Web Client Software Factory 2.0 (WCSF 2.0) RTM

Web Client Software Factory 2.0 (WCSF 2.0) RTM

Glenn Block ( from patterns & practices client program factories, patterns and models ) has announced about the Web Client Software Factory 2.0 shipped!

Download the bits from the landing page here, and check out the community site.

This release has addressed many of the top feature requests, supports Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5, includes more guidance, quickstarts and how-to walkthroughs... what’s more, they've improved the Composite Web Application Block both by extending it and improving performance, and something I’d not noticed - added support for dependency injection on ASMX Web services.

Just great stuff !

Webcast: ESB Guidance - Prerequisites, Install, Config and ESB Portal

Webcast: ESB Guidance - Prerequisites, Install, Config and ESB Portal

Overview

Audience Requirements

• Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• Microsoft .NET development techniques, including the development of ASP.NET Web services and .NET Framework components

About the Webcast

With the Microsoft ESB Guidance - Release , major step in Microsoft's Architecture level has reached maturity. As a result of the fact the the community recognized this, the community has started to install the Microsoft ESB Guidance as part of their infrastructure.
But, due to the fact, that in the Discussions for patterns & practices: Enterprise Service Bus Guidance one of the major topics was installation, pointed me to the fact that a Webcast which shows how easy is the "Next next" steps in the installation - This Webcast is just that.

In order to explain I have build so far several points

1. ESB Guidance Architects User Group Presentation PPT
2. Webcast : ESB Guidance, STEP 1 - Install the MSI ( Hebrew Edition )
3. Webcast: ESB Guidance Installation Process, STEP1 - Install the MSI [EN] ( English Edition )

As we can see in previous Webcasts the point was mainly the Install of the MSI it self.
But due to:

1. Amount of download of Webcast : ESB Guidance, STEP 1 - Install the MSI ( Hebrew Edition ) as well as Webcast: ESB Guidance Installation Process, STEP1 - Install the MSI [EN] ( English Edition )
2. These Webcasts didn't include the prerequisites, nor the ESB Portal and for a full circle we needed all the parts.
3. I have the feeling that people downloaded them BOTH !

Lead me to the decision to take the long road in building a long version of ALL the parts:

1. Step 0 - Prerequisites - download and install !
2. Step 1 - Install The MSI
3. Step 2 - Configuration of :
   1. BizTalk Configuration File (BTSNTSvc.exe.config)
   2. Machine.config
4. Step 3 - Install and Config the ESB Portal

The Webcast was recorded at a resolution of 800X600 for two reasons:

1. Smaller file <-> Better resolution capability
2. The FONTS would be bigger

This fact was done in consideration of the fact that the ESB Portal is configured to AT LEAST 1024X768 resolution

Comments and Feedback would be greatly Appreciated ! 

Download the WMV High Quality - [114 MB / 50min]

Download the WMV Medium Quality - [30 MB / 50min]

Summary

Enterprise Library 4.0 / Unity roadmap

Enterprise Library 4.0 / Unity roadmap

Grigori Melnik has posted a post about the EntLib/Unity roadmap. As we can see , there's an estimation regarding the release of Enterprise Library 4.0 : "mid-end April - Enterprise Library 4.0 release"

Visual Studio 2005 Designer for WinForms , bug fix

Visual Studio 2005 Designer for WinForms , bug fix

Ok once in a while the designer of Winforms Controls and Forms goes bizerk , kaput , OutOfOrder ... ok you got the point

something like this

which in clear text means

------------------------- START --------------------

at System.Reflection.Module.GetTypesInternal(StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Design.AssemblyObsoleteEventArgs..ctor(Assembly assembly)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSDynamicTypeService.ReloadAssemblyIfChanged(String codeBase)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSDynamicTypeService.CreateDynamicAssembly(String codeBase)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.AssemblyEntry.get_Assembly()
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.AssemblyEntry.Search(String fullName, String typeName, Boolean ignoreTypeCase, Assembly& assembly, String description)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.SearchProjectEntries(AssemblyName assemblyName, String typeName, Boolean ignoreTypeCase, Assembly& assembly)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.VSTypeResolutionService.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, ReferenceType refType)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.AggregateTypeResolutionService.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.AggregateTypeResolutionService.GetType(String name, Boolean throwOnError)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.GetType(ITypeResolutionService trs, String name, Dictionary`2 names)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.FillStatementTable(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, IDictionary table, Dictionary`2 names, CodeStatementCollection statements, String className)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.TypeCodeDomSerializer.Deserialize(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, CodeTypeDeclaration declaration)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomDesignerLoader.PerformLoad(IDesignerSerializationManager manager)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.VSCodeDomDesignerLoader.PerformLoad(IDesignerSerializationManager serializationManager)
at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.Serialization.CodeDom.VSCodeDomDesignerLoader.
DeferredLoadHandler.Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextManager.Interop.
IVsTextBufferDataEvents.OnLoadCompleted(Int32 fReload)

