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CommonFilter and CommonData solutions on CodePlex updated

- by TATWORTH

The CommonFilter and CommonData solutions on Codeplex have been updated post VS2010 SP1. The respective URLs are: http://commondata.codeplex.com/releases/view/62502 http://commonfilter.codeplex.com/releases/view/62499 CommonFilter is a cut-down version of CommonData containing just the filter functions. Common Data contains a vast number of useful functions for building ASP.NET web sites including: Lightweight reporting to a custome event log Filter functions for common types of data input

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Web Platform Installer issues deploying Azure SDK 1.4 on refreshed systems.

- by Enrique Lima

Recently I have been doing quite a bit of testing on different means to deploy the Azure SDKs and such. After a very successful couple of systems, I started running into issues last night. Here is the problem, if I go to the Windows Azure Website, and go to Develop, then click on the SDK and Tools, then Get Tools & SDK, it launches the Web Platform Installer. All seems well at that point, except it will go through the initial process, will find the SDK files for 1.4, but since the tools for Visual Studio are still 1.3, the location throws back a 404, which causes the Installer to fail. NOTE:If you already had SDK 1.3 and the tools in place, it will go through. The fix is to go directly to the Microsoft Download Center location and download the files. Here is the link … http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=7a1089b6-4050-4307-86c4-9dadaa5ed018

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Geekswithblogs.net | Screen Resolutions of our Readers

- by Jeff Julian

Yesterday I talked about the Browsers we see being used by our readers driven off of our Google Analytics traffic and today I want to share with you the Screen Resolutions we see. As a web developer most of my life, it is hard to decide how large you should build your application because typically you have a couple huge high resolution monitors on your desk, but you typical end user is thought to have 1024x768. With HTML5/CSS3 out, it is a little better coming up with a design that will scale to all resolutions, but it is still nice to know the numbers when it comes to how much real estate do I have on my clients. If you look at these numbers for Geekswithblogs.net, we have a lot of high resolution monitors from users that visit the site. After a little more investigation of the number you will notice we do not have as much height available as we do width. If the primary goal of a site is to deliver as much data in the viewable area without scrolling, this becomes a challenge when most of our pages have long pieces of formatted data. So our challenge is to build skins that use up more of the sides of the content toward the top on larger resolution browsers and then entice the reader to scroll to get the goodies embedded in the content of the posts. Going to be an interesting battle for sure, but we really need more skin offerings on the site. Technorati Tags: Resolution Statistics,Geekswithblogs.net

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CoffeeScript - inability to support progressive adoption

- by Renso

First if, what is CoffeeScript?Web definitionsCoffeeScript is a programming language that compiles statement-by-statement to JavaScript. The language adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby and Python to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability, as well as adding more sophisticated features like array comprehension and pattern matching.The issue with CoffeeScript is that it eliminates any progressive adoption. It is a purist approach, kind of like the Amish, if you're not borne Amish, tough luck. So for folks with thousands of lines of JavaScript code will have a tough time to convert it to CoffeeScript. You can use the js2coffee API to convert the JavaScript file to CoffeeScript but in my experience that had trouble converting the files. It would convert the file to CoffeeScript without any complaints, but then when trying to generate the CoffeeScript file got errors with guess what: INDENTATION!Tried to convince the CoffeeScript community on github but got lots of push-back to progressive adoption with comments like "stupid", "crap", "child's comportment", "it's like Ruby, Python", "legacy code" etc. As a matter of interest one of the first comments were that the code needs to be re-designed before converted to CoffeeScript. Well I rest my case then :-)So far the community on github has been very reluctant to even consider introducing some way to define code-blocks, obviously curly braces is not an option as they use it for json object definitions. They also have no consideration for a progressive adoption where some, if not all, JavaScript syntax will be allowed which means all of us in the real world that have thousands of lines of JavaScript will have a real issue converting it over. Worst, I for one lack the confidence that tools like js2coffee will provide the correct indentation that will determine the flow of control in your code!!! Actually it is hard for me to find enough justification for using spaces or tabs to control the flow of code. It is no wonder that C#, C, C++, Java, all enterprise-scale frameworks still use curly braces. Have never seen an enterprise app built with Ruby or PhP.Let me know what your concerns are with CoffeeScript and how you dealt with large scale JavaScript conversions to CoffeeScript.

