WPF has a great feature called data templates. These allow you to specify the visual appearance for a data object, you can either place them in a control or put them in a resources section to reuse them for multiple controls. The real benefit in my...

Just on a flight out to TechReady, and took some time to finally pull this article together. And I apologise right now – I did promise my next post was going to be an MDX primer, but this one has been kicking around in my head now for a while. I’ll also...

Few people have asked me for the source code of ExtractSAMLAssertion helper method/class, which I have used in my article and blog posts. So here you go... Please note this is just raw test code and doesn’t have any error checking and other related goodies...

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The ADC team is pleased to announce a new workshop. For existing customers, if you would like take advantage of this service within your organisation, please contact your ADC. If you are not currently engaged with Application Development Consulting...

I don’t know if you’re the same, but when coding away I often find myself wishing for a String.Unformat function – call it the evil twin of String.Format . With String.Format I can build up strings like this; var result = String .Format( "http://{0...

I was working on a Proof of Concept recently that needed to support loosely coupled Ajax components. The idea is a common one – components need to be able to hook into an existing page without detailed knowledge of how the page works, and immediately...

Managing OperationContext in WF 4 using the ISendMessageCallback & IReceiveMessageCallback WF 4 raised the level of abstraction for writing workflow services and their clients by defining Send & Receive messaging activities. These activities...

You might have seen some JavaScript is wrapped up in funny looking functions, such as this screen shot, and wondered why – even parts of the Microsoft Ajax Framework previews use such an approach. At first it can seem very strange, but don't worry – it...