--------------------------- END -----------------------------

Ok two known options to solve this

1. Close all Source & Design windows in Visual Studio , Save Solution , Close Visual Studio , Delete all OBJ and BIN folders in the Solution , reopen the Solution , rebuild all , Open Designer of the required Control ... and walla =)
2. Option 2 - Close VS , Paste this into DesignerFix.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\ViewAdapters]
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IOleDocument, Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop, Version=7.1.40304.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design.PassthroughWindowPane, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Design, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
"System.Windows.Forms.Control, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.Forms.WinformsWindowPane, Microsoft.VisualStudio.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"

save , double click , and reopen the VS ... and again walla =)

MOSS and WSS SDK 1.3 Downloads

MOSS and WSS SDK 1.3 Downloads

Ok , first the downloads

• Download the MOSS SDK 1.3
• Download the WSS SDK 1.3

New and Updated Material in the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 SDK

• ASP.NET AJAX in Windows SharePoint Services
• Overview: ASP.NET AJAX and Web Parts in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
• Installing ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0 in Windows SharePoint Services Version 3.0
• Walkthrough: Creating a Basic ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web Part
• Workflow Actions Schema Overview
• .ACTIONS File Example (WorkflowActions)
• Alerts in Windows SharePoint Services
• Custom Field Types (revised section)
  • Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Field Type (revised section)
• Mobile Development (revised section)
  • How to: Customize Mobile Home Pages (revised section)
  • How to: Customize Mobile List View and Form Pages (revised section)
  • How to: Customize Field Rendering on Mobile Pages (revised section)
  • Walkthrough: Customizing Item Titles on a Mobile Display Form (revised section)
  • Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Field Rendering Control for Mobile Pages (revised section)
• Working with Site Templates and Definitions (revised section)
• More than 80 code samples rewritten , for example:
  • Best Practices: Common Coding Issues When Using the SharePoint Object Model
  • Best Practices: Using Disposable Windows SharePoint Services Objects

New and Updated Material in the SharePoint Server 2007 SP1 SDK

• Support for Custom HTTP and SOAP Headers
• SharePoint Products and Technologies Customization Best Practices
• Modeling Web Service Systems
• Modeling Database Systems
• Document Converter Framework Sample
• Working with Menus and Navigation Objects
• Modifying Navigation Settings Through the UI
• Customizing Navigation Controls and Providers
• Microsoft.SharePoint.UserProfiles
• User Profile Web Service
• User Profile Change
• Exception classes (multiple classes in various namespaces)
• Internal only classes (multiple classes in various namespaces)
• WCM Document Converters Code sample
• Workflow Collect Feedback ASPX sample

Just great stuff =)

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, Version 1.1

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, Version 1.1

Download first:

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, Version 1.1

Now ping back:

Sharepoint Extensions for Visual Studio [VSeWSS] 1.1 CTP ... no longer CTP =)

Now YOU START USING =)

No cats here...yet

Ok in the last Blogger's meeting , the 3rd I've heard that people wrote about their cats ( among other ) ... so this post is for a dear old friend - my dog CHIEF ( aka Master Chief )

... and he's not like this Master Chief

OK OK OK - So I don't have a "Maya" .. yet , but have a 48 year old kid ;D

Too bad there wasn't a game tournament in the Blogger's meeting , the 3rd , But I still think it is a good idea to do one =)

Blogger's meeting , the 3rd - 2nd round

Blogger's meeting , the 3rd - 2nd round

OK OK , so yossi didn't bring his camera . OK here are some more shoots

Maya is first , with yaniv ( we can see Tal Shahar in the BG )

OK now this is my picture of "Team System" =) ( LOL ) - one of the greatest pics

The Fixer  ( GadiM - Gad J. Meir ) the Manager (שחר גבירץ שחר.נט all hail PowerShell ) and the Destroyer of all worlds ( יומנו של האקר, MS Version. גיא מזרחי )

"Girls On film (Duran Duran)"  Bloggers on 'Film' - ehh ... idan felix is taking my picture

Idan Felix with his camera , Tamir Khason , just beside me , and Guy Burstein

The community ( כזה דא )

Last is Lior Zoref ... with almost a red eye ( I think )

Again , almost red eye 

Again sorry I had more pictures .. but with red eye , like yossi's lecture as well as guy's

SQL 2008 RTM, counting the seconds

SQL 2008 RTM, counting the seconds

need I say more ?