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Dynamic (C# 4.0) & Var in a nutshell.

- by mbcrump

A Var is static typed - the compiler and runtime know the type. This can be used to save some keystrokes. The following are identical. Code Snippet var mike = "var demo"; Console.WriteLine(mike.GetType()); //Returns System.String string mike2 = "string Demo"; Console.WriteLine(mike2.GetType()); //Returns System.String A dynamic behaves like an object, but with dynamic dispatch. The compiler doesn’t know anything about it at compile time. Code Snippet dynamic duo = "dynamic duo"; Console.WriteLine(duo.GetType()); //System.String //duo.BlowUp(); //A dynamic type does not know if this exist until run-time. Console.ReadLine(); To further illustrate this point, the dynamic type called “duo” calls a method that does not exist called BlowUp(). As you can see from the screenshot below, the compiler is reporting no errors even though BlowUp() does not exist. The program will compile fine. It will however throw a runtimebinder exception after it hits that line of code in runtime. Let’s try the same thing with a Var. This time, we get a compiler error that says BlowUp() does not exist. This program will not compile until we add a BlowUp() method. I hope this helps with your understand of the two. If not, then drop me a line and I’ll be glad to answer it.

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Enterprise Library 5.0 Released

- by Ramaraju

Microsoft announced the release of Enterprise library 5.0. Enterprise library is set of reusable software components which will help to accelerate the enterprise application development. This version of enterprise library is targeted to support .Net 4.0 version. You can download this at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=bcb166f7-dd16-448b-a152-9845760d9b4c&displaylang=en Know more about Enterprise library 5.0 here

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Thoughts on Technical Opinions

- by Joe Mayo

Nearly every day, people send email from the C# Station contact form with feedback on the tutorial. The overwhelming majority is positive and “Thank You” notes. Some feedback identifies problems such as typos, grammatical errors, or a constructive explanation of an item that was confusing. It’s pretty rare, but I even get emails that are not very nice at all – no big deal because it comes with the territory and is sometimes humorous. Sometimes I get questions related to the content that is more of a general nature, referring to best practices or approaches. It’s these more general questions that are sometimes interesting because there’s often no right or wrong answer. There was a time when I was more opinionated about these general scenarios, but not so much anymore. Sure, people who are learning are wanting to know the “right” way to do something and general guidance is good to help them get started. However, just because a certain practice is the way you or your clique does things, doesn’t mean that another approach is wrong. These days, I think that a more open-minded approach when providing technical guidance is more constructive. By the way, to all the people who consistently send kind emails each day: You’re very welcome. :) @JoeMayo

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What's in a Name

- by PointsToShare

© 2011 By: Dov Trietsch. All rights reserved Microsoft – What’s in a name? Long ago I heard a dentist joke. It went like this: A dentist went to a conference and at night he picked this girl and they went to his room. In the morning after, she asked: “Are you a dentist?” “Yes.” Said he. “You must be a very good one.” “I am. How did you guess?” “I didn’t feel a thing!!” That let my wild imagination roam. “Had it been Bill gates,” I thought, “the punch line would have been: ‘Now I know why you called it Microsoft!!” That's All Folks

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Sample code and slides for my TechDays10 (Belgium) talks

- by Laurent Bugnion

The source code for my MVVM talk titled “Understanding the MVVM Pattern” given at TechDays 2010 in Antwerpen, Belgium, is available online. It is actually the same code than the MIX10 one, but I added the Windows Phone 7 MVVM Light application (available in the folder titled “Mix10.MvvmDemo2-End”. Note: before unpacking the zip file, you should right click on it, and select properties / Unblock. I also published the slides for my two talks: Understanding the MVVM Pattern A day in the life of a WPF/SL integrator As far as I know, the videos will be online soon, stay tuned and I will announce when it is the case. Get Started page for the MVVM Light Toolkit: http://www.galasoft.ch/mvvm/getstarted Laurent Bugnion (GalaSoft) Subscribe | Twitter | Facebook | Flickr | LinkedIn

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Visual Studio "14" CTP

- by TATWORTH

Originally posted on: http://geekswithblogs.net/TATWORTH/archive/2014/06/04/visual-studio-quot14quot-ctp.aspxSomasegar has blogged about Visual Studio "14" CTPat http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/. At a CTP it should be installed on dedicated PC with no other version of Visual Studio installed. There are important updates for both C# (see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/csharpfaq/archive/2014/06/03/visual-studio-14-ctp-now-available.aspx) and VB.NET (see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vbteam/archive/2014/06/03/visual-studio-14-ctp-now-available.aspx).

