John Papa, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-, -3-), Jeremy Likness, Richard Waddell(-2-), Karsten Januszewski, Brad Tutterow(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Isolating ... Silverlight Cream for October 29, 2010 -- #980 0 0 0
Windows Azure’s 3.0 Maturity in a 2.0 Release andrewbrust, January 1, 0001 I didn’t go to the Microsoft’s PDC Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC) this year because it was, as far as I could tell, a made-for-streaming video event. As such, I watched the keynote about 24 ... Windows Azure’s 3.0 Maturity in a 2.0 Release 0 0 0
REST - Representational State Transfer Manish Sati, January 1, 0001 Lets have a look what is REST? REST (Representational State Transfer)- An Architectural Style, Not a Standard REST is not a standard. You will not see the W3C putting out a REST specification. You will ... REST - Representational State Transfer 0 0 0
Visual Studio Async CTP for the rest of us… mbcrump, January 1, 0001 Today at PDC 2010, they announced Asynchronous functions in C# and VB.NET. So what exactly does that mean? I’ll give you the definition first: Asynchronous operations are methods and other function members ... Visual Studio Async CTP for the rest of us… 0 0 3
Some handy tools - Copy As Path / Send To Toys MikeParks, January 1, 0001 So I was reading through Cameron Skinners blog the other day and came across his post about the "Copy As Path" context menu option in Windows Explorer. Turns out this menu option is hidden unless you right ... Some handy tools - Copy As Path / Send To Toys 0 0 0
Detecting the File Download Dialog In the Browser Jesse Taber, January 1, 0001 This post has moved to a new host: http://gruffcode.com/2010/1... ... Detecting the File Download Dialog In the Browser 0 0 103
HTML5 and IE9 presentation. Shervin Shakibi, January 1, 0001 For those of you in the audience for my presentation and PDC2010 in south Florida, here are the slides as promised. http://ssccinc.com/HTML5%20... Also as mentioned for limited time you can download ... HTML5 and IE9 presentation. 0 0 37
PDC 2010 Live now at www.microsoftpdc.com Harish Ranganathan, January 1, 0001 PDC 2010 is happening right now and if you are not in Seattle, you can watch it live at www.microsoftpdc.com Just a few minutes ago Dean, CVP IE announced the HTML5 capabilities of IE9. Lots of exciting ... PDC 2010 Live now at www.microsoftpdc.com 0 0 13
How to Host your Silverlight application on Amazon S3 for Free mbcrump, January 1, 0001 In the past people could use services like the Microsoft Silverlight Streaming to host their Silverlight applications for free. This worked well in the past but it is now closed. What are the other alternatives? ... How to Host your Silverlight application on Amazon S3 for Free 0 0 3
Invent Your Job, Don’t Look For One D'Arcy Lussier, January 1, 0001 There was a quote in The Social Network last night that struck me. I can’t remember it verbatum, but it sounded like the title of this blog post: Invent your job, don’t look for one. The context of The ... Invent Your Job, Don’t Look For One 0 0 3
Thoughts on HTML 5 for ASP.Net MVC 3, WebMatrix and Silverlight Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 With concerns of HTML 5 overshadowing or affecting the roadmap for Silverlight actively addressed in many blog posts, I decided to cover the value HTML 5 brings to another set of web-based Microsoft solutions: ... Thoughts on HTML 5 for ASP.Net MVC 3, WebMatrix and Silverlight 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 26, 2010 -- #979 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Washington, Dennis Doomen, Mark Monster, Brian Genisio, Jeff Blankenburg, and Colin Melia. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "My Silverlight 4 Reference Architecture: ViewModels, Coroutines ... Silverlight Cream for October 26, 2010 -- #979 0 0 0
Microsoft Shape Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 Today I have been invited by Microsoft Switzerland to present three of our awesome Windows Phone 7 applications on stage at their yearly Shape conference. It was a great moment, and I felt super proud ... Microsoft Shape 0 0 0
Adding a ViewModelLocator and Merged Dictionaries to App.xaml Laurent Bugnion, January 1, 0001 I guess this is one of these places where using Blend is an advantage… since I do these operations mostly with the help of the tool, the XAML is generated and I don’t need to think about it too much. Read ... Adding a ViewModelLocator and Merged Dictionaries to App.xaml 0 0 0
Murach’s HTML, XHTML, and CSS–Anne Boehm–ISBN 9... Dave Noderer, January 1, 0001 If you have not looked at Murach’s books you should! They have a very convenient format, geared for training with two facing pages, the left with text and the right with an example with lists and descriptions. ... Murach’s HTML, XHTML, and CSS–Anne Boehm–ISBN 9... 0 0 4
Silverlight Cream for October 23, 2010 -- #976 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Crump, Derik Whittaker(-2-), James Ashley, Mike Taulty, Jeff Blankenburg, Kunal Chowdhury, Richard Waddell, and Jeremy Likness. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Choose the way to Create ... Silverlight Cream for October 23, 2010 -- #976 0 0 0
WP7 Application "Pictures Lab" Review Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 The WP7 app market is going to be hot (IMHO), and as a developer, you want to get good reviews. Or said another way, you don''t need bad reviews. A Silverlight MVP friend of mine, René Schulte, is deeply ... WP7 Application "Pictures Lab" Review 0 0 0
