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Getting a System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException when trying to use BitmpaMetadata to extract EXIF/XMP data?

Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:02 PM by robgruen
Well if that's the case, it's probably cause you're attempting to use this class from a MTA thread. In order to fix this, just change the apartment of the thread where this code is running from MTA to STA (either using the [STAThread] Attribute or by Read More...
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How to Programmatically Set Permissions on Files/Folders in a SharePoint Document Library

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 7:35 PM by robgruen
Yep, had to figure this out since I'm still working with SharePoint stuff. I couldn't find any "HowTo's," code samples, tricks, hints, or anything else really helpful on this. Just a bunch of other folks attemptint to do the same thing. This is one of Read More...
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Referencing Sharepoint Assemblies on x64bit Installs causes build errors for ASP.NET apps (in VS.NET 2005)

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 6:39 PM by robgruen
You may encounter the following error if you are trying to build a ASP.NET application or web service on a x64bit machine where Sharepoint is installed: Error 1 Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint.Search, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, Read More...
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Installing Displays #5 & #6 on my workstation

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:41 PM by robgruen
So I get my third dual head card in the mail the other day and after two days of patient waiting I took the plunge to install it. Well, to make a long story shorter, it took me all day to get working. Typically you just add the video cards and voila, Read More...
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Installing the MouseWheelFix (Q837910) on 64bit editions of Windows

Posted Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:37 PM by robgruen
To install the MouseWheelFix on a 64 bit edition of Windows you need to place the registry key entries in the 32 bit node of the registry. This means the registry keys should be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft... instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft... Read More...
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How Can You Update Your Computer When the Thing That Updates Your Computer Is Broken?

Posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:42 PM by robgruen
Simple, YOU CAN'T!!! For a while now my computer's Automatic Updates has been broken. No new downloads have appeared, the control panel icon is missing, and the Windows Update site can't install the updated ActiveX control. Every time I go to the site Read More...
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MIX06: Playing in the Sandbox - Playing nice with the other kids

Posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 3:07 PM by robgruen
The Sandbox here at Mix contains all sorts of labs, vista pcs, windows media center, and of course the awesome ultra mobile pcs. :) I got to play with the devices and talk to Lora who was tending the devices and answering questions. Unfortunatley I had Read More...
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MIX06 - Lunch time

Posted Monday, March 20, 2006 4:14 PM by robgruen
We were fed quite well, thanks to all of the folks that made the food decisions. My tummy is happy! The keynote was pretty cool, Tim O'Reilly's interview with BillG went really well. Bill had great answers and everyone was happy with his responses. I'm Read More...
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Mix Registration - "done, check"

Posted Monday, March 20, 2006 12:33 AM by robgruen
MIX06 is sold out! 1900 attendees have come to Vegas to talk about the future of their respective portions of the internet. In fact, I think it's already started since I heard some conversations on the flight in. The check-in area has about a dozen lanes, Read More...
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MIX06 - So it begins

Posted Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:50 AM by robgruen
Well, I just stepped off of a 5.5 hour flight got a rental car for 16 hours and then I'm back on another flight to Las Vegas all within a 24 hour time span. More to follow! Read More...
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VB6 MouseWheelFix - Now works in SDI Mode!

Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:29 PM by robgruen
A VERY large thank you goes out to Kevin Willimason for taking the time to hook (no pun intended) us all up. Kevin rewrote a majority of the add-in so it works in SDI mode. We are in the process of getting the KB article udpated. In the mean time you Read More...
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Attachment(s): MouseWheelFix.zip

Connection_Dropped Error in the HTTPERR Log for IIS

Posted Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:15 PM by robgruen
I was trying to install a web service on a freshly build W2k3 box. I checked the event log and found: Event code: 3005 Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred. Event time: 1/3/2006 12:50:03 PM Event time (UTC): 1/3/2006 8:50:03 PM Event ID: Read More...
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Playing Smart Devices...

Posted Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:00 PM by robgruen
Well, the main project I was working on suffered a minor setback when the HDD on the box died. Until that get's settled I get to work with a smartphone on a cool little project. Unfortunately the smartphone also had it in for me. :) I got the following Read More...
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Here's a cryptic RegAsm Error you might see with VS.NET 2005

Posted Monday, December 19, 2005 5:06 PM by robgruen
Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Assembly Registration Utility 2.0.50727.42 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2004. All rights reserved. RegAsm : error RA0000 : Could not load file or assembly 'MyAssembly, Version=0.0. 0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' Read More...
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Ain't Programming Fun!

Posted Friday, December 16, 2005 6:54 PM by robgruen
So I was upgrading a project from VS.NET 2003 to VS.NET 2005 (v2.0 of the framework) and I kept hitting this assert: " _CrtIsValidHeapPointer(pUserData) . " There were several postings out and about but they were all for previous versions of the framework, Read More...
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