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NetDispatchFaultExcetion was unhandled

onoj — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:08:40 GMT

I just came across this whilst making a web service call from a Windows Forms client application. Exception text: "The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message: There was an error while trying to deserialize parameter http://tempuri.org/:GetWizardInfoResponse...(read more)

Pascal Fans: OpScript - Object Pascal Scripting Engine - .NET support coming

onoj — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:12:00 GMT

A colleague of mine, Felix from Microsoft developer support, has been working on a cool Object Pascal scripting engine.

"Opscript is an scripting engine based on Object Pascal. This engine takes advantage of Active Scripting to integrate with Microsoft Windows so it can be used in all the same places Jscript and VBscript can. It is designed from the ground up using C++. The parser was implemented using Bison and Flex (also known as Lex and Yacc)."

Check it out:
http://opascalscript.sourceforge.net/

There is also a cool history of Object Pascal on this page.

Announcing: Testing for and Responding to Network Connections in the .NET Compact Framework

onoj — Wed, 04 Aug 2004 23:31:00 GMT

Testing for and Responding to Network Connections in the .NET Compact Framework (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetcomp/html/NetworkComponent.asp)

An article on this subject has been long overdue. This article was written by Dan Fox and Jon Box from Quilogy authors of:

Dan and Jon also wrote the “Developing Well Performing .NET Compact Framework Applications”.

Many thanks to Tom Krueger for reviewing the article and code and managing the publication of the article and sample.

Tech.Ed 2004 Au/NZ - Perf Talk Links

onoj — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:37:00 GMT

Here are some links to supporting articles and information for this Tech.Ed session:
http://blogs.msdn.com/onoj/articles/204433.aspx

Tech.Ed 2004 NZ/AU - Intro to Smart Device Programming Links

onoj — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 00:07:00 GMT

Here is a pointer to an article with a list of links to material relevant to this Tech.Ed 2004 session in New Zealand and Australia this week:
http://blogs.msdn.com/onoj/articles/203257.aspx

OpenNETCF: Coding Competition

onoj — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 10:33:00 GMT

Check out this coding competition from the OpenNETCF crew:
http://wiki.opennetcf.org/ow.asp?CodingCompetition

Introducing RealConnect 1.5 (www.intel.com)

onoj — Tue, 22 Jun 2004 22:14:00 GMT

Cool Smart Client code from the Intel Developer site.

Although I don't know who is responsible for all of this code (I would like to give them credit for it), it appears that Larry O'Brien is at least responsible for some of it. From what I have seen this stuff looks really cool - thanks Larry!

http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/57304.htm
“Introducing the RealConnect series of tutorials, articles, and source code providing developers with everything they need to create cross-platform, mobilized software solutions.“

http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/99556.htm
“Introduction

This series of whitepapers, tutorials, and source code uses a reference application called RealConnect to support the business needs of a hypothetical real-estate agent as she works seamlessly from her desktop or Tablet PC, notebook, and PocketPC, both online and off.

Version 1.0 of Real Connect focused on mobilized computing and digital media processing features. If you are new to the Real Connect series, start here to familiarize yourself with the code and mobilized software principles.

Version 1.5 of RealConnect extends this scenario by enhancing the application to be fully location-aware. Version 1.5 also includes a Pocket PC version of RealConnect, and illustrates how an application can be factored for these devices.

Take advantage of this entire series, including the application source code, which is freely reusable.

Whitepapers

Tutorials

Source Code
A complete version of the RealConnect 1.5 source code used in this series is available for download”

FotoVision has arrived (End2End Smart Client Shared Source Sample)

onoj — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:15:00 GMT

“The FotoVision sample allows you to easily share photos on the web and demonstrates a variety of .NET technologies including Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Web services, and the .NET Compact Framework. It consists of a desktop, web, and Pocket PC sample applications. This paper provides information so you can get the most from the FotoVision web application.“

The FotoVision home page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/codesamples/fotovision will go live within a few hours. In the meantime you can start pulling this sample apart by accessing these MSDN library articles directly:

Learn247.NET - a message from Lester Madden re We Rock 247 .NET

onoj — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:01:00 GMT

Lest writes:

Hi guys,

Sorry for the performance of the Learn247 site when trying to download the WeRock247 code recently, we have been inundated with users looking to download the code and it has slowed us down a little.

