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.net 3.5 to 4.0 Migration

- by SARAVAN

Currently we are doing a payroll application in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (.Net 3.5) using some of the latest features like WCF, WF and the development for the same has almost completed. However, clients have shown their interest in migrating the developed payroll application in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (.Net 3.5) to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (.Net 4.0). I don't have an idea about the expected challenges in the migration or if its just going to be very smooth. Any thoughts or comments?

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Corticon provides Business Rules Engines for Silverlight, WCF and .NET developers

Now Corticon Business Rules Engines and Business Rules Management Systems users can enjoy support for the Windows 7 operating system, and for Silverlight and Windows Communication Foundation developers. The new Corticon 4.3 provides numerous performance, usability, and integration enhancements and provides the industry-first cloud deployment option for a business rules engine. span.fullpost {display:none;}

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C# Count registry keys existing using a partial value

- by cheeseman

Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey registryPath = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Testing"); Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey entryKey = registryPath.OpenSubKey("Entry Point"); I have a lot of keys in Testing, in the format: "Entry Point 011", "Entry Point 123" - so Entry Point with random numbers after it. Would I be able to search the registryPath variable above and get a count of the number of keys containing the "Entry Point" keyword? Assuming that there are also other keys existing without this keyword. At the moment I have been using a for loop and looping for all possible combinations to get a count of all the keys, checking if the key exists or not, but as there are keys as high as "Entry Point 9000" having a for loop execute 9000 times is very inefficient. for (int i = 0; i <= highestEntryPointValue; i++) { Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey entryKey = steamApps64.OpenSubKey("Entry Point " + Convert.ToString(i)); if (entryKey != null) { count++; } }

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Azure Blobs - ArgumentNullException when calling UploadFile()

- by Ariel

I’m getting the following exception when trying to upload a file with the following code: string encodedUrl = "videos/Sample.mp4" CloudBlockBlob encodedVideoBlob = blobClient.GetBlockBlobReference(encodedUrl); Log(string.Format("Got blob reference for {0}", encodedUrl), EventLogEntryType.Information); encodedVideoBlob.Properties.ContentType = contentType; encodedVideoBlob.Metadata[BlobProperty.Description] = description; encodedVideoBlob.UploadFile(localEncodedBlobPath); I see the "Got blob reference" message, so I assume the reference resolves correctly. Void Run() C:\Inter\Projects\PoC\WorkerRole\WorkerRole.cs (40) System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: value at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.Tasks.Task`1.get_Result() at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.Tasks.Task`1.ExecuteAndWait() at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.CloudBlob.UploadFromStream(Stream source, BlobRequestOptions options) at Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient.CloudBlob.UploadFile(String fileName, BlobRequestOptions options) at EncoderWorkerRole.WorkerRole.ProcessJobOutput(IJob job, String videoBlobToEncodeUrl) in C:\Inter\Projects\PoC\WorkerRole\WorkerRole.cs:line 144 at EncoderWorkerRole.WorkerRole.Run() in C:\Inter\Projects\PoC\WorkerRole\WorkerRole.cs:line 40 Interestingly, I'm running that same snippet from an on-premises server i.e., outside of Azure and it works correctly. Ideas welcome, thanks!

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DataTable to Generic List Conversion

using System;using System.Collections.Generic;using System.Linq;using System.Data;namespace ConsoleApplication1{ class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { DataTable table = new DataTable { Columns = { {"Number", typeof(int)}, {"Name", typeof(string)} } }; //Just adding few test rows to datatable. for (int i = 1; i <= 5; i++) { table.Rows.Add(i, "Name" + i); } var returnList = from row in table.AsEnumerable() select new MyObject { Number = row.Field<int>("Number"), Name = row.Field<String>("Name") }; //Displaying converted collection foreach (MyObject item in returnList) { Console.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}", item.Number, item.Name); } } } class MyObject { public int Number { get; set; } public String Name { get; set; } }} span.fullpost {display:none;}

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Interest in Hadoop [on hold]

- by pradeep

I am a tech guy with around 7 yrs in IT and i basically work on LAMP technology. From past few months i have gained interest in hadoop. But i am confused on few points Is it worth investing time and money for learning hadoop? Is hadoop gonna stay for long or even big data concept gonna stay for long? Does learning and working hadoop take care of my compensation part? I have no idea about java. Is java a mandate for Hadoop. I have read answers where they say both.