The picture says all - from here : https://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/default.aspx

Download from here :
https://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx

טיול בגולן

Blogger's meeting , the 3rd

Blogger's meeting , the 3rd

The title is on purpose - because it sounds like Nobility .. like Henry the 8th =)

Let's start with this pic

Ok, two things : 1. I knew of the horns =) it was funny , 2. I allow it only to friends ( Dev Academy II , Conference ? No, just meeting friends )

My 2nd picture is

Two close frineds of mine - Guy Burstein on the left and Amit Cohen-Berezin on the right

Ok , 3rd is a close friend of both me and my sister ella

This is the one and only fabulous Maor David =)

I have more pictures .. but on some of them I got "red eye" and I was trying to fix it , but... I'm a programmer ( mainly )

( I know I have to loose weight , I have renewed my running the next day Running shoe , for starters 3 km)

Live Search Webmaster Center Blog

Live Search Webmaster Center Blog

Live Search Webmaster Center Blog, yeah, what a title, what a name "/webmaster" !

Most of us have been in our last Blogger's meeting (3rd), and we've tried to take notes from Guy Burstein's lecture on Effective Blogging. But the lecture was focused on personal experience with google optimization ( I guess he read a book or two ).

But , I know of at least one ( LiorZ - Lior Zoref ) that would like to know of Live.com optimization ( don't underestimate the competition - NEVER ! )
BTW I bought for natasha this one The AdSense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense, it's for her hanahot.co.il web site

Well here it is - I'm not ranking in Live Search, what can I do?

LEVEL A - SOS ... and Visual Studio

LEVEL A - SOS ... and Visual Studio

Did any one of you ever dealt with a LEVEL A ,  or at least LEVEL B crisis ?
I hope for you that not ! I know of at least two that this is their main bread and butter, One is Shmulik from Microsoft ( the last time I knew about him ) and the other is Gadi Meir.

What the heck I'm talking about ?

Let me tell you a real story, In my previous Company at some stage, I was given the leadership as a Team leader and Project manager of an about to fail project. What happened was that I was called to serve Queen and Country as part of the army reserves.

I WAS GONE FOR ONLY TWO WEEKS !! and what happened ?!? my replacement has managed to reach LEVEL A Crisis on the project ! or in other words there was a memory leak that was displayed in the former fashion - an MVC based ASP.NET 1.1 application that on startup loaded Tables into cache , thus consuming about 120mb of RAM. BUT, and this is a big BUT(!), about half an hour after the first hit the memory was about 1.5 GB of RAM !!!

Talk about a memory leak, "Auch, bauje' moi" ( Bulgarian/Russian for "Oh My God [what have I done ?!?]" )

Ok, after careful consideration with the client, we have decided to open a LEVEL A crisis ticket in Microsoft. Well what can I tell you ? dump files was my life 24-7 for at least two weeks ! :'( , my girl friend natasha was thinking of going to her mother's till it would all calm down , and this is half of it - what can I say emotions running high !

In the end the memory leak was caused by the use of a class about XML and Serialization that in the MSDN documentation was written as "blah blah blah ... blah blah blah ... do not use inside your code" ... I think it was this one XmlSerializerImplementation.CanSerialize or something like that ( because this is from .NET 2.0 , and mine was 1.1 ) ... or that XmlSerializerNamespace

Ok, after all these emotions , going to our point. I was going over blogs.msdn when I came across this SOS in Visual Studio Part 2. For those who've been there ( and came back to tell about it ) KNOW THAT SOS IS SOS (Son of Strike) !

Let me tell you THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD REPEAT THAT EASILY !

Well ,TESS - If broken it is, fix it you should and Random Debugging Goodies - (Jackson Davis's Blog) are two blogs just about that !
Where in former of the two there's a nice, small, and modest collection

BTW, the first pic is from Counter Strike, and the 2nd is Halo 3 ... but I'm more into Sracraft.
Here waiting for Starcraft's 2 first Alpha :'(

Guy hilton, prepare your self to the greatest battle - "HELL IT'S ABOUT TIME" ;D

SQL Server Express and Hosting

SQL Server Express and Hosting

As you all know, I'm all for the Express tools ( dotNetExpress ).
why ? here are a few reasons :

1. IT'S FREE !
2. IT'S FREE FOR UNLIMITED TIME !
3. You can build programs which you can sell with no ties / small print limitations ( you just have to register your copy of VS / SQL Express )
4. The wave of the Express has caused others to build Express tools like the Oracle 10g Express and the Amber Point Express
5. Open source code LIKE  / LOVE open source / free tools for developing

OK , now to the point of the post - The SQL Server Express WebLog posted a great post about SQL Server Express and Hosting which is very informative for all of us who use the SQL Express as their "embeded" Web/Win database

SQL 2008 Express Feb 2008, not in our neighborhood

SQL 2008 Express Feb 2008, not in our neighborhood

The only thing that comes to my mind is :

"How stupid can you get ?"

I was trying to do a Webcast for dotNetExpress about SQL 2008 February CTP
and what do you know - IT DOESN'T WORK ON VISTA =) ! LOL !

Not only that, but I was trying to build my sister a Working VHD of Win2k3+SQL2k8 and the ISO file of the Win32 was of nov2007 edition ( i'm downloading now the EXE version to see if it has the same problem :s )

The news about the SQL Server 2008 February CTP Is Now Available is great, but i'm still trying to install it ...