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Whilst trying to host multiple WCF Services in IIS, each within it’s own web site, I discovered an issue with secure host headers and IIS6. The requirements were to securely install each WCF service inside it’s own web site, with its own application and application pool instance. In order to setup multiple sites I needed [...]
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Tags: .Net, ASP.Net, IIS, Wix
A large number of .Net applications in enterprise environments are run directly from a file share on a server within the local corporate intranet. This was usually only achieved after editing the client machine’s registry. However as of .Net 3.5 Sp1 this is no longer an issue as assemblies accessed from a local intranet share [...]
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Tags: .Net
WCF Best Practices
Windows Communication Foundation is a huge technology and one that is easy to implement badly. Luckily Mehran Nikoo has collated a selection of WCF best practices in his blog: http://mehranikoo.net/CS/archive/2008/05/31/WCF_5F00_Best_5F00_Practices.aspx It covers versioning, hosting and security, all of which are worth reading in detail. Two highlights for me are the problems with using the ‘Using’ [...]
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Tags: .Net, WCF
Faster MSDN Library
It’s possible to view a low bandwidth version of the online MSDN Library which is faster and more lightweight than the full version. Check this post from Eric Nelson.
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Tags: .Net, Tips
Earlier in the year I did a presentation on the pros and cons of Thin vs Thick Client architecture, purely from the perspective of recommending an approach for a new UI. This is a long running debate and one that can become very political as most people have a preference. Usually developers/architects prefer to either [...]
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Tags: Architecture, CIO, linkedin, Smart Client
I recently opened a SCSF project that was having build problems and I found that once the build problems had been corrected the GAT recipes were not working. An error was being reported when I tried to run the Add Module recipe: Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.RecipeExecutionException: An exception occurred during the binding of reference or execution of recipe [...]
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Tags: .Net, SCSF, Smart Client, Visual Studio
SCSF Problems with VS2008 SP1
There is an issue with the 2008 version of the Smart Client Software Factory and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The guidance recipes don’t work correctly and won’t provide the “Add View” options etc. This is an SP1 issue only. There is a work around but it involves changing the Guidance Package Source code. For more [...]
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Tags: .Net, SCSF, Smart Client, Visual Studio
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