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Overloading on return type ???

- by Green Hyena

scala> val shares = Map("Apple" -> 23, "MicroSoft" -> 50, "IBM" -> 17) shares: scala.collection.immutable.Map[java.lang.String,Int] = Map(Apple -> 23, MicroSoft -> 50, IBM -> 17) scala> val shareholders = shares map {_._1} shareholders: scala.collection.immutable.Iterable[java.lang.String] = List(Apple, MicroSoft, IBM) scala> val newShares = shares map {case(k, v) => (k, 1.5 * v)} newShares: scala.collection.immutable.Map[java.lang.String,Double] = Map(Apple -> 34.5, MicroSoft -> 75.0, IBM -> 25.5) From this example it seems like the map method is overloaded on return type. Overloading on return type is not possible right? Would somebody please explain what's going on here?

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Are there any changes in the licensing of Visual Studio 2013 Express editions?

- by Ramón García-Pérez

As was going through reading the license.htm file provided as part of the VS2013_RTM_WebExp_ENU.iso offline installation media for the Visual Studio 2013 Express for Web, section 6 reads as follows: 6. PACKAGE MANAGER AND THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE INSTALLATION FEATURES. The software includes the following features (each a “Feature”), each of which enables you to obtain software applications or packages through the Internet from other sources: Extension Manager, New Project Dialog, Web Platform Installer, and Microsoft NuGet-Based Package Manager. Those software applications and packages are offered and distributed in some cases by third parties and in some cases by Microsoft, but each such application or package is under its own license terms. Microsoft is not developing, distributing or licensing any of the third-party applications or packages to you, but instead, as a convenience, enables you to use the Features to access or obtain those applications or packages directly from the third-party application or package providers. By using the Features, you acknowledge and agree that: you are obtaining the applications or packages from such third parties and under separate license terms applicable to each application or package (including, with respect to the package-manager Features, any terms applicable to software dependencies that may be included in the package); MICROSOFT MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES AS TO THE FEED OR GALLERY URL, ANY FEEDS OR GALLERIES FROM SUCH URL, THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, OR ANY SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS OR PACKAGES REFERENCED IN OR ACCESSED BY YOU THROUGH SUCH FEEDS OR GALLERIES. MICROSOFT GRANTS YOU NO LICENSE RIGHTS FOR THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS OR PACKAGES THAT ARE OBTAINED USING THE FEATURES. Are there any changes in the licensing of Visual Studio 2013 Express editions? If so, does this means that Visual Studio extensions installation in Express Editions is now allowed? PS: Previous versions of the Express editions did not allow the installation of extensions as per "EULA/TOS" discussed here: Limitations of Visual Studio 2012 Express Desktop

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What is needed to become a skillful and professional software developer ?

- by silentbang

I am interested in studying algorithms and my strong points are problem-solving and logical thinking. However what I am guided toward is web-developing languages, SQL and they seem to not exploit the best out of me. I think it's because lots of people can learn these things easily, even steal ideas and copy code. Is that wrong? I was told that "learning algorithms is just for optimization, so you just need to know it (not a deep understanding)", but I think algorithms are my savior; it differentiates one man's abilities from others'. Also I'm learning C++ to benefit my future career. Many people say that web developer is a future trend, which worries me. I don't know what I need to standout in my career, and should I balance between web and software developing or just one? Should I work hard on algorithms?

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Ruby Installation System similar to NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System), feasibility?

- by Chris Valentine

I'm learning (relearning) how to use NSIS as I have not touched it in a bit. I also have recently become familiar with the Ruby language and find it very pleasing and actually a bit fun. And upon reading about the history of Rake I had a thought. What are the pros/cons of someone making (or migrating, or something) an installation system similar to NSIS in Ruby. It seems the learning curve would be far easier (NSIS seems so low level) and probably get the same job done in far less scripting. NSIS seems very outdated. Seems it would tie into things like Rake easier and Ocra and make Ruby distribution simpler for applications too. Maybe even give me a project to work on. Any thoughts on this?

