http://www.12qw.ch .NET development and other fun stuff Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:48:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today we tried to deploy from Visual Studio to our local BizTalk Server Instance using the Deployment Framework for BizTalk. At the binding import stage the process failed and reported the following error message: ********************************************************************** Information: Importing bindings "D:\Projects\MyProject\MyProject\MySolution.MyFolder.MyProject\PortBindings.xml" into application "MyApplication.App1" in BizTalk configuration database (server="hostname", database="BizTalkMgmtDb")... Error: Failed to update binding ... http://www.12qw.ch/2010/06/biztalk-troubles-failed-to-update-binding-information/ Open source Tools will help you boost your development productivity in a BizTalk Project. These are the tools you need! All of the Tools except for DebugView can be downloaded from CodePlex (http://www.codeplex.com).   Deployment Framework for BizTalk The Deployment Framework for BizTalk provides ... http://www.12qw.ch/2010/06/biztalk-tricks-the-tools-you-need/ Windows 7 comes with lots and lots of keyboard shortcuts. Some of them being extraordinarily handy. Here are my favorites: Open Command Window from Windows Explorer In Windows Explorer, right click a file or folder while holding down the shift key. This will give you the “Open Command ... http://www.12qw.ch/2010/06/windows-7-tricks-keyboard-shortcuts/ Creating BizTalk message schemas manually is usually a rather tiring task. A lot of typing and mouse-action is required. I really did not like to create BizTalk schemas until, one day, i found out that BizTalk offers very good support in the form of keyboard shortcuts. The problem is that ... http://www.12qw.ch/2010/03/biztalk-tricks-keyboard-shortcuts-in-the-biztalk-schema-editor/ Visual Studio has another well hidden feature, the Mini Command Window. You can use the “Find” TextBox on the toolbar to start commands.   Just set the cursor to the “Find” TextBox and enter a command. All the commands start with ‘>’. Here is a list ... http://www.12qw.ch/2009/09/visual-studio-tricks-mini-command-window/ Visual Studio is shipped with hundreds of keyboard shortcuts. Here are my favorites: General: Go to Definition: F12 Find all References: Shift + F12 Go to last edited position in code: Ctrl - -  (Ctrl – Dash) ... http://www.12qw.ch/2009/09/visual-studio-tricks-keyboard-shortcuts/ Working with Visual Studio 2008, I always end up with a total mess of code editor windows (tabs). These two tricks helped me a lot to keep things under control:   1. Track Active Item in Solution Explorer By enabling this setting, once you open the solution ... http://www.12qw.ch/2009/08/visual-studio-tricks-track-active-item-mru-tab-order/ I’m am currently working on a project to evaluate the new Microsoft server product Dublin, often referred to as the new “Microsoft Application Server”. Here is a little introduction and a handful of useful resources. 1. What is Dublin? Dublin is a piece of Software which will be integrated into Microsoft Internet ... http://www.12qw.ch/2009/07/introduction-to-microsoft-codename-dublin/ Did you ever sit in the office and feel sorry for your buddies? Let them hear your feelings with http://www.sadtrombone.com/ Another website the world was waiting for!!!  ;-) Technorati-Tags: Fun http://www.12qw.ch/2009/07/websites-that-changed-my-life-sad-trombone/ This post continues my overview post about LiveMesh and the Windows Live Framework (http://www.12qw.ch/?p=13). It explains how and why the Live Framework is interesting for software developers and what you need if you want to start programming Live Services. Requirements 1. Get a Windows LiveID (If you do not have one already) 2. Visit ... http://www.12qw.ch/2009/06/programming-windows-live-framework/ This post gives an overview about Live Mesh, Live Services and the Live Framework. Cloud computing is on the rise. The benefits of cloud computing programming paradigms are becoming clearer every day. But, as many problems are solved, new problems arrive. The biggest issue in regard to cloud computing is connectivity. What ... http://www.12qw.ch/2009/06/introduction-to-windows-azure-live-meshlive-framework-part-1/