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January 27, 2009 08:38 by brandon
I can’t believe February 2009 is already here.  Seems like only yesterday I was intently waiting on my flying car like the rest of us, and now I’m living in the future!  In case you’re not up to speed, there’s several great community events coming up – and I’ll be doing my usual code singi... [More]

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My “Chalkboard” Visual Studio 2008 Theme

January 27, 2009 08:28 by brandon
Many people around the office have taken notice of my Visual Studio 2008 theme, which I’ve affectionately called “Chalkboard”.  I put together this theme and then tweaked it over the past few months to make hours in front of Visual Studio 2008 easier on my eyes.  Here’s a screen grab. ... [More]

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Using Help Filters in Visual Studio

January 21, 2009 10:44 by brandon
Last night I was at the Tampa SQL Server User’s Group attending a good intro on VSTS Database Edition GDR presented by Catapult Systems.  After the session, one of the attendees asked me if there was any way to get rid of the SQL Server Compact Edition help from his Visual Studio help collectio... [More]

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Timeout and Workflow issues when using the Deployment Manager in Dynamics CRM 4.0

January 12, 2009 10:06 by brandon
I've been trying to re-deploy a CRM 4.0 installation from a client's site into our development domain so that I can work with some of the data in the system.  Using the provided CRM 4.0 Deployment Manager is pretty easy (instructions found here), but wasn't working.  The deployment manag... [More]

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Windows 7 on my Dell Inspiron 6400

January 10, 2009 04:18 by brandon
I first received Windows 7 at Microsoft PDC this year, but I waited until a little further down the release path (beta 1) to do my first install.  After reading several reviews (all mostly positive) online that don't hesitate mentioning Windows 7's superior performance over both VIsta and XP, ... [More]

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Troubleshooting guide for TFS installation

January 7, 2009 17:24 by brandon
Looks like the good folks in Redmond got some time to write up a much-needed troubleshooting guide for TFS server installations.  You can find the guide on MSDN using the following link: Troubleshooting installation of Team Foundation The guide goes over how to interpret the installer log files... [More]

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Open XML Format SDK

January 2, 2009 08:30 by brandon
Last August, Microsoft released the Open XML Format SDK 1.0.  This innocuous-sounding SDK is a full set of managed classes that allow developers to load and manipulate Open XML documents using a managed API.  Not to say you couldn't do this before -- using the Office InterOp assemblies, bu... [More]

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10 Developer Resolutions for the New Year

January 2, 2009 06:08 by brandon
I'm not a big fan of New Year's Resolutions, but I've got some bad habits (like many of us) that I'd like to break, and some new good habits that I'd like to get into. Here's my short list of changes for 2009. [More]

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Tampa Code Camp and MDC, oh my!

November 18, 2008 11:14 by brandon
Image via CrunchBase Wondering where I'll be spoutin' code and chugging beers for the holidays?  Around town -- of course, at the Tampa Code Camp and MSDN Developer Conference.  December 6 - Going from Model to Application with VSTS and ADO.Net Entity Framework (Tampa Code Camp) Decembe... [More]

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Javascript debugging, intellisense and dynamic script loading in CRM 4.0

November 6, 2008 13:46 by brandon
One of the best features and biggest drawbacks to CRM 4.0's entity model is the ability to modify forms in CRM using Javascript.  While this level of customization is something any sizable implementation will need, it's been reduced to pasting a bunch of Javascript code into a text box in CRM. ... [More]

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