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Getting my younger brother started on programming

- by SmartLemon

My younger brother is 13 years old, I started programming when I started to develop Android applications when I was 15, last year my brother gained an interest in it and he would always pestering me about letting him make something himself, so I wrote him a few tutorials and he built himself a small application that had a few buttons that did something, I think you put in your dob and it would tell you what day you were born on, he took a couple of days building up to his final application, maybe even a week, learning everything he needed. Since then he hasn't really done much more because I have been engulfed in work and such where I have my own programming problems to sort out. I told him that when he was my age (I am 17) that he should be better then me, he was a bit sceptical about this however. I dont think he has as much logical reasoning as I would think he needs to solve more complex problems, but shouldnt that just develop over time as it did with me? He has been pestering me for the past week or something to write him more tutorials, but I didn't have time. All I had with me was a playlist I had downloaded from the new boston from youtube for C++, it's about 73 videos. He is currently about 20-30 videos in, he has come to ask me a few questions about it and thats it. Should I have really properly started him with C++? Should I stop him now and start him again on python or ruby? I know that C++ shouldn't really be a beginners language, especially for someone who is only 13, by the time this question is answered will probably be up to learning about inheritance or something. Some people may see this as not a real question, but it is, and should be used as a reference for others. I want to know, should I start him on a different language whch is more easy? What language then? And would it be better for me to teach him myself (I would make time) or just continue him with the new boston? There are a few more questions throughout this question but these are the main ones. Part of the question people seem to be neglecting is me asking whether I should change what language he is learning to another, or since he is already pretty far through the tutorials should I just leave him with C++ and he can learn the other languages freely by himself?

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Reading XML Content

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Xml.Linq; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Threading; using System.Xml; using System.Reflection; namespace XMLReading { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { string fileName = @"C:\temp\t.xml"; List<EmergencyContactXMLDTO> emergencyContacts = new XmlReader<EmergencyContactXMLDTO, EmergencyContactXMLDTOMapper>().Read(fileName); foreach (var item in emergencyContacts) { Console.WriteLine(item.FileNb); } } } public class XmlReader<TDTO, TMAPPER> where TDTO : BaseDTO, new() where TMAPPER : PCPWXMLDTOMapper, new() { public List<TDTO> Read(String fileName) { XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(fileName); List<TDTO> emergencyContacts = new List<TDTO>(); while (true) { TMAPPER mapper = new TMAPPER(); bool isFound = SeekElement(reader, mapper.GetMainXMLTagName()); if (!isFound) break; TDTO dto = new TDTO(); foreach (var propertyKey in mapper.GetPropertyXMLMap()) { String dtoPropertyName = propertyKey.Key; String xmlPropertyName = propertyKey.Value; SeekElement(reader, xmlPropertyName); SetValue(dto, dtoPropertyName, reader.ReadElementString()); } emergencyContacts.Add(dto); } return emergencyContacts; } private void SetValue(Object dto, String propertyName, String value) { PropertyInfo prop = dto.GetType().GetProperty(propertyName, BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance); prop.SetValue(dto, value, null); } private bool SeekElement(XmlTextReader reader, String elementName) { while (reader.Read()) { XmlNodeType nodeType = reader.MoveToContent(); if (nodeType != XmlNodeType.Element) { continue; } if (reader.Name == elementName) { return true; } } return false; } } public class BaseDTO { } public class EmergencyContactXMLDTO : BaseDTO { public string FileNb { get; set; } public string ContactName { get; set; } public string ContactPhoneNumber { get; set; } public string Relationship { get; set; } public string DoctorName { get; set; } public string DoctorPhoneNumber { get; set; } public string HospitalName { get; set; } } public interface PCPWXMLDTOMapper { Dictionary<string, string> GetPropertyXMLMap(); String GetMainXMLTagName(); } public class EmergencyContactXMLDTOMapper : PCPWXMLDTOMapper { public Dictionary<string, string> GetPropertyXMLMap() { return new Dictionary<string, string> { { "FileNb", "XFileNb" }, { "ContactName", "XContactName"}, { "ContactPhoneNumber", "XContactPhoneNumber" }, { "Relationship", "XRelationship" }, { "DoctorName", "XDoctorName" }, { "DoctorPhoneNumber", "XDoctorPhoneNumber" }, { "HospitalName", "XHospitalName" }, }; } public String GetMainXMLTagName() { return "EmergencyContact"; } } } span.fullpost {display:none;}

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Configure SQL Express 2005 for remote access