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Good use of the Charms Bar in Windows 8 Metro.

- by Shawn Cicoria

If you’re using Win8 yet, no doubt you’ve run into the charms bar. There’s a feature to extend via Share, links to your application. Details on the HOW are here: Adding share (Metro style apps using JavaScript and HTML) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh758314.aspx Do, Digital Folio has taken their shopping tool to Win8 and enabled some really cool ways to take advantage. I was fortunate enough to help out the folks there a while back on some other things, but their app is a nice shoppers aid. Digital Folio for Windows 8 | Instant Price Comparisons from Major Retailers on the Products You Want

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[Dear Recruiter] I'm an engineer trapped in a kittens body.

- by refuctored

Aditya -- I am very interested in pursuing the opportunity you've presented to me. Let me assure you, there are very few individuals in Indianapolis with the skill set which I have so passionately trained to acquire. Accompanying my skill set I do have a few quirks that you'll need to be okay with prior to placing me at a company. Bluntly, I feel like I'm a software engineer trapped in a cute little kitten's body. I find that I am most comfortable going to work with a few stripes and whiskers painted on my face. Coworkers will need to be okay with me grooming myself and making kitten noises whilst I do so. I do occasionally let out a purr now and then, but not loud enough to disrupt anyone. I always throw my arm-hair-balls in the appropriate trash receptacle. Will your company provide a scratching post or will I need to bring my own? I can bring my own litter box. Meow-muh,George

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StyleCop Custom Rules

- by Aligned

There are several blogs on how to do this (http://scottwhite.blogspot.com/2008/11/creating-custom-stylecop-rules-in-c.html, etc). I’ve found a few useful things to point out: Debugging is difficult, but here are the steps (thanks to Tintin’s answer). “One way: 1) Delete your custom rules 2) Open Visual Studio (for dev), open your custom rule solution 3) Build & Deploy custom rules (a PostBuild action to copy the rules into the StyleCop folder is handy) 4) Open Visual Studio (for test) 5) Use VS (dev) and Attach to process devenv.exe (the test VS instance), set breakpoints in the rules you want to debug 6) Use VS’ (test) and right-click on project, Run StyleCop 7) Debug” ~ it worked once, now I’m having problems getting it to work again ~ I also get the message “Cannot evaluate expression because the code of the current method is optimized.” when I try to look at properties. Looking at the source code of the StyleCop.CSharp.Rules.dll that comes with the install. I used JustDecompile from Telerik. Create one xml file and name it the same as the one cs file (CodingGuildelineRules.cs and CodingGuidelinRules.xml) Deploy: 1. Build in Visual Studio 2. Close Visual Studio (Style cop is running so you can’t override your dll without closing) 3. Copy the dll from the bin to the C: \Program Files (x86)\StyleCop 4.7\ 4. Open the settings file or re-open Visual Studio

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IntelliTrace collector error Some or all identity references could not be translated

- by Tarun Arora

If you are running the IntelliTrace stand alone collector to collect the trace against an Application Pool which is running under the identity “.\<username>” then you are likely to run into the following exception, Start-IntelliTraceCollection : Some or all identity references could not be translated. At line:1 char:29 + Start-IntelliTraceCollection <<<< "FabrikamFiber.Web" C:\IntelliTraceCTP\collection_plan.ASP.NET.trace.xml C:\Intell iTraceLogs + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Start-IntelliTraceCollection], IdentityNotMappedException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Security.Principal.IdentityNotMappedException,Microsoft.VisualStudio.IntelliTrace .PowerShell.StartIntelliTraceCollectionCommand Steps to reproduce the issue The application pool “FabrikamFiber.Web” is using the identity “.\Admin” Workaround Change the identity of the application pool to <MachineName|Domain>\<UserName>. So, in the above work around if I change the identity to “Production\Admin” then the IntelliTrace does not throw an exception. This error has been reported to Microsoft and it is expected that it will be fixed in one of the future releases. Enjoy!

