If you want to get some limited Intellisense when you’re editing or creating NaNT .build files then you can try the following: Copy the nant.xsd file from inside your NaNt schema directory. Paste it into your Visual Studio XML Schemas directory (e.g. C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 8XmlSchemas Restart Visual Studio When you next load up… Continue reading NaNT .build file Intellisense
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TryParseExact and UTC DateTime
I’m in the midst of SIP-land at the moment and looking at the expiry time of requests. After discovering a subtle difference in the parsing of DateTime strings between my development machine and the production servers, we’re now using the DateTime.TryParseExact() method to specify exactly what the service should expect to see. One of the… Continue reading TryParseExact and UTC DateTime
New iPhones ahoy?
The recent news that the 8Gb version of the iPhone was discounted wasn’t a huge shock with rumours of a pending 3G / Business flavoured iPhone in the distance. However, today sees MacRumours reporting that O2 have stopped selling ANY iPhones, 8Gb or 16Gb. Sales might have been lighter than they anticipated, due to the… Continue reading New iPhones ahoy?
SourceSafe: “Only one database connection at a time is supported.”
I’ve been having intermittent problems with Visual Studio 2005 and SourceSafe 2005 occasionally complaining that “Only one database connection at a time is supported” when I load up solutions with multiple projects in them. A Microsoft Knowledge-base article pointed me to the potential problem. Looking in the mssccprj.scc files for both .csproj files loaded in… Continue reading SourceSafe: “Only one database connection at a time is supported.”
Log4View
I just wanted to personally recommend a log view utility I’ve had the luck of finding recently, actually thanks to Ian again. Around October time, Ian contacted the logging.apache.org group asking : “Does anyone know of an application that is capable of loading a log file that has been written to using the RollingFileAppender?” He… Continue reading Log4View
When clothing and gadgets shouldn’t mix
It’s long been said that soon we’ll all have interconnected clothing, maybe even internet-enabled clothing, so that we become able to charge, plug in and head towards becoming bionic? Well Gizmodo has posted details of a jeans and keyboard combination which I have to agree with them, looks wrong in so many ways. Have a… Continue reading When clothing and gadgets shouldn’t mix
New look
As I’m finding myself actually using this blog a lot more than I have done in the past, I decided an updated look was needed. A bit of spring cleaning, so to speak. For any of you using WordPress (and 2.5 represents a nice milestone release, job well done to everyone involved), there’s a great… Continue reading New look
Making a Mockery
Thanks to some example code by Ian I’ve completed my first Mockery. NMock allows you to instantiate mock objects based on interface declarations alone. It’s already saved me a potential chicken and egg scenario where to get an instance of the normal object that’s inputting into the method I was testing I’d have had to… Continue reading Making a Mockery
Is Barclays Internet Banking too secure?
Having spent around five months fighting with Orange over a messup their system made on my account, I’m already fed up of call centres. So when my PinSentry security device from Barclays gave up the ghost last night, I was straight on the phone to report it. The PinSentry is a small keypad device with… Continue reading Is Barclays Internet Banking too secure?
Adding SQL Server Management Studio to a development machine
A quick post in case any of you developers out there are having trouble adding the SQL Server Management Studio tool if you have Visual Studio 2005 with an installation of SQL Server Express Edition 2005. The setup.exe will fail when it checks your current install, especially if you’ve been applying Windows Updates which may… Continue reading Adding SQL Server Management Studio to a development machine