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28 augustus 2008
Workaround for missing "Edit WCF Configuration" menu option in Visual Studio
Sometimes when you have a clean install of Visual Studio 2005 or 2008 the context menu item "Edit WCF Configuration" for a app.config or web.config will not show. The picture above does show the menu item I'm talking about, but you may find that it is not there. Help is at hand: there is... Read More...
17 juni 2007
Developer Days 2007: a blast
It took a couple of days to wind down again. The 2007 edition of the Dutch Developer Days were exciting and excellent. It was real nice to meet nearly everybody (or so it feels). I did get around to do both presentations on Linq and robotics. The Microsoft Robotics session was scheduled after all. So... Read More...
11 april 2007
More on Orcas+1 release
Just got some extra information about the plans for WCF and WF after the post Silver (which is in the Orcas timeframe) release. Here are two extra ideas that I picked up at the WCF+WF Orcas training. The other ones are mentioned in a previous post . Currently WF does not have a clear model on which data... Read More...
11 april 2007
New things for WCF and WF and plans for after Orcas
Before we get to the point that WCF+WF Orcas (Silver) is released, some other WCF and WF related releases might see the day of light. There is the WCF LOB Adapter SDK, allowing you to speed up your development on custom channels, such as to a SAP server. I found that Sonu Arora has an entire blog full... Read More...
11 april 2007
Workflow Foundation Rules in Orcas
Again, some background on where we are with rules in WF version 1 (in .NET FX 3.0): The Rules framework in WF allow you to define discrete and atomic rules using simple semantics. This makes it very approachable. WF Rules distinguish conditions (boolean evaluations) and rules (if-then-else semantics... Read More...
11 april 2007
Going forward from WCF and WF version 1: Silver
Let's set the stage. Where are we now with .NET Framework 3.0 , and WCF and WF in particular? WCF in version 1 brought us a programming model and runtime, consisting of a Service model: the endpoints, bindings and contracts. This is where most of your code goes. Channel layer: does the messaging part... Read More...
08 april 2007
Off to Redmond: WCF+WF in Orcas Deep Dive training
Tomorrow I'll leave for Microsoft, Redmond for an in-depth training on WCF and WF in Orcas training event. Paul Andrew blogged with an invitation to come join the Deep Dive training in Redmond. I applied and got invited. The training will focus on a lot of the new stuff in .NET FX 3.5, and will cover... Read More...
05 maart 2007
SendActivity in Windows Workflow 3.5
.NET 3.5 might come with some new items for Windows Workflow. In the March 2007 CTP two new Activities make their appearance: SendActivity and ReceiveActivity. This blog post is about the SendActivity. The SendActivity is used to send and receive a message to a WCF endpoint. It's usage is fairly straightforward... Read More...
04 maart 2007
WCF Library projects
Visual Studio Orcas changes the way WCF projects are organized. They are located under a different folder for project types: Windows Communications Foundation (yep, spelled out in full). It is still only one project template, still called WCF Service Library. If you think polar bears are cool, wait till... Read More...
27 februari 2007
Linq support in Compact Framework 3.5
Tonight I did some more browsing through the January 2007 CTP version of Visual Studio "Orcas" and stumbled upon the .NET Compact Framework 3.5 . The .NET Compact FX 3.5 is first included in this CTP version. To my great surprise I discovered a System.Core.dll assembly was the one new assembly in the... Read More...
17 februari 2007
Hosting the LoginService in .NET 3.5
The January 2007 CTP version of Visual Studio "Orcas" has .NET FX 3.5 version 3.5.11209. One of the assemblies is System.Web.Extensions and hosts some great new additions to the ASP.NET stack. It has new classes in the namespace System.Web.Security, two of which are LoginService and RolesService. In... Read More...