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Robots & Pencils Bring iOS Dev Camp/Dev School to Winnipeg

- by D'Arcy Lussier

My buddy Paul Thorsteinson from Robots and Pencils has come up with an elaborate way to collect his Mac power adaptor that I keep forgetting to mail to him – he’s coming to town with Jonathan Rasmusson to run an iPhone Dev Camp and two-day Dev School here in Winnipeg! From the email he sent me: We are going to be bringing our successful iOS dev school out to the 'Peg in October as well has hosting a dev camp on the Friday night (comparable to a .net user group type deal). If you know any peeps in Manitoba who are interested in these, please pass along! .Net developers are welcome to come and heckle as well ;) Winnipeg iPhone Dev Camp October 26th Marlborough Hotel, 5:30pm Cost: $10 http://ios-dev-camp-winnipeg-eorg.eventbrite.com/ ^for devs of any level interested in meeting other devs hearing talks of all levels. Food and networking Winnipeg iPhone Dev School October 27th, 28th, Marlborough Hotel Cost: $899 + GST http://academy.robotsandpencils.com/training ^For devs looking to get their feet wet in iOS dev Paul has spoken at Prairie Dev Con before and is vastly knowledgeable in mobile development. You can see his work in Spy vs Spy, Catch the Princess, World Explorer for Minecraft, Deco Windshield (yes they run their entire business on their iPad), Anthm, Own This World and too many other apps. If you’re into iOS development, looking to get in, or wanting to improve your skills, consider these great professional development opportunities! D

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F# Project Euler Problem 1

- by MarkPearl

Every now and then I give project Euler a quick browse. Since I have been playing with F# I have found it a great way to learn the basics of the language. Today I thought I would give problem 1 an attempt… Problem 1 If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. The sum of these multiples is 23. Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000. My F# Solution I broke this problem into two functions… 1) be able to generate a collection of numbers that are multiples of a number but but are smaller than another number. let GenerateMultiplesOfXbelowY X Y = X |> Seq.unfold (fun i -> if (i<Y) then Some(i, i+X) else None) I then needed something that generated collections for multiples of 3 & 5 and then removed any duplicates. Once this was done I would need to sum these all together to get a result. I found the Seq object to be extremely useful to achieve this… let Multiples = Seq.append (GenerateMultiplesOfXbelowY 3 1000) (GenerateMultiplesOfXbelowY 5 1000) |> Seq.distinct |> Seq.fold(fun acc a -> acc + a) 0 |> Console.WriteLine |> Console.ReadLine My complete solution was … open System let GenerateMultiplesOfXbelowY X Y = X |> Seq.unfold (fun i -> if (i<Y) then Some(i, i+X) else None) let Multiples = Seq.append (GenerateMultiplesOfXbelowY 3 1000) (GenerateMultiplesOfXbelowY 5 1000) |> Seq.distinct |> Seq.fold(fun acc a -> acc + a) 0 |> Console.WriteLine |> Console.ReadLine Which seemed to generate the correct result in a relatively short period of time although I am sure I will get some comments from the experts who know of some intrinsic method to achieve all of this in one method call.

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Powershell: Get-Framework-Versions.

- by marc dekeyser

This function will use the test-key function posted earlier. It will check which .NET frameworks are installed (currently only checking for .NET 4.0) but can be easily adapted and/or expanded. function Get-Framework-Versions(){ $installedFrameworks = @() if(Test-Key "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Client" "Install") { $installedFrameworks += "4.0c" } if(Test-Key "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full" "Install") { $installedFrameworks += "4.0" } return $installedFrameworks}

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Troubleshooting Blocked Transaction in SQL Server

