David Waddleton's Geek Speak

After building, a WCF service in Windows Server 2003, I thought no big deal, for Windows Server 2008.  I deployed the service on my Windows Server 2008 machine and started getting 404.3 errors only with my WCF service.  After checking that I...

Hi everyone, Here is today’s question. If you were writing a starter kit for ASP.NET 2.0, what kind of application would that be? Some existing starter kits are on http://www.asp.net . Would it be something fun for personal use? or for business...

I picked up my car at Houston IAH airport and this is what I get. I get in my car and everthing is turned upside down. Receipts, change and my coffee cup, which has some coffee in it!!. Someone decided that I didn't need what I had in my car. Well what...

Hey, Well, I will blogging about different stuff. I am officially moving to a new job. I am going to be the new Developer Lead over GotDotNet. ( http://www.gotdotnet.com ). So what does that really mean? I will be managing a group of developers, but...

Well my son has just finished his baseball season, this is his first year playing. Well my son started off the season, by getting hit in the mouth the first game and went to the emergency room. Everyone thought that he would quit playing, but he played...

Links Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0 SP1 for Microsoft .NET WSE Development Center Web Services Development Center Lab Files Hands on Labs - Security Hands on Labs - Messaging

Microsoft Houston Meeting Facility 2000 West Sam Houston Pkwy South, Suite # 350 Houston, TX 77042 Lap Around Smart Client with Visual Studio 2005 Date: 10/27/2004 (1 Day) Smart client applications are a necessity in today’s business -- information workers...

YES!!!! The Microsoft ASP.NET v1.1 Membership Management Component Prototype contains classes that allow a developer to more easily authenticate users, authorize users, and store per-user property data in a user profile. The authentication feature validates...

Hi Everyone, We are nearly there to our goal. We still have plenty of room. Bring a friend, co-worker, or other. You are really going to enjoy the event and learn a lot of new stuff. By attending you will get a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1. The only...

Hi Everyone, I will be at comming to New Orleans, LA on October 7th. I look forward to talking to you there. Thanks David Waddleton You can register by going to http://www.msdnevents.com

Do You Dare? Show the world what a great developer you are and have the chance to win $50,000 USD and a trip to the joint SQL Server 2005/Visual Studio 2005/Biztalk 2006 Launch event The Connected Systems Developer Competition has now launched. If...

Introduction to the Personal Web Site Starter Kit http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/pws.asp ASP.NET Starter Kit http://beta.asp.net/QUICKSTART/aspnet/default.aspx Introducing the ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts...

Scaling New Heights: Microsoft SQL Server Summit 2005 in Houston Microsoft invites you to attend the SQL Server Summit 2005 in Houston! Join us for a full day of FREE in-depth technical and business sessions focused on many new solutions and the latest...

Sorry for the error, Correction the Houston event is on the 24th. Thanks Location: Theater - Edwards Houston Marq*e Stadium 23 7620 Katy Freeway Houston Texas 77024 To Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID...

Well, now is that time that you have the choice to either take time off and play with your toys from Christmas or go back to work and be responsible. I am doing both. Here is what Santa got for me Portable screen for my XBOX Star Wars DVD set Andromeda...

SYMPTOMS When you run a Microsoft Windows application with the TransparencyKey property of the form set to one of the colors of the background image, areas of the form that match the color that you set the TransparencyKey property to are not rendered...

Well, I have been playing with Avalon for a bit. One of the things that I have been playing with is a RSS viewer, just a little hobby. Viewing blogs were not difficult, but the displaying of the HTML from the RSS is where the problems start. But what...

I would like to share some useful functions for you to use. This is part of an application that I will eventually share when I get it completed. In my last post, I showed how to create a FlowDocument from HTML, well I put that code into a function. The...

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If you missed the SQL 2005 WebCast week, check it out here. http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/2005/2005webcasts/default.aspx

Hey All, I will be speaking at the Hal-PC C# Sig meeting about Team System, a Technical Tour: Abstract: Visual Studio Team System aims to solve the problems facing every enterprise-level team and helps increase the predictability of success. Team System...

Supporting Artices from the Security WebCast Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures Building Secure ASP.NET Applications: Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Communication Secure Coding Guidelines for the .NET Framework

Well, I have to thank my boss, Paul Murphy, for getting me sick!! Our team had a meeting in Dallas this week and he came in with a cold. Well by Friday when everyone was leaving they were having a cough and chest pains. So last night I got home and I...

Well, I have been traveling for weeks!!! and I am finally home. I would like to thank everyone who showed up at the show in New Mexico and El Paso.

You have waited and waited and here it is: The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a library of Application Blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application Blocks are a type of guidance, provided...