Posted by jpluimers on 2011/05/31
An interesting question on Stackoverflow.com: .net – Different WSDL ASMX,WCF web-services – Stack Overflow.
The answer is simple when you know it: flatten the WSDL that comes from WCF.
Note that Delphi Win32 is not the only client having these issues, as Elton Stoneman shows on his blog and the WCFExtras toolkit for WCF that allows for single WSDL export.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2011/05/30
When using wget for downloading from the command-line, sometimes you need cookies in netscape file format.
There is a Chrome cookie.txt export extension that makes exporting your cookies in that format easy.
It opens a window that contains the cookies relevant to the domain of the currently opened web-page. You copy/paste your cookies in format like this:
# Cookies for domains related to wordpress.com.
# This content may be pasted into a cookies.txt file and used by wget
# Example: wget -x --load-cookies cookies.txt https://wiert.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=5767&action=edit
#
en.forums.wordpress.com FALSE / FALSE 1304919940 TESTCOOKIE home
en.support.wordpress.com FALSE / FALSE 1304920249 TESTCOOKIE home
wiert.wordpress.com FALSE / FALSE 1304920561 TESTCOOKIE home
en.wordpress.com FALSE / FALSE 1304920572 TESTCOOKIE home
It even includes the wget command-line example for loading the cookies using the –load-cookies option :)
–jeroen
via: cookie.txt export – Google Chrome extension gallery.
Posted in *nix, Chrome, Power User, Web Browsers, wget | 3 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/05/27
Sometimes you want to know the Windows Version and Service Pack number.
A GUI version is very simple: run winver.exe, it will give you dialogs like these ad the Microsoft Knowledge Base article 310104 explains.
A console version can be done in several different ways:
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] windows command line: can I tell Service pack number? – Super User.
Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP | 1 Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/05/26
When you are using Team Foundation System (TFS) for version control, the project manager sometimes shows a file as being checked out by someone else, but it doesn’t show who that someone else is.
The reason is that the Project Manager only has generic knowledge about version control systems. However, the Source Control Explorer has specific knowledge about TFS.
So when you look in the Properties Window for the path of the file you are interested in, then you can use the Source Control Explorer to locate the file, and find out who has checked out that file.
There are other tools that can even give your more information than the Source Control Explorer:
Posted in .NET, Development, Software Development, Source Code Management, TFS (Team Foundation System), Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio and tools | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/05/25
I love the Entity Framework, but as with every layer of abstraction, sometimes you need to get underneath in order to solve problems.
For EF questions, I usually browse the presentations, blog, articles or Entity Framework book from Julie Lerman.
I met her first at an SDC conference years ago: she has a great way of explaining new concepts in an easy to grasp way, not being afraid to do a deep dive into technology when needed.
Her article MSDN Magazine: Data Points – Profiling Database Activity in the Entity Framework is a great way to start digging for the actual SQL being executed by EF on your behalf.
It has a balanced list of ways to get that SQL, and describes the pros and cons for each means.
The comments point you to some more ways.
Recommended reading!
–jeroen
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