Please follow the below steps as shown in pictures to configure SQL Server Express 2005 for remote access. Fig1: Open SQL Serve Configuration Manager Fig2: Navigate to SQL Serve 2005 N/W configuration and click on Protocols node Fig3: Enable TCP/IP Protocol Fig4: Enable Named Pipes Protocol Fig5: After enabling TCP/IP and Named Pipes protocols Fig6: Finally click on TCP/IP to configure the port number to listen N/W requests to SQL Express 2005. span.fullpost {display:none;}

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android game: how to approach mutliplayer

- by willmer

I'm making a single player game that is near completion, and I am already starting to think about giving the game multiplayer. The multiplayer would basically be finding someone to play against, likely in a waiting room or just have a match-making function, and then having a pokemon style battle between the people in real time. I think it would be relatively simple as I'm just sending information about each attack(move chosen and damage) and what it did back and forth, but I'm not sure what resources to consult for this. I am very new to Android/Java development and really just learning as I go. I have heard a bit about Skiller, but I'm still unfamiliar with using other SDK's and how easy it may be. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what SDK's or methods for accomplishing this. I currently have no money to spend on software development, but I'd like to get started on learning how to do this.

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NetAdvantage - jQuery, ASP .NET MVC and HTML5 UI Components released for Web Developers

Built for speed and portability across operating systems, iPad/tablets, desktops and multi-browser support. Includes controls for ASP .NET MVC and uses the latest technologies like HTML 5 & CSS 3. This preview includes a sampling of powerful UI controls: grid, date picker, rating, editors, even a video player! All work with the popular WebKit engine that underpins many modern desktop browsers without requiring plug-ins or extensions. The grid embraces the latest Web techniques and frameworks like jQuery Client Templates and DOM virtualization. Download these essentials for jQuery and ASP .NET MVC from us today. span.fullpost {display:none;}

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Unable to Connect to Management Studio Server

- by Phil Hilliard

I have a nasty situation. I am using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express edition locally on my pc for testing, and once tested I upload database changes to a remote server. I have a situation where I deleted the Default Database on my local machine, and instead of searching hard enough to find an answer to that problem, I uninstalled and reinstalled Management Studio. Since then Management Studio has not been able to connect to the server. Is there any help (or hope for me for that matter), out there????? The following is the detailed error message: =================================== Cannot connect to LENOVO-E7A54767\SQLEXPRESS. =================================== A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider) ------------------------------ For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=-1&LinkId=20476 ------------------------------ Error Number: -1 Severity: 20 State: 0 ------------------------------ Program Location: at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning(TdsParserStateObject stateObj) at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Connect(ServerInfo serverInfo, SqlInternalConnectionTds connHandler, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, Boolean encrypt, Boolean trustServerCert, Boolean integratedSecurity, SqlConnection owningObject) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.AttemptOneLogin(ServerInfo serverInfo, String newPassword, Boolean ignoreSniOpenTimeout, Int64 timerExpire, SqlConnection owningObject) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.LoginNoFailover(String host, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance, SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Int64 timerStart) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds.OpenLoginEnlist(SqlConnection owningObject, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, String newPassword, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnectionTds..ctor(DbConnectionPoolIdentity identity, SqlConnectionString connectionOptions, Object providerInfo, String newPassword, SqlConnection owningObject, Boolean redirectedUserInstance) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionFactory.CreateConnection(DbConnectionOptions options, Object poolGroupProviderInfo, DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningConnection) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreateNonPooledConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, DbConnectionPoolGroup poolGroup) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection) at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open() at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.VSIntegration.ObjectExplorer.ObjectExplorer.ValidateConnection(UIConnectionInfo ci, IServerType server) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.UI.ConnectionDlg.Connector.ConnectionThreadUser()

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Improve Your Database Unit Testing Skills and Win Free Stuff

As the SQL Developer community grows to embrace the benefits of test-driven development for databases, so the importance of learning to do it properly increases. One way of learning effective TDD is by the use of code kata – short practice sessions that encourage test-first development in baby steps. I have a limited number of licences for SQL Test to give away free – just for practicing a bit of TDD and telling me about it. Keep your database and application development in syncSQL Connect is a Visual Studio add-in that brings your databases into your solution. It then makes it easy to keep your database in sync, and commit to your existing source control system. Find out more.

