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I've given up on it and uninstalled it... I have so many of my projects that work with SQL Server CE and since upgrading to the Beta none of them have worked... I thought it was me for a while, but even the simplest application with only a SqlCeConnection.Open() method in it doesn't work! I didn't delve in to the problem to much as ...

 Avoid Boxing,use generics... See here http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/effectivecspart1.asp#item3 Also if the method has a IDisposable, then clean it up after... (the GC will get rid of it, but we don't want the GC to do it if we can)

Symptom  Aspnet_compiler.exe fails to produce any content apart from the PreCompiledApp.config and the Bin folder. Reason  When you save a solution containing a web project (file based), it sets the physical path property Debug.AspNetCompiler.PhysicalPath for the aspnet_compiler. If you then subsequently save your ...

I've been playing around with this for a while now and I'm very happy that these guys have gone to RC1 already... Good work...  SMS Toolkit SDK

In order to pass Enum values around to your WCF service operations, then you must put [ServiceKnownType(typeof(Enum))] attribute on the service interface contract, and also add the [EnumMember] attribute to every enum value within your Enumeration data contract.Service contract looks like this...namespace ...

In Visual Studio, you can use the find and replace utitlity in regular expression mode, with the expressions below to turn code such as this...        [System.Runtime.Serialization.DataMemberAttribute(EmitDefaultValue = false, Order = 0)]         public ...

In case have been hiding in a bush someplace recently, I have a Windows Mobile Palm Treo... I love it... It’s great... I don’t notice the loss of screen size and the hardware is of a top standard... However... (You just knew it was coming) I was playing with the MessageInterceptor class the other day and I was getting some bizarre ...

One of the things that I love about my job is that every day I get a new problem and every day I'm happy to say I learn something new... It's why I don't up and leave to Aus (well just yet)... Today I found out that if you include a shortcut in your Smart Device CAB Project to go into the Start Menu it will NOT replace any of the ...

(If you want a quick fix - scroll to the bottom. Otherwise enjoy)  After what happened with me and an MSBuild error last night I did seriously think about jacking it all in and move to Australia to become a sheep farmer... I have been busy the last few days putting the finishing touches to an application for a client and it was all ...

Attended a Windows Vista event at Microsoft TVP last night. The guy doing the demos kept mentioning his blog, and that all the stuff that he was showing us is listed there.http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/Things to look out for in Windows Vista are ...