- by ChrisD

While troubleshooting a blocked transaction issue recently, I found this code online. My apologies in not citing its source, but its lost in my browse history some where. While the transaction is executing and blocked, open a connection to the database containing the transaction and run the following to return both the SQL statement blocked (the Victim), as well as the statement that’s causing the block (the Culprit) -- prepare a table so that we can filter out sp_who2 results DECLARE @who TABLE(BlockedId INT, Status VARCHAR(MAX), LOGIN VARCHAR(MAX), HostName VARCHAR(MAX), BlockedById VARCHAR(MAX), DBName VARCHAR(MAX), Command VARCHAR(MAX), CPUTime INT, DiskIO INT, LastBatch VARCHAR(MAX), ProgramName VARCHAR(MAX), SPID_1 INT, REQUESTID INT) INSERT INTO @who EXEC sp_who2 --select the blocked and blocking queries (if any) as SQL text SELECT ( SELECT TEXT FROM sys.dm_exec_sql_text( (SELECT handle FROM ( SELECT CAST(sql_handle AS VARBINARY(128)) AS handle FROM sys.sysprocesses WHERE spid = BlockedId ) query) ) ) AS 'Blocked Query (Victim)', ( SELECT TEXT FROM sys.dm_exec_sql_text( (SELECT handle FROM ( SELECT CAST(sql_handle AS VARBINARY(128)) AS handle FROM sys.sysprocesses WHERE spid = BlockedById ) query) ) ) AS 'Blocking Query (Culprit)' FROM @who WHERE BlockedById != ' .'

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Windows Metro: The hardest Hello World example I have ever seen :P

- by Rob Addis

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh986965.aspx Contrast that with Hello World in assembler on Windows:.386.model flat, stdcalloption casemap :noneextrn MessageBoxA@16 : PROCextrn ExitProcess@4 : PROC.data HelloWorld db "Hello World!", 0.codestart: lea eax, HelloWorld mov ebx, 0 push ebx push eax push eax push ebx call MessageBoxA@16 push ebx call ExitProcess@4end start

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TFS 2010 and Expanding Possibilities

- by ssmantha

My organization is migrating to the new Team Foundation Server 2010, and we all are busy experimenting with ALM features. I find it very exciting and I foresee quite a lot of possibilities for TFS 2010 getting integrated with the Dynamics product line. I hope most of us know about the Version Control capabilities. However, I see a strong possibilities of having Team Builds and other automations, thanks to the technologies like workflow foundation in .net which is now being actively used in various TFS scenarios. Lots of experiments so there is more to come!!

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Huge Need for Mentoring

- by technodrone

I see a need for a product/network that provides meaningful mentoring. I personally am in need of a mentor. I have one currently but he moved out of state so I don't have daily contact anymore. I see many young people who are in need of mentors and I have mentored some of them. I also see many senior level people who are growing stale and need mentoring. My idea is for some type of service for connecting people needed mentoring with those willing to be mentors. A mentor can mentor a single individual or a group. I think people would be willing to pay a good mentor especially if they are recommended by peers.

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How to use DoDirect/Paypal Pro in asp.net?

- by ptahiliani

using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Web;using System.Web.UI;using System.Web.UI.WebControls;using System.Net;using System.IO;using System.Collections;public partial class Default2 : System.Web.UI.Page{ protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { //API Credentials (3-token) string strUsername = "<<enter your sandbox username here>>"; string strPassword = "<<enter your sandbox password here>>"; string strSignature = "<<enter your signature here>>"; string strCredentials = "USER=" + strUsername + "&PWD=" + strPassword + "&SIGNATURE=" + strSignature; string strNVPSandboxServer = "https://api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com/nvp"; string strAPIVersion = "2.3"; string strNVP = strCredentials + "&METHOD=DoDirectPayment" + "&CREDITCARDTYPE=" + "Visa" + "&ACCT=" + "4710496235600346" + "&EXPDATE=" + "10" + "2017" + "&CVV2=" + "123" + "&AMT=" + "12.34" + "&FIRSTNAME=" + "Demo" + "&LASTNAME=" + "User" + "&IPADDRESS=192.168.2.236" + "&STREET=" + "Lorem-1" + "&CITY=" + "Lipsum-1" + "&STATE=" + "Lorem" + "&COUNTRY=" + "INDIA" + "&ZIP=" + "302004" + "&COUNTRYCODE=IN" + "&PAYMENTACTION=Sale" + "&VERSION=" + strAPIVersion; try { //Create web request and web response objects, make sure you using the correct server (sandbox/live) HttpWebRequest wrWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(strNVPSandboxServer); wrWebRequest.Method = "POST"; StreamWriter requestWriter = new StreamWriter(wrWebRequest.GetRequestStream()); requestWriter.Write(strNVP); requestWriter.Close(); // Get the response. HttpWebResponse hwrWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)wrWebRequest.GetResponse(); StreamReader responseReader = new StreamReader(wrWebRequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream()); //and read the response string responseData = responseReader.ReadToEnd(); responseReader.Close(); string result = Server.UrlDecode(responseData); string[] arrResult = result.Split('&'); Hashtable htResponse = new Hashtable(); string[] responseItemArray; foreach (string responseItem in arrResult) { responseItemArray = responseItem.Split('='); htResponse.Add(responseItemArray[0], responseItemArray[1]); } string strAck = htResponse["ACK"].ToString(); if (strAck == "Success" || strAck == "SuccessWithWarning") { string strAmt = htResponse["AMT"].ToString(); string strCcy = htResponse["CURRENCYCODE"].ToString(); string strTransactionID = htResponse["TRANSACTIONID"].ToString(); //ordersDataSource.InsertParameters["TransactionID"].DefaultValue = strTransactionID; string strSuccess = "Thank you, your order for: $" + strAmt + " " + strCcy + " has been processed."; //successLabel.Text = strSuccess; Response.Write(strSuccess.ToString()); } else { string strErr = "Error: " + htResponse["L_LONGMESSAGE0"].ToString(); string strErrcode = "Error code: " + htResponse["L_ERRORCODE0"].ToString(); //errLabel.Text = strErr; //errcodeLabel.Text = strErrcode; Response.Write(strErr.ToString() + "<br/>" + strErrcode.ToString()); return; } } catch (Exception ex) { // do something to catch the error, like write to a log file. Response.Write("error processing"); } }}

