Discoveries / Experiences in .Net Application development

WCF ServiceHost Custom Config from AppSettings

Sundara Prabu .T — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:19:00 GMT

hi All the code snippet below would create a simple service host loaded from a normal app.config instead of having to understand the complex WCF service configuration this is how we would initiate the servicehost.. MyFramework.ServiceModel.WCFService<...(read more)

Override Default Xml Serialization

Sundara Prabu .T — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:02:00 GMT

This is some hidden fact about xml serializers in .Net. There is an option is to use a special pattern to create a Boolean field recognized by the XmlSerializer , and to apply the XmlIgnoreAttribute to the field. The pattern is created in the form of...(read more)

WCF .NET 4.0 RoadMap

Sundara Prabu .T — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:36:00 GMT

.NET 4.0 brings several improvements in the areas of WCF and WF, including improved REST capabilities, a new workflow model, seamless integration between WF and WCF, and a new visual designer. It also provides the ability to author completely declarative...(read more)

Find all references, go to definition do not work across VB/C# projects in same solution

Sundara Prabu .T — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:53:00 GMT

While using Visual Studio today I noticed an anomaly. When I bring up a file in VS2008 Solution Explorer AuditEventPublisher.vb in MyVbProject.vbproj Scroll down to the Publish method , right click and select “ find all references ”, Visual Studio does...(read more)

Linq Select Distinct Records based on a field or Property

Sundara Prabu .T — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:27:00 GMT

Have a look at the sample below, Is there a simpler way of achieving this ? I needed the results 1 vp 2 x 3 y Rest should be ignored public class customer { public int id; public string name; public static IEnumerable < customer > getDistinct()...(read more)

asp.net 3.5 checkboxlist AddAttributesToRender Not called in Override

Sundara Prabu .T — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:15:00 GMT

I recently came across this issue where in if we override the AddAttributesToRender method in our custom CheckBoxlist. It never gets called at all. Instead we had to use PreRender or RenderItem refer http://www.dotnetmonster.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/asp-net-controls-building/3261/checkboxlist-AddAttributesToRender...(read more)

VSTS Tester Edition : Webtest with Code Coverage Error :No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:80

Sundara Prabu .T — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:37:00 GMT

VSTS Tester Edition 2008 : When i ran a Webtest with Code Coverage I got this Error :No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:80. I found that IIS was stopped. Started It. Then I found that my Web.config had...(read more)

Get Public Key Token from Snk File using Msbuild

Sundara Prabu .T — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:24:00 GMT

I have written a small msbuild script which can be used to get the public key and the public key token from the .snk file. This attachment needs to be executed from the visual studio command prompt . Update the WorkingDir and SnkFilePath as needed, after...(read more)

VSTS Tester Edition 2008, Code Coverage for WebTest works : do this

Sundara Prabu .T — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:11:00 GMT

Many of us try to get code coverage using webtests, we configure for code coverage etc but end of the day we get Empty code coverage data generated. the Answer is just to follow this process... One should be able to get code coverage from web tests if...(read more)

Vsts 2008 WebTest Asp.Net UnitTest Profiling

Sundara Prabu .T — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:21:00 GMT

How to Enable Code Coverage for a machine hosting the WebSite 1. The webapp's bin folder should have all files readonly false. 2. The second thing to do is switch off signature verification for all dlls in bin folder., using the below command <x:\webApppath>Sn...(read more)

Msbuild Dll Probing Search Path Custom

Sundara Prabu .T — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:43:00 GMT

How do we make the Msbuild look in the current directory for the dlls before looking into Gac and other places . Add something like this in your project file: Soln 1 : <PropertyGroup> <AssemblySearchPath>$(AssemblySearchPath);$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)</AssemblySearchPath>...(read more)

Vs 2008 Multi Target Framework and App.config behavior

Sundara Prabu .T — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:00:00 GMT

The Vs 2008 , when changing the Target framework from x to y exhibits the following behavior. Current Framework Target Framework App.config gets added / if not exists, if exists gets updated 2.0 3.0 Yes 2.0 3.5 No 3.0 2.0 Yes 3.0 3.5 No 3.5 2.0 Yes 3.5...(read more)

GAC Post build event - Machine path independent script

Sundara Prabu .T — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:38:00 GMT

Add the following 2 lines as post build event.. with this.. this is totally machine independent since it uses Visual studio macros.. call "$(DevEnvDir)..\..\vc\vcvarsall.bat" "gacutil" /i "$(TargetPath)" /f...(read more)

Silverlight 2.0 Globalization / Localization

Sundara Prabu .T — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:57:00 GMT

I have created a simple Silverlight application and a doc detailing the same, on how to develop globalized silverlight apps for people across regions and cultures. www.codeplex.com/silverlight2 Created using Vs 2008 , c# and Silverlight 2.0...(read more)

ASSERTION FAILED FAILED TO FIND PARENT ELEMENT

Sundara Prabu .T — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:46:00 GMT

ASSERTION FAILED FAILED TO FIND PARENT ELEMENT (name of the dropdown control) I got this error after post back of modalpopupextender ajax control. I had some cascading dropdowns on the parent page which were hooked on to dropdown controls. Resolution...(read more)