Random ramblings about Technology

SQL Server–HOW-TO: quickly retrieve accurate row count for table

Recently, I’ve been involved in a very interesting project in which we need to perform...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 07/15/2010

SQL Server 2008 R2 - generating INSERT statements for a table

Learned something new today. Maybe it’s well-known, but new to me, you can just run “C:\Program...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 06/24/2010

Reading MSMQ from within SSIS packages

Recently, I had to implement an SSIS package which imports some data into SQL Server from MSMQ. It...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 06/10/2010

TFS 2010 beta 2: connecting from Visual Studio 2008

Connecting to Team Foundation Server 2010 beta 2 from Visual Studio 2008 is easy: from Team...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/11/2010

Active Directory - Adding a user to a group from a non domain-joined computer throws PrincipalException

When using the new System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace, one might be inclined (as...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/06/2010

Unity v1.2 - using enum values from configuration; writing and configuring a custom type converter

Recently, I used Unity v1.2, which in my opinion is a great product. I had difficulty, however, with...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/06/2010

WCF extensions: The type 'x' registered for extension 'y' could not be loaded.

Quick note: if you configure a custom extension in WCF, don't forget to add it as a reference to...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/04/2010

Unit testing: COM object that has been separated from its underlying RCW cannot be used

Let's say you're writing unit tests for code which uses COM objects. You want some initialization...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 12/31/2009

Office 2010 Development – Outlook main window ribbon ID

I’m currently writing an Outlook add-in and I’m looking into getting this compatible with both...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 09/01/2009

PrintMonitor – A C# print spooler monitor

Recently, a colleague of mine had a requirement of getting information on the number of pages being...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 08/05/2009

Outlook Add-in: Replying to people who voted

Recently, I asked my colleagues if they were interested in beta testing some software I’m building...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 08/04/2009

Feedback requested: Planning on Enterprise Library 5 has started!

Planning on Enterprise Library 5 has started! See Gregori's blog for more information if you want...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/29/2009

Reflector add-in: Favorites

Every developer knows about and uses Reflector ;-) I use it a lot to learn about the inner workings...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/15/2009

Suppressing Personal Identifiable Information (PII) in WCF log files

Given the vast amount of information transported between systems in today's enterprise environments,...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 08/18/2008

Adding a new BizTalk Server Isolated Host needs a new Application Pool

Recently, we tried creating a secondary Isolated Host to separate receive and send processing for...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 07/23/2008

Running Virtual Machines under alternate user credentials on a Domain Controller

Introduction Recently, I was experimenting with Team Foundation Server 2008, setting it up with SSL...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 05/02/2008

Fixing exception messages on the .NET Compact Framework 3.5

FWIW: I recently ran into trouble while developing for the .NET Compact Framework, v3.5. Upon all...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/03/2008

Testing WCF service implementations

When writing WCF implementations, or any code for that matter, testing is an important part of the...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 05/17/2007

WCF Message validation (1) – WCF samples to the rescue

Recently, I needed to validatie messages going into a WCF service. It turned out the WCF samples are...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 05/13/2007

Shockwave Flash preview handler for Windows Vista and Outlook 2007.

Based on the excellent article from Stephen Toub, I was inspired to write a Shockwave Flash preview...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 05/02/2007

Programmatic BizTalk Server Orchestrations - code repost

A previous post of mine had some sample code on creating BizTalk Server Orchestrations...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 04/06/2007

BizTalk Server Pipeline Component Wizard moved

As we are phasing out GotDotNet, projects need a new location to be hosted. I've moved the BizTalk...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 03/12/2007

CAB WPF XBAP implementation available (again)

In the time to come, I'll be uploading packages available from my previous blog in the past because...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 03/06/2007

Integration Masterclass Redelivery

Microsoft Consulting Services in The Netherlands has developed a great integration masterclass, in...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 02/14/2007

Ping!

Welcome to my blog. My name is Martijn Hoogendoorn, I work for the Dutch Services dvision of...

Author: martijnh1 Date: 01/08/2007