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C#.NET: How to update multiple .NET pages when a particular event occurs in one .Net page? In another words how to use Observer pattern(Publish and subscribe to events)

Problem: Suppose you have a scenario in which you have to update multiple pages when an event occurs in main page. For example imagine you have a main page where you are dispalying a tab control. This tab control has 3 tab pages where you are loading 3 different user controls. On click of an update button in main page imagine if you have do something in all the 3 tab panels. In other words an event in main page has to be handled in many other pages. An event in main page which contains the tab control has to be handled in all the tab panels(user controls) Answer: Use Observer pattern Define a base page for the page that contains the tab control. Main page which contains the tab: Baseline_Baseline Basepage for the above main page: BaselineBasePage User control that has to be udpated for an event in main page: Baseline_PriorNonDeloitte Source Code: public class BaselineBasePage : System.Web.UI.Page { IList lstControls = new List(); public void Add(IObserver userControl) { lstControls.Add(userControl); } public void Remove(IObserver userControl) { lstControls.Remove(userControl); } public void RemoveAllUserControls() { lstControls.Clear(); } public void Update(SaveEventArgs e) { foreach (IObserver LobjControl in lstControls) { LobjControl.Save(e); } } } public interface IObserver { void Update(SaveEventArgs e); } public partial class Baseline_Baseline : BaselineBasePage { . . . this.Add(_ucPI); this.Add(_ucPI1); protected void abActionBar_saveClicked(object sender, EventArgs e) { SaveEventArgs se = new SaveEventArgs(); se.TabType = (BaselineTabType)tcBaseline.ActiveTabIndex; this.Update(se); } } Public class Baseline_PriorNonDeloitte : System.Web.UI.UserControl,IObserver { public void Update(SaveEventArgs e) { } } More info at: http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternObserver.aspx span.fullpost {display:none;}

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Accessing controls of .aspx file in .aspx.cs without any declaration.!!??

I am able to access the controls of ".aspx" file in ".aspx.cs" directly without any declaration in ".aspx.cs" or in designer.cs. How is this possible? This is happeing only if I open website as using File System. Create a new ASP.NET web site application with Visual Studio 2008. So following three files will be created automatically "Default.aspx", "Default.aspx.cs" "Default.designer.cs" Now Delete "Default.designer.cs" perminently. Just create a button in Default.aspx file <asp:Button runat="server" Text="Save Plan" ID="btnSave" /> Close the Solution and open the website as File System. File -> Open Web Site -> File System -> Select Web Site Folder and Open the project. Now btnSave is automatically recognized in Default.aspx.cs without any declaration in Default.aspx.cs as bellow System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button btnSave; How btnSave is being recognized by .cs file without defining it anywhere as an object of System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button? Note: This happens only if you open Web Site from File System. and No Declaration at all for btnSave. Please refer this article on this. span.fullpost {display:none;}

