20 January 2012 0 Comments

Solution to hard to check CheckBox when using a DataGridCheckBoxColumn without a Label in WPF

When you have a DataGridCheckBoxColumn without an associate label it is very difficult to check and uncheck the CheckBox.  I know this solution makes no sense, but it works. In your Xaml add this markup.   < DataGridCheckBoxColumn > < DataGridCheckBoxColumn.ElementStyle > < Style /> </ DataGridCheckBoxColumn.ElementStyle > </ DataGridCheckBoxColumn >…( read more )

19 January 2012 0 Comments

Microsoft Technology Guru Contest – Question 54

Which of the following is not a document types which the mail merge wizard will work with? 1.

19 January 2012 0 Comments

GoingNative 2012 Full Schedule

Charles has recently published the agenda for GoingNative 2012 –the first C++ only event done in MS in many years. Great speakers and compelling topics.

11 December 2011 0 Comments

Handling issues with your startup task in Windows Azure Application

If you experience your Windows Azure application based startup task or OnStart code does not work correctly, here are a few things you can try to investigate this issue: Add some of the diagnostics trace messages in your OnStart() function which will be sent to Azure Table Storage.

11 December 2011 0 Comments

Will Spotify create a new breed of HTML5 developer?

The announcement that Spotify is transforming itself (at least in part) to an application platform has been grabbing some serious attention in recent days. For those who missed it, the basic idea is that developers will now be able to create HTML5 apps that integrate into the Spotify platform

10 December 2011 0 Comments

Lærðu Windows Azure með Scott Guthrie, Dave Campbell og Mark Russinovich

N.k. þriðjudag (13, des) verða þeir Scott Guthrie, Dave Campbell og Mark Russinovich með live fyrirlestur um Windows Azure, cloud platform Microsoft. Áhugasamir geta fylgst með þessu á netinu og er aðgangur frír

10 December 2011 0 Comments

Windows Azure Table Storage- Partition or Row key length is limited to 256 characters in Storage Emulator

If partition/row key is longer than 256 characters, you will get an error when inserting the data in Azure table storage, while you are running your application in compute emulator or accessing table storage in storage emulator directly.

9 December 2011 0 Comments

Facebook is fun with friends, but LinkedIn can help you get a job!

I know most of you are on Facebook. But I know a lot of us are still trying to figure out exactly how to use LinkedIn

16 November 2011 0 Comments

Business Intelligence Bootcamp for Microsoft partners

Sarah Arnold, over on the Australian Partner blog , has just announced that there’s extra help available for partners who are aiming to get the Business Intelligence competency for Microsoft Partners at Silver level. If you’re a partner that’s deeply engaged with education customers, you’ll know how much data education institutions collect, and how much useful insight it would deliver to them if they were able to analyse it easily and comprehensively – whether that’s for learning, assessment, finance or many other uses.

28 October 2011 0 Comments

New Platform Training Kit, Updated Service Bus Features and Reduced Storage Price

A bunch of fresh announcements came out – some technical, one on the pricing side: The Updated October Release for the Platform Training Kit is out – get it here: October Platform Training Kit Service Bus has received a long awaited feature of load-balancing across endpoint listeners. Great for high availability, more information in this great article by Sam Vanhoutte. The base price for Windows Azure Storage (Tables and Blobs) has been reduced and additional discounts have been published

12 October 2011 0 Comments

Windows Azure Marketplace が日本・日本円を含む 26 か国 17 通貨で利用可能に

先月の BUILD でアナウンスされていた、Windows Azure Marketplace 利用可能な国・地域が増え、日本 & 日本円 で利用が可能になりました。 Windows Azure Marketplace 日本を含む 26 か国、日本円を含む 17 通貨で利用できます。Windows Azure Marketplace でアプリケーションやデータを公開するときの申請フォームでも 26 か国対応になっています。 Windows Azure Team Blog > Windows Azure Marketplace Now Available in 26 Countries, Support 17 Currencies Build の Windows Azure Platform 関連アップデート(1) : Toolkit for Windows 8, SDK 1.5, Marketplace (9/20 Post)

4 October 2011 0 Comments

XAP Fest 20. okt á Grand hótel – skráning hafin

Þá hefur dagsetning loksins verið staðfest, fimmtudagurinn 20. október frá kl 13-16 á Grand hótel.