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How to borrow Kindle Books from your public library for free
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11 days ago
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There are a ton of free books to be borrowed from your public library. It’s really easy to do with a Kindle because Amazon.com uses whispernet to wirelessly sync the books with your Kindle …no cable required like with the Nook . ( See...
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Kindle vs Nook – The two leading eInk eReaders compared by someone who has read for hours on both of them
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13 days ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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The is a post for anyone who is trying to decide between the Kindle Touch and the Nook Simple Touch eInk eReaders. I bought them both with my own money and spent a lot of time reading with both of them. I couldn’t decide in the store because...
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How to load a remote assembly using Assembly.Load
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23 days ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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If you try to load a remote assembly using it’s path you’ll likely get a permission or operation exception. When using LoadFrom: Assembly a1 = Assembly.LoadFrom(file); I got this error. Could not load file or assembly or one...
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Solution to hard to check CheckBox when using a DataGridCheckBoxColumn without a Label in WPF
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23 days ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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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 > ...
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Solution to WPF DataGrid not showing any items after setting the DataSource
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23 days ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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It was simple fix for me. Go into the Xaml file and add the ItemsSource attribute to the Grid node. <DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="True" Height="292" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,97,0,0" Name...
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The best Kindle light is the eBook Lite from Pathway Lights
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25 days ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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I’ve tried a ton of different reading lights with my Kindle and my favorite is called the eBook Lite (aka eReader Lite) from Pathway Lights. I like it better than the Kandle because it’s smaller, but has the same effect. It shines light down...
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How to programmatically bulk update TFS Query columns and sort order to match another query using the TFS SDK
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26 days ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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I just created 10 queries with all the same columns and sort order. I then realized I missed a column and wanted to add another sort column to all those queries. I made the changes to one of the other 10 queries and thought there must...
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How to easily add an attachment to a TFS work item
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26 days ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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The TFS Work Item Attachments tab supports the Windows Clipboard and Drag and Drop. For all of these tips make sure you click in the attachments grid, not just the tab. OneNote By using the clipboard all you have to do is Windows...
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Solution to TF80012: The document cannot be opened because there is a problem with the installation of the Microsoft Visual Studio v10.0 Team Foundation Office integration components.
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1 month ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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This could be happening for a number of reasons. I’ve had to try a few solutions below to get it to work. Try one, see if it works and if not try the next one. 1. Repair Office Tools a. Open add/remove programs. b. Type ‘office...
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How to quickly open a TFS New Query form
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1 month ago
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It’s pretty cumbersome to create a New Query in TFS. You have to open Team Explorer, Expand your Server node, Right click on Works Items and select New Query. Here’s how to quickly do all that with a keyboard shortcut. 1. Tools –> Options 2....
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How to use NETWORK SERVICE account with SyncBack scheduled tasks
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1 month ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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SyncBack is a great backup and sync utility, but by default it creates Windows XP scheduled tasks which do not support running under a NETWORK SERVICE account and there’s no way to change that through the SyncBack interface. Here’s my work around...
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How to open file diff from changeset details with double click in TFS
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1 month ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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By default TFS opens all files in the Changeset details window with Notepad. But what I want to do most of the time is diff the file, not open it. You could either right click the file and choose compare and then select the version to compare to...
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Why I’m sticking with Zune Marketplace and not using the Spotify Windows Phone 7 application.
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3 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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I’ve been using Zune since v1. I like the interface and subscription plan. I was excited when I first heard about Spotify because it was $5 less per month than Zune and the interface is very light and easy to use. BUT then.. Zune dropped...
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How to programmatically generate C# files from a DLL or EXE
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3 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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I’m working on a project that involves researching and comparing many versions of the same DLL. I don’t have the source for every version of this DLL so I needed a way to convert it to C# files and diff those. Since there are...
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How to VERY EASILY decompress XSN files using C#
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3 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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XSN files are just cab files, but .NET doesn’t ship with APIs to easily decompress them. After a little bit of poking around I found SevenZipSharp to be the fasted and simplest way to do so. 1) Install 7-Zip 2) Download SevenZipSharp 3) Reference...
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Solution to the exception: Can not load 7-zip library or internal COM error! Message: failed to load library.
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3 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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You need to change the target platform to x64. Double click properties. Click on Build Tab Change Platform target to x64 Can not load 7-zip library or internal COM error! Message: failed to load library.
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Solution to the exception: Can not load 7-zip library or internal COM error! Message: DLL file does not exist.
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3 months ago
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Add a call to SetLibraryPath before you init SevenZipExtractor. SevenZipExtractor.SetLibraryPath(@"C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.dll"); SevenZipExtractor zip = new SevenZipExtractor(file); zip.ExtractArchive(xsnFolder...
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How to force TFS Work Item layout groups to consume the minimal amount of screen real estate.
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3 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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I wanted to simplify my TFS work item display so I removed a bunch of columns and and groups. It turns out you need those groups or you get something like this: Not good since it takes up so much vertical space. You need to add a wrapper...
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Solution to the error “An error occurred during the transfer. Please check your Wi-Fi connection.” with PhotoSync
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4 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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So far I really like the PhotoSync app for syncing photos and videos from my iPhone to my PC. I was getting this error when I tried to sync: “An error occurred during the transfer. Please check your Wi-Fi connection.” It turned out to that my home...
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How to bulk update work items in TFS with Work Item Templates
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4 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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TFS allows you to update work items in bulk by applying a template to them. Here’s how: 1) Install the TFS Power Tools 2) Right click on Work Item Templates in Team Explorer and select New Template 3) Select your work item type: 4) Fill out...
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Solution: TFS always shows ChangedBy as the current user
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4 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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By default TFS always displays the System.ChangedBy field as the current user. I am Jon Gallant and Wallace Breza is a dev on my team. As you can see he was the last to change the bug, but my name is in the System.ChangedBy field. This...
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Solution to missing “Add photos” button in Facebook Photo Album
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5 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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It just means that you maxed out the number of photos allowed per album. Right now it looks like that number is 200. The solution is to create a new album.
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How to Validate Area & Iteration Paths in TFS
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6 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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0) Run a TFS query to find the AreaId and IterationId that you don’t want to allow. In my case it was 489 for both Area and Iteration 0.1) Create a new query: 0.2) Select the AreaId and IterationId columns 0.3) Run query. Record both the...
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How to programmatically modify a TFS query with C#
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6 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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I had to change TFS Iterations and didn’t want to break all existing queries. I also didn’t want to update them all manually. Thanks to Tarun Arora for a good starting point: http://geekswithblogs.net/TarunArora/archive/2011/07/10/tfs...
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Solution to “An internal error has occurred: There is something wrong in CryptUnprotectData.” in Lightroom 3
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8 months ago
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Jon B. Gallant
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You just need to delete a few things from your Lightroom preferences file: (The following from this thread , I’m reposting so it’s easier to find) 1) Close Lightroom 2) Open up your preferences file in notepad: C:\users\USER_NAME\AppData...
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