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People != Resources

- by eddraper

Ken Tabor’s blog post “They Are not Resources – We Are People” struck a chord with me. I distinctly remember hearing the term “resources” within the context of “people” for the first time back in the late 90’s. I was in a meeting at Compaq and a manager had been faced with some new scope for an IT project he was managing. His response was that he needed more “resources” in order to get the job done. As I knew the timeline for the project was fixed and the process for acquiring additional funding would almost certainly extend beyond his expected delivery date, I wondered what he meant. After the meeting, I asked him what he meant… his response was that he needed some more “bodies” to get the job done. For a minute, my mind whirred… why is it so difficult to simply say “people?” This particular manager was neither a bad person nor a bad manager… quite the contrary. I respected him quite a bit and still do. Over time, I began to notice that he was what could be termed an “early adopter” of many “Business speak” terms – such as “sooner rather than later,” “thrown a curve,” “boil the ocean” etcetera. Over time, I’ve discovered that much of this lexicon can actually be useful, though cliché and overused. For example, “Boil the ocean” does serve a useful purpose in distilling a lot of verbiage and meaning into three simple words that paint a clear mental picture. The term “resources” would serve a similar purpose if it were applied to the concept of time, funding, or people. The problem is that this never happened. “Resources”, “bodies”, “ICs” (individual contributors)… this is what “people” have become in the IT business world. Why? We’re talking about simple word choices here. Why have human beings been deliberately dehumanized and abstracted in this manner? What useful purpose does it serve other than to demean and denigrate?

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Flow Fields in Dynamics NAV

- by T

I don’t know the exact business reason but someone asked how to identify all sales shipping orders with any negative quantities on them. They needed to print these separately from the shipments that only have all positive quantities. Here is one way to solve this problem In NAV, open Sales Shipment Header Add a field of type Boolean (The field type should match the value you expect to return from the flow field method. In this case we will use an exist so we expect a bool but we could have used a Sum, Average, Min, Max, Count, or a Lookup to return a value). Define it as a flow field and click on the ellipse next to CalcFormula Now [Has Negative Qty] is false if no negatives exist And [Has Negative Qty] and true if a negative exist So it is ready to be used as a filter on the report. Don’t forget that if you are using it in code, you may need to CalcFields. Hope that helps. If you really can’t afford the field in your header, you can use code to check the lines for a negative value each time and use a skip or break function to skip that header record but it seems expensive to check them all if you only want a few to print. Please let me know if you think of a better solution.

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Why was Apple’s prediction on iPads so wrong?

- by BizTalk Visionary

by Robert Scoble on April 14, 2010 Apple has announced it is selling far more iPads than it expected and is delaying the worldwide launch by a month. I am seeing this problem in US too. There are lines in stores (when I went back to buy a third iPad I had to wait in line). The demand is nuts for iPads. So why did Everything Apple guess its prediction so wrong? …….. Read more....

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