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Reading Excel using OpenXML

public DataTable ReadDataFromExcel() { string filePath = @"c:/temp/temp.xlsx"; using (SpreadsheetDocument LobjDocument = SpreadsheetDocument.Open(filePath, false)) { WorkbookPart LobjWorkbookPart = LobjDocument.WorkbookPart; Sheet LobjSheetToImport = LobjWorkbookPart.Workbook.Descendants<Sheet>().First<Sheet>(); WorksheetPart LobjWorksheetPart = (WorksheetPart)(LobjWorkbookPart.GetPartById(LobjSheetToImport.Id)); SheetData LobjSheetData = LobjWorksheetPart.Worksheet.Elements<SheetData>().First(); //Read only the data rows and skip all the header rows. int LiRowIterator = 1; // for progress bar int LiTotal = LobjSheetData.Elements<Row>().Count() - MobjImportMapper.HeaderRowIndex; // ================= foreach (Row LobjRowItem in LobjSheetData.Elements<Row>().Skip(6)) { DataRow LdrDataRow = LdtExcelData.NewRow(); int LiColumnIndex = 0; int LiHasData = 0; LdrDataRow[LiColumnIndex] = LobjRowItem.RowIndex; //LiRowIterator; LiColumnIndex++; //TODO: handle restriction of column range. foreach (Cell LobjCellItem in LobjRowItem.Elements<Cell>().Where(PobjCell => ImportHelper.GetColumnIndexFromExcelColumnName(ImportHelper.GetColumnName(PobjCell.CellReference)) <= MobjImportMapper.LastColumnIndex)) { // Gets the column index of the cell with data int LiCellColumnIndex = 10; if (LiColumnIndex < LiCellColumnIndex) { do { LdrDataRow[LiColumnIndex] = string.Empty; LiColumnIndex++; } while (LiColumnIndex < LiCellColumnIndex); } string LstrCellValue = LobjCellItem.InnerText; if (LobjCellItem.DataType != null) { switch (LobjCellItem.DataType.Value) { case CellValues.SharedString: var LobjStringTable = LobjWorkbookPart.GetPartsOfType<SharedStringTablePart>().FirstOrDefault(); DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlElement LXMLElment = null; string LstrXMLString = String.Empty; if (LobjStringTable != null) { LstrXMLString = LobjStringTable.SharedStringTable.ElementAt(int.Parse(LstrCellValue, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)).InnerXml; if (LstrXMLString.IndexOf("<x:rPh", StringComparison.CurrentCulture) != -1) { LXMLElment = LobjStringTable.SharedStringTable.ElementAt(int.Parse(LstrCellValue, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)).FirstChild; LstrCellValue = LXMLElment.InnerText; } else { LstrCellValue = LobjStringTable.SharedStringTable.ElementAt(int.Parse(LstrCellValue, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)).InnerText; } } break; default: break; } } LdrDataRow[LiColumnIndex] = LstrCellValue.Trim(); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(LstrCellValue)) LiHasData++; LiColumnIndex++; } if (LiHasData > 0) { LiRowIterator++; LdtExcelData.Rows.Add(LdrDataRow); } } } return LdtExcelData; } span.fullpost {display:none;}

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Saba Announces Enterprise-Strength Collaboration Platform

The new suite combines fully secure e-learning, Web conferencing, talent management, and social networking.

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What When How Association (WWHA) In a Task Tracking Spreadsheet

The use of spreadsheets to record tasks as a universal, minimalistic, portable, flexible, and very customizable approach that requires "no" learning curve.

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Windows: what is the difference between DEP always on and DEP opt-out with no exceptions?

- by Peter Mortensen

What is the difference between DEP always on ("/NoExecute=AlwaysOn" in boot.ini) and DEP opt-out ( "/NoExecute=OptOut" in boot.ini) with no exceptions? "no exceptions" = empty list of programs for which DEP does not apply. DEP = Data Execution Prevention (hardware). One would expect it to work the same way, but it makes a difference for some applications. E.g. for all versions of UltraEdit 14 (14.2). It crashes at startup for DEP always on, at least on Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition x64 edition. (2010-03-11: this problem has been fixed with UltraEdit 15.2 and later.) Update 1: I think this difference is caused by the backdoors that Microsoft has put into hardware DEP for OptOut, according to Fabrice Roux (see below). In the case of IrfanView, for which Steve Gibson observed the same difference as I did for UltraEdit (see below), the difference is caused by a non-DEP aware EXE packer (ASPack) that Microsoft coded a backdoor for. Is there a difference between Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 ? Is there a difference between 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows ? Sources: From [http://blog.fabriceroux.com/index.php/2007/02/26/hardware_dep_has_a_backdoor?blog=1], "Hardware DEP has a backdoor" by Fabrice Roux. 2007-02-26. "IrfanView was not using any trick to evade DEP ... Microsoft just coded a backdoor used only in OPTOUT. Bascially Microsoft checks the executable header for a section matching one of the 3 strings. If one these strings is found, DEP will be turned OFF for this application by windows. ... 'aspack', 'pcle', 'sforce'" From [http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-078.htm], by Steve Gibson. "I can’t find any documentation on Microsoft’s site anywhere, because we’re seeing a difference between always-on and opt-out. That is, you would imagine that always-on mode would be the same as opting out if you weren’t having any opt-out programs. It turns out it’s not the case. For example ... the IrfanView file viewer ... runs fine in opt-out mode, even if it has not been opted out. But it won’t launch, Windows blocks it from launching ... in always-on mode." From [http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-083.htm], by Steve Gibson. "... IrfanView ... won’t run with DEP turned on. It’s because it uses an EXE packer, an executable compression program called ASPack. And it makes sense that it wouldn’t because naturally an executable compressor has got to decompress the executable, so it allocates a bunch of data memory into which it decompresses the compressed executable, and then it runs it. Well, it’s running a data allocation, which is exactly what DEP is designed to stop. On the other hand, UPX, which is actually the leading and most popular EXE compressor, it’s DEP- compatible because those guys realized, hey, when we allocate this memory, we should mark the pages as executable."

