Only Indigo

TList.exe

2007-02-16T01:51:36Z

If you need to look at the process tree running on windows - Use tlist.exe TList.exe comes with the Debugging Tools for Windows download. The syntax for looking up the process tree is tlist.exe /t This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm...(read more)

Creating a Interop Assembly for RTC Client API 1.3

2006-08-25T07:26:06Z

The Real-Time Communications (RTC) Client API is a set of COM interfaces that enables you to build applications for making PC-PC, PC-phone, or phone-phone calls or creating instant messaging (IM) sessions over the Internet. Both voice and video calls can be established on PC-PC calls. There are three simple steps in creating an Interop Assembly for the RTC Client SDK binaries. The Interop assembly can be used by C# or VB.NET managed code. I have assumed that you have installed the RTC Client API...(read more)

Why MTOM and not WS - Attachments ?

2006-06-30T17:05:00Z

Why should you use MTOM and not WS - Attachments ? The answer is limited composibility and better performance with large attachments. Composibility is the ability of a specification to be effectively used by specifications higher up in the web services (WS - *) stack The composability characteristic of WS – Attachments / DIME is considered poor because of the non SOAP envelop approach to messaging. This makes it hard for Ws - * specifications higher in the stack to work with it. MTOM has better composibility...(read more)

Hosting a WCF Service in Cassini

2006-06-30T16:40:00Z

If you want to test your WCF Service quickly, without using IIS, you can use the built in Web Server (aka Cassini). There are some limitations but it will work. The limitation is that Cassini assigns a new HTTP port number on every instance of the web server. This means that every time you shut down the Cassini instance, running the project will create a new web server instance with a new port and invalid your endpoint. The trick is to not shut down your Cassini instance. Of course the recommendation...(read more)

Easy way to burn CDs and DVDs from ISO

2006-06-01T18:14:00Z

Use the Windows Resource Kit Tools. It has a bunch of tools including cdburn that makes it a piece of cake to burn ISO's to CD or DVD This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm...(read more)

WinHEC

2006-05-26T16:02:00Z

Don't miss BillG's keynote at WinHEC. For me the key takeway was the fact that future applications will have to find ways to use multi core technology. That means applications will need to deal with a lots of threading and need to take advantage of new programming models. Wow !!! Also, Can't wait for the hypervisor bits ....... This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.ht...(read more)

Meta Data, Contract and Meta Data Driven Applications

2006-05-25T23:12:00Z

What is meta data ? A common definition is data about data. But what does it really mean ? Reusing an often quoted example of a library catalog, the meta data are the reference cards you find up in a old wooden drawer that lists out attributes of a book and then point to a physical location of the book. So in this case the meta data is the reference card that points to the data (book) In some cases the physical location may be an old wooden box in another library. (meta meta data) What is a Service...(read more)

The Component Container

2006-05-25T00:52:00Z

The component container has been around for a long, long time Component Containers are simple in concept. Containers provide services to components that execute within the container "execution space". Containers may provide network addressability to a component. i.e. transform a component into a service. Containers may help the component enable one or more service endpoints that define the protocol, transport and format. Containers may provide an platform abstraction. Containers may also provide...(read more)

Hello World

2006-05-25T00:34:00Z

Hello Word from the "Only Indigo" blog. I want this blog to reflect my current thinking on Indigo a.k.a Windows Communication Foundation. I am going to use Indigo in all the posts. At-least until I get beat up for it. :-) Indigo facinates me. In my humble view it is the first true Service Oriented Architecture application container and in my view is similar in concept to an Enterprise Service Bus container. The power of Indigo is enormous. However a container is just that - a container and without...(read more)