Anith Gopal

You’d think that going minimalist in terms of interior design would be easy.

Dan Moseley, dev lead for msbuild, wrote a debugger for msbuild while on leave(!) back during the 2010 cycle.  While it ultimately couldn’t be fully completed and tested to be an official feature, it is in the product with a switch to enable it (it’s off by default).  This was a conscious decision made by the VS team, and I think it was a great compromise.  It wasn’t something feasible as a power tool, and it’s too useful to have to wait for the next release. Dan has written a series of blog posts on how to use it.

– Get ASCMD for right version 2008 2005   -Create a file with XMLA / MDX Command and give extension as xmla/mdx   -Create one batch file with command with text as d:asjobascmd -S karan2k8-64sql2005 -i d:asjobbackup.xmla In my instance- ASCMD is located in D Drive ASJob folder that’s why I had given it in Path same for AS Xmla file is located in same folder.

Microsoft is expanding its technology certification options to include offering tests for non-IT majored students so they may receive a Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification. …( read more )

With the new beta of the Windows Phone 7 tools out (and the delivery a cool new developer device to my office!) I’ve been updating my sample application and working through a few new features.  As I’ve done this I’ve found several things I’ve had to do some research on that I thought I would document to (hopefully) save you some time doing the same.  My next couple of posts will cover some of those topics starting with a quickie on splash screens. Splash Screens A default splash screen is provided for you in the project template as SplashScreenImage.jpg.  If you replace this file, you need to keep the same name and ensure the Build Action is set to Content so it winds up in the XAP file at deployment time.  This allows the loader to display the image directly while your application is being initialized.