I am often asked when the DVD will be available and the answer is soon. I am working with the relevant people to get the DVD orderable and am trying to get this resolved ASAP. The same goes for the first project called Football247.NET. We put a lot of effort into the projects and we want to share them with as many people as possible so are working hard on this.

The WeRock247 DVD contains over 3.5 gigs of information devoted to building Smart Client applications, and where possible we have hosted the content on the Learn247 site. Some things like the audio presentations were just too big to be useful online so will be exclusively available on the DVD.

We are working on the follow up title called WeFly247.NET which as the name suggests is based around an airline. We will be providing 3 applications covering mobile, office, tablet, smart client, winforms and we will be looking for the community to extend the scenario with additional applications for our airline. We are almost complete with the code and hope to release the in the next few weeks.

If you keen to get involved then take a look at the design documents at:
http://www.learn247.net/weFly247/dev/index.html so you can see our plans for the project.

You can also get some screenshots of what the applications will look like at: http://www.learn247.net/community/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=199

Don't forget to register at www.learn247.net as we will be making the WeFly247 beta code exclusively available to registered users first.

Enjoy the projects.

Lester Madden

Alternative download site for We Rock 247 .NET

onoj — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:12:00 GMT

The original download location for We Rock 247 .NET has not been performing so well due to demand. The download is now available on the microsoft.com download cluster:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cf7c3420-6e92-4f90-87dd-425094637c49&displaylang=en

And the hits keep coming... "Bubble.NET Game"

onoj — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:24:00 GMT

Bubble.NET Game, by BenoitM - on CodeProject.com

Benoit makes use of GXInput for intercepting the hardware keys. GXInput ships as part of Geoff Schwab's “Dancing Particles: Adding Points, Lines, Fonts, and Input to the Managed Graphics Library“ MSDN Library article.

Be sure to check this game out, full source is available. Benoit mentions that future versions may in netowrked multi-player support.

"WeROCK 247 .NET" - a complete end to end Smart Client sample

onoj — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:27:00 GMT

Whether or not you are new to Smart Client development be sure to check this site out:
http://www.learn247.net/werock247

“This project contains material based around developing Smart Clients for .NET and is based around a virtual rock group. WeRock247 .NET takes you through building an enterprise application using Windows Forms, Smart Documents, Smart Tags, Smart Devices and much more.“

You will find tons of code, presentations and labs to help hone your Smart Client development skills on this site.

NEW DOWNLOAD LOCATION:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cf7c3420-6e92-4f90-87dd-425094637c49&displaylang=en

it is 1945 again... the game that is

onoj — Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:31:00 GMT

I took my eyes off the CodeProject.com site for a week during Tech.Ed and upon return this week find that there has been a massive proliferation of .NET Compact Framework samples, including Pocket 1945 - A C# .NET Compact Framework Shooter.

Thanks to Jonas Follesø for writing this sample and for dropping me a line to tell me about it!

I used to love this game in the arcarde, I can't wait to start tweaking the UI and playing with this on the bus!

Smart Device Framework 1.1 Released

onoj — Tue, 18 May 2004 18:45:00 GMT

“The long anticipated release of version 1.1 of the Smart Device Framework has been released.
Download the install package, binaries and source here.
View the online Help here.
View the official Press Release here.”

“Replacement classes to replicate desktop functionality include class libraries such as ThreadEx, MonitorEx, MarshalEx, and a full Configuration namespace. New libraries include IO.Serial.Port, RoundGauge, HTMLViewer, InkX, OwnerDrawnList and WAV audio, as well as Phone APIs for Pocket PC Phone Edition and Microsoft Smartphone.”

The OpenNETCF team have done an awesome job with this library, be sure to check it out! Thanks OpenNETCF team for your contribution to the .NET Compact Framework developer community.

Sound Synthesis Revisited: Porting the Drum Machine to the .NET Compact Framework

onoj — Sat, 15 May 2004 16:32:00 GMT

Sound Synthesis Revisited: Porting the Drum Machine to the .NET Compact Framework, by Ianier Munoz:

“This article shows how to port the drum machine described in "Building a Drum Machine with DirectSound" to the .NET Compact Framework so that it can be run on the Pocket PC. The original code is written in C# and uses managed DirectSound to render an audio stream that is synthesized on the fly. When porting the code to the .NET Compact Framework, managed DirectSound is replaced by native calls to the WaveOut API.“