Posted by jpluimers on 2010/11/03
I tried searching for an XSD or other schema that describes ASX (Advanced Stream Redirector) files, but somehow could not find them.
The ASX files can be used to generate a playlist, but they are a bit richer in content than the WPL (Windows Media Player Playlist) file format.
So here is a post with some references to ASX files, examples, documentation and an XSD you could use for ASX files, and why ASX is not valid XML, it is just well-formed. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, C#, Delphi, Development, Software Development, XML, XML/XSD, XSD | 2 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/10/21
Brilliant and so true:
New programmers are drawn to multithreading like moths to flame, with similar results.
Edit: And this is just one example on how tiny little details can impact threading so much.
–jeroen
via Twitter / Danny Thorpe: New programmers are drawn ….
Posted in .NET, Agile, CommandLine, Debugging, Delphi, Development, Opinions, Software Development | 10 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/10/13
I wasn’t the first one to notice this one, but is hilereous:
bool enabled = fEnable == 0 ? false : true;
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/10/05
In Visual Studio 2010, the empty “ASP.NET Web Service Application” projects are gone.
This is probably because Microsoft rather has you use WCF, so a few of those “older” templates are now gone:
To simplify things a bit in 2010, we’ve removed a few of the older templates. You can get the same thing by creating an empty website and adding a web service to it.
Funny though, as the “old” templates are still mentioned, of course in their ASP.NET 3.5 web service documentation, but also in their Visual Studio 2010 ASP.NET Web services documentation :-)
–jeroen
via: Visual Web Developer Express 2010 – WebService Template – ASP.NET Forums.
Posted in .NET, ASP.NET, Development, SOAP/WebServices, Software Development | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/09/29
Recently, a co-worker at a client asked me “What is better: extension methods of helper classses?”.
This question is relevant not only in the .NET and Delphi worlds.
My answer was simple, consisting of these 3 points: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, C#, C# 4.0, Delphi, Development, Opinions, Software Development | 5 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/09/10
To quote the Apple statement:
we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.
Which seems to mean you can use both Mono (using MonoTouch) and Flex to develop your Apple iPhone and iPad apps.
–jeroen
via Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/31
While writing this blog entry, I’m installing my new copy of Delphi XE (formerly called Delphi 2011 by some people).
Delphi XE and RAD Studio XE got RTM today, and are now available for purchase.
Contact my colleague Gwan Tan if you want to order it from Dutch speaking countries, and Thorsten Nannen if you want to order it from German speaking countries. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, Delphi, Delphi for PHP, Delphi XE, Development, Prism, Software Development | 9 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/25
Be sure to watch the radstudiodemos project at sourceforge.
It contains the RAD Studio Demos from Embarcadero in this SVN repository.
Which means that the demos of the current RAD Studio version are there, and Embarcadero is filling it with the Demos from the upcoming Delphi XE version.
In fact, quite a few Delphi XE demos have been checked in already.
John Kaster will put on the C# version of DbxUtils on-line there soon.
–jeroen
Posted in .NET, C#, Delphi, Development, Software Development | 4 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/20
When you write .NET 4 software, you want to deploy it to your clients, so they need to install the .NET Framework 4.
On fully patched Windows Server 2003 x86 installations, the (optional) Windows Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 4 for Windows Server 2003 x86 (KB982671) usually results in this error:
Installation Failure
Error Code: 0x80246002
Try to install the update again, or request help from one of the following resources.
It fails during download, so it does not even reach the install phase.
Don’t loose too much time resolving this: The usual solution for 0x80246002 as described in KB958056 does not work.
The systems affected don’t have anti-virus or similar software installed, so disabling those won’t work: there is nothing to disable.
What does work is the suggestion a bit lower in the 0x80246002 update fails search results Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, Delphi, Development, Power User, Prism, Software Development | 8 Comments »
Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/11
Lately, CodePlex is in the progress of [WayBack] migrating from TFS2008 to TFS2010 (they [Archive.is] have done TFS05…TFS01 and TFS07; TFS06 and TFS08…TFS10 still need to be done).
When your projects have been migrated (or you are going to use TFS2010 yourself), and you use VS2008 (or VS2005 – which I have not tested yet), you need to perform some updates and configuration changes to connect to the new TFS2010 servers.
So this post is about connecting from VS2008 to TFS2010 on CodePlex.
The tips will also work when connecting to a regular TFS2010 server: the connection URL is slightly different. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in .NET, CodePlex, Development, Software Development, Source Code Management, TFS (Team Foundation System) | Leave a Comment »
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