Using Logging Application Block provided by Enterprise Library is a common way of logging exceptions in .NET applications. It’s easy to setup and to use. One problem I had a while ago was that it worked while on my development PC, but stopped working once it’s deployed.
What I was doing was to use it to [...]
Filed under: Application Development, Microsoft | Posted on May 17th, 2010 by Geer | No Comments »
In web application development, we should always think about returning some kind of message to users when an exception is raised in the program. Sometimes, it can be very specific, while in other cases it can be generic. A common thought is to capture and possibly handle exceptions where they are raised, re-throw exceptions or [...]
Filed under: Application Development, Microsoft | Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Geer | No Comments »
Microsoft Device Emulator is a great tool for testing your mobile web applications without utilizing any real mobile device. Because it can use the same network that your computer is on, you can use it to test your mobile web applications hosted on development computers or test servers before the applications are published to the internet. [...]
Filed under: Application Development, Microsoft | Posted on March 31st, 2010 by Geer | No Comments »
My customer’s current process of importing data into Siebel database is to use Siebel EIM interface. The data which needs to be imported will be formatted and inserted into EIM tables (or the staging tables), and then an EIM process will be ticked off in the command line to import the data into Siebel base [...]
Filed under: Application Development, Miscellaneous | Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Geer | No Comments »
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of developer tools for their Windows mobile platform. This article is a brief introduction to the platform and what the next generation of mobile development for Microsoft looks like.
After you’ve downloaded the developer tools installer, you will go through a download process…
After downloading the remaining components, you will install [...]
Filed under: Application Development, Microsoft | Posted on March 24th, 2010 by AaronH | No Comments »
You may have experienced the problem with FileUpload control in an UpdatePanel – when you hit the submit button, Request.Files.Count always returns 0, even though you had registered the submit button as a PostBackControl and a PostBackTrigger of the UpdatePanel containing the FileUpload control.
In my case, the FileUpload only works when it is visible when [...]
Filed under: Application Development | Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Geer | No Comments »
One of the missing features in MOSS 2007 is the ability to recognize PDF files in a document library. It can be frustrating when all you see is a blank page icon instead of SharePoint recognizing the document type properly. This is a common portal issue that is easily remedied with a bit of extra [...]
Filed under: Application Development, Microsoft | Posted on November 16th, 2009 by AaronH | No Comments »
Code Keep is an easy way to manage and browse code snippets.
Filed under: Application Development, Microsoft | Posted on November 9th, 2009 by ThadK | 1 Comment »
Google has opened up their hosting services to the cloud with their free Google App Engine offering. Google makes it quick and easy to get going with their cloud offerings. Here a quick review of how to get started with the App Engine.
To use App Engine, you need a Google Account. Once you have your [...]
Filed under: Application Development | Posted on November 5th, 2009 by AaronH | No Comments »
Microsoft is expected to remove the CTP from their Azure Platform this month at PDC in Los Angeles. Until then, you can still receive access to their free cloud services platform. To get started with Azure you need a Windows Live ID and signup with Microsoft Connect to receive an access code (aka tokens).
When you [...]
Filed under: Application Development, Microsoft | Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by AaronH | 1 Comment »