Only Indigo

TList.exe

nagrajn — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:51:36 GMT

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...(read more)

Creating a Interop Assembly for RTC Client API 1.3

nagrajn — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:26:06 GMT

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...(read more)

Why MTOM and not WS - Attachments ?

nagrajn — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:05:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Hosting a WCF Service in Cassini

nagrajn — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:40:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Easy way to burn CDs and DVDs from ISO

nagrajn — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

WinHEC

nagrajn — Fri, 26 May 2006 16:02:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Meta Data, Contract and Meta Data Driven Applications

nagrajn — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:12:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The Component Container

nagrajn — Thu, 25 May 2006 00:52:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Hello World

nagrajn — Thu, 25 May 2006 00:34:00 GMT

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...(read more)