Netduino and Transistors Joaquin Jares, January 1, 0001 Be warned: this will be very basic. I find it amazing nonetheless. As a newbie, I went out and bought a 5V led to be used in an output port in the Netduino. This will of course not work, as the output ... Netduino and Transistors 0 0 1
15 Things I’ve discovered about Silverlight. mbcrump, January 1, 0001 I love Silverlight and have written / talked about it a lot. I can’t help but notice that a lot of people are new to Silverlight or may have played with it a few times. Well this post is for you. It is ... 15 Things I’ve discovered about Silverlight. 0 0 8
Ending QuickTime’s Tyrannical Control of IE PNG Display Michael B. McLaughlin, January 1, 0001 If you’re like me and still have a significant quantity of music in m4p format that’s preventing you for the time being from dumping iTunes, you are stuck with QuickTime too. This would not be so bad but ... Ending QuickTime’s Tyrannical Control of IE PNG Display 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 22, 2010 -- #975 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Michael Washington, Peter Kuhn, Alex Golesh, Jonathan Marbutt, Karsten Januszewski(-2-, -3-, -4-), Erik Mork, Jeff Blankenburg, Martin Krüger, and Colin. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Programmatic ... Silverlight Cream for October 22, 2010 -- #975 0 0 0
HTML5 Target Schema for Visual Studio Ben Bastiaensen, January 1, 0001 Microsoft has made a target Schema for HTML 5 development. This schema can be installed on VS 2008 en VS 2010. You can download it form this website. Then run the installer. If VS 2010 is not installed ... HTML5 Target Schema for Visual Studio 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 21, 2010 -- #974 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: John Papa, Andy Beaulieu, Joost van Schaik, and DevComponents. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Physics Helper 4 Released" Andy Beaulieu WP7: "Showing Open Source maps on Windows Phone 7 with ... Silverlight Cream for October 21, 2010 -- #974 0 0 0
Why I Am No Longer Afraid of JavaScript Development David Williams, January 1, 0001 Before working with MVC, I would claim to be somewhat intimidated by JavaScript development. Not that I did not know how to use it, however I found that is was much more bug prone and harder to develop ... Why I Am No Longer Afraid of JavaScript Development 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 20, 2010 -- #973 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Sigurd Snørteland, Colin Eberhardt, Andrea Boschin, Jesse Liberty, Shawn Wildermuth, Andrew Tokeley, Jeff Blankenburg(-2-), Kunal Chowdhury(-2-), and Martin Krüger. Above the Fold: Silverlight: ... Silverlight Cream for October 20, 2010 -- #973 0 0 0
Startup Idea #9274: Personal Accounts Payable Liam McLennan, January 1, 0001 Manage Your Bills Better For some reason I have a strong desire to be involved in a startup. Ok, I know the reason. It’s a game, with winners, and loser. Like Monopoly, or gambling. And games are fun! ... Startup Idea #9274: Personal Accounts Payable 0 0 0
Maratón Latinoaméricana de Tecnología jogarriot, January 1, 0001 Los días 26 y 27 de octube se estaran transmitiendo webinars tocando temas para developers e IT impartido por Microsoft Student Partners de toda Latino América. Los días 28 y 29 de octubre se tendra el ... Maratón Latinoaméricana de Tecnología 0 0 0
Silverlight Cream for October 19, 2010 -- #972 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Walter Ferrari, Wei-Meng Lee, Rob Eisenberg, Timmy Kokke, Joost van Schaik, Jesse Liberty, Jeff Blankenburg, Jeremy Likness, and Victor Gaudioso(-2-). Above the Fold: Silverlight (and Sharepoint): ... Silverlight Cream for October 19, 2010 -- #972 0 0 0
The Case for Code Generation Tools GGBlogger, January 1, 0001 I've spent time the last few month checking out much of the latest in code generation tools. Again one of the most complete and comprehensive is Iron Speed Designer - now in version 7.1. I had the good ... The Case for Code Generation Tools 0 0 3
iTextSharp - Use header with events Guilherme Cardoso, January 1, 0001 A few time ago i've write an article explaining how to use iTextSharp. Check it here: http://geekswithblogs.net/g... ... iTextSharp - Use header with events 0 0 4
A Look at Microsoft WebMatrix Beta 2 Sam Abraham, January 1, 0001 WebMatrix is a free “one stop shop” supporting all developers’ needs when creating web sites based on standard markup technologies (HTML, CSS, Javascript and jQuery). WebMatrix features an intuitive user ... A Look at Microsoft WebMatrix Beta 2 0 0 1
Silverlight Cream for October 18, 2010 -- #971 Dave Campbell, January 1, 0001 In this Issue: Roberto Sonnino, Jonathan Marbutt, Jonathan van de Veen, René Schulte, Vikram Pendse, Andrej Tozon(-2-, -3-, -4-), Andrea Boschin(-2-), Jesse Liberty, Jeff Blankenburg, and Team XNA. Above ... Silverlight Cream for October 18, 2010 -- #971 0 0 0
Standard ASP.Net vs. MVC: Modal dialog with client side logic, se... David Williams, January 1, 0001 Sometimes it seems implementing functionality in ‘standard’ asp.net takes several times longer than with MVC. In my case, I wanted to do the following when changing a checkbox on a form page (page uses ... Standard ASP.Net vs. MVC: Modal dialog with client side logic, se... 0 0 2
Merging Content with New Technologies Bill Evjen, January 1, 0001 Content Reinvention with the Next Generation of Tables, eReaders, and Mobile Devices My notes from this session at Digital Hollywood: Speakers: Sarah Lumbard – Sr. Director, Product Strategy and Development ... Merging Content with New Technologies 0 0 0