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fatal error occured while trying to sysprep the machine windows 8.1

- by Mick

I try do sysprep in Windows 8.1 I have create unattend.xml <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <OEMInformation> <Manufacturer>XYZ</Manufacturer> <SupportURL>http://www.XYZ.com</SupportURL> </OEMInformation> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE> <UserAccounts> <AdministratorPassword> <Value>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </AdministratorPassword> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <Value>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <Description>Admin</Description> <DisplayName>Admin</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> <Name>Admin</Name> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> <WindowsFeatures> <ShowWindowsMediaPlayer>false</ShowWindowsMediaPlayer> <ShowMediaCenter>false</ShowMediaCenter> </WindowsFeatures> <RegisteredOrganization>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</RegisteredOrganization> <RegisteredOwner>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</RegisteredOwner> <TimeZone>Central European Standard Time</TimeZone> <ShowWindowsLive>false</ShowWindowsLive> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <RegisteredOrganization>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</RegisteredOrganization> <RegisteredOwner>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</RegisteredOwner> <ProductKey>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</ProductKey> </component> </settings> And then I run sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown I see this error: fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine

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GPU Debugging with VS 11

- by Daniel Moth

With VS 11 Developer Preview we have invested tremendously in parallel debugging for both CPU (managed and native) and GPU debugging. I'll be doing a whole bunch of blog posts on those topics, and in this post I just wanted to get people started with GPU debugging, i.e. with debugging C++ AMP code. First I invite you to watch 6 minutes of a glimpse of the C++ AMP debugging experience though this video (ffw to minute 51:54, up until minute 59:16). Don't read the rest of this post, just go watch that video, ideally download the High Quality WMV. Summary GPU debugging essentially means debugging the lambda that you pass to the parallel_for_each call (plus any functions you call from the lambda, of course). CPU debugging means debugging all the code above and below the parallel_for_each call, i.e. all the code except the restrict(direct3d) lambda and the functions that it calls. With VS 11 you have to choose what debugger you want to use for a particular debugging session, CPU or GPU. So you can place breakpoints all over your code, then choose what debugger you want (CPU or GPU), and you'll only be able to hit breakpoints for the code type that the debugger engine understands – the remaining breakpoints will appear as unbound. If you want to hit the unbound breakpoints, you'd have to stop debugging, and start again with the other debugger. Sorry. We suck. We know. But once you are past that limitation, I think you'll find the experience truly rewarding – seriously! Switching debugger engines With the Developer Preview bits, one way to switch the debugger engine is through the project properties – see the screenshots that follow. This one is showing the CPU option selected, which is basically the default that you are all familiar with: This screenshot is showing the GPU option selected, by changing the debugger launcher (notice that this applies for both the local and remote case): You actually do not have to open the project properties just for switching the debugger engine, you can switch the selection from the toolbar in VS 11 Developer Preview too – see following screenshot (the effect is the same as if you opened the project properties and switched there) Breakpoint behavior Here are two screenshots, one showing a debugging session for CPU and the other a debugging session for GPU (notice the unbound breakpoints in each case) …and here is the GPU case (where we cannot bind the CPU breakpoints but can the GPU breakpoint, which is actually hit) Give C++ AMP debugging a try So to debug your C++ AMP code, pull down the drop down under the 'play' button to select the 'GPU C++ Direct3D Compute Debugger' menu option, then hit F5 (or the 'play' button itself). Then you can explore debugging by exploring the menus under the Debug and under the Debug->Windows menus. One way to do that exploration is through the C++ AMP debugging walkthrough on MSDN. Another way to explore the C++ AMP debugging experience, you can use the moth.cpp code file, which is what I used in my BUILD session debugger demo. Note that for my demo I was using the latest internal VS11 bits, so your experience with the Developer Preview bits won't be identical to what you saw me demonstrate, but it shouldn't be far off. Stay tuned for a lot more content on the parallel debugger in VS 11, both CPU and GPU, both managed and native. Comments about this post by Daniel Moth welcome at the original blog.

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