Using network load balancing (NLB) with transactional MSMQ message 01 September 2005 (0) Want to send transactional messages using DIRECT format TCP to multiple server through a network load balancer? You can’t. Simple as that. See MSDN article ID 899611 Essentially you could have a single message delivered to more than one server which could be very bad news if they contain something like a “transfer money” message… From [...] SHARE:
location.replace doesn’t work when the following page is a PDF 25 August 2005 (0) Applies to:IE 6.0 (+others?), ASP.NET 1.1, JavaScript, PDF, Adobe Acrobat For some reason (at least in IE 6.0) if you use location.replace (to’disable’ back button by changing browser history) doesn’t work when thenext page is a dynamically displayed PDF, e.g. Response.ContentType=”application/pdf”;Response.BinaryWrite( (byte[]) Session[myPDF]);Response.Flush(); The history still displays the prior page in the history list. I’m not sure if [...] SHARE:
Using client certification authentication in web services in .NET 24 August 2005 (0) Applies to.NET 1.1IIS 6Windows 2003 ServerWindows XP (as client) 1. Obtain trial SSL server certificate (e.g. from Verisign) and install to IIS 6;2. On client machine, obtain personal “client” certificate (sometimes called email certificate) (e.g. from verisign);3. Using the certificates (Current User) MMC snapin, navigate to the Personal – Certificates folder (you should see your certificate [...] SHARE:
Checking if a given Type implements a specific interface 17 August 2005 (0) There is possibly a framework method to do this but… private bool IsInterfaceImplemented(Type typeToCheck, Type interfaceToFind){Type[] interfaces = typeToCheck.GetInterfaces();foreach (Type iface in interfaces){if (iface == interfaceToFind){return true;}}return false;} SHARE:
Nunit GUI quits without exception when testing objects derived from ServicedComponent 12 August 2005 (0) This is apparently a known issue… If you have problems using NUnit with EnterpriseServices, use the command line runner, nunit-console.exe (you will have to append your path to point to it eg. set path=%path%;C:\Program Files\NUnit V2.1\bin {assuming default install path}). SHARE:
Regular Expression library 21 April 2005 (0) For a library of pre defined regular expressions, check out www.regexlib.com. SHARE:
Free Microsoft Technical Roadshows 17 April 2005 (0) MS are giving a number of technical briefings including .NET and SQL Server 2005… Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th April 2005Edinburgh, The Corn Exchange Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th May 2005Birmingham, National Motorcycle Museum Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd June 2005Harrogate, Harrogate Pavilions Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th June 2005London, Earls Court Olympia Check out http://www.microsoft.com/uk/resources/techroadshow/default.mspx for more info. [...] SHARE:
Patterns Panacea 17 April 2005 (1) The “Patterns Movement” seems to be gaining momentum with more developers becoming aware of the oft-quoted benefits of pattern re-use. Patterns are supposed to be the abstracted solution to common development requirements, but I think the Movement needs to work on closing the circle with respect to concretising the usefulness of Patterns. In most articles [...] SHARE:
The PCMEF architectural Framework 17 April 2005 (0) The general idea behind PCMEF (Presentation Control Mediator Entity Foundation) is that of dependency and object intercommunication minimisation. PCMEF takes inspiration from established design patterns such as Data Mapper, MVC, Observer, Chain of Responsibility and Mediator. Objects in higher subsystems have a dependency on lower subsystems but reverse communication should be event-subscriber based (this implies that [...] SHARE:
Poet Programmer Analyst Artist 17 April 2005 (0) Is the development of software art or is it merely a sequence of logical events which produce an outcome? Certainly software development requires creative thought or is it merely logical thought? Perhaps it is merely a matter of perception; a non-developer will decide on the “beauty” of a system by the rounded boxes and smooth [...] SHARE: