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September 27, 2015

AzureAdventures: Cannot Create Mobile Service Error 500

by Manuel
When you try to create an azure mobile service, based on an existing Azure database, you could get the following error message: The following mobile service was not created: ‘asdfasdfasdfasdf’. Error 500 And in the details: {"message":"Please try again. If the problem persists, contact support.","ErrorMessage":"Please try again. If the problem persists, contact support.", "httpStatusCode":"InternalServerError", "operationTrackingId":"","stackTrace":null,"Padding":null}...CONTINUE READING
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September 26, 2015

.NET Power Tip 4: Playing with Format Strings

by Manuel
  Many developers heavily underestimate the power of the format string. This post shows a couple of examples that can greatly facilitate a coders daily life. Don’t know what a format string is, look here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.format(v=vs.110).aspx Another  great resource with some more advanced ideas: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kathykam/archive/2006/03/29/564426.aspx Remember that there are multiple ways how a format string...CONTINUE READING
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September 23, 2015

VS2015 New Debugging and Performance Features (German)

by Manuel
I wrote an article for the August 2015 edition of Windows Developer Magazin that introduces the new debugging features in Visual Studio 2015. I has recently been published online for everybody to read. If you are interested in debugging in VS2015, go check it out (note: it is written in German): https://entwickler.de/online/windev/visual-studio-2015-wpf-xaml-debuggen-168386.html The article presents...CONTINUE READING
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September 22, 2015

WPF: The Infragistics WPF Roadmap – WPF IS NOT DEAD!

by Manuel
Today I stumbled across an interesting whitepaper by Infragistics. It is called “The Windows Presentation Foundation Roadmap: 2015 and Beyond”. You can get it here: http://www.infragistics.com/resources/whitepapers The contents are: Introduction A Brief History of Windows Presentation Foundation .NET, Open Source and WPF The WPF Roadmap The Infragistics Roadmap Commiting to WPF with Confidence Interesting points:...CONTINUE READING
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September 5, 2015

.NET Power Tip 3: Reading Data from Excel/CSV

by Manuel
As with writing data to Excel, reading data can be achieved in multiple ways. If you need read and write capabilities, check out .NET PowerTip 2: http://www.12qw.ch/2015/09/net-powertip-2-write-data-to-excel/ However, if you just need to read some data, there is a magnificent library to help you out. Meet LinqToExcel https://github.com/paulyoder/LinqToExcel . How does it work: Add the...CONTINUE READING
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September 1, 2015

.NET PowerTip 2: Writing Data to Excel

by Manuel
Every now and then, developers have to write data to excel. There are several approaches: 1. Full fledged Excel Interop: Add the interop assembly to your project, connect to your local excel application, create workbook, sheet, fill data, etc. Example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19933135/writing-to-excel-using-c-sharp Drawback 1: You need excel on the client. Drawback 2: The Excel version installed...CONTINUE READING
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