Does Microsoft offer a tool where you can deploy a web application to multiple web servers in a load-balanced environment/web farm? My team is looking for a tool, preferably from Microsoft, where we can deploy our web application from development environment to production environment automatically. ...
My startup is considering applying for Microsoft BizSpark. I am unclear as to whether or not the software is still usable after 3 years or after the product goes live (whichever comes first). My worry is that we will develop for 2 years, go to production, and all of a sudden we will not be entitled to use the software as the BizSpark agr...
which javascript map api do you folks think most powerful? lately bing also introduce their map ...
I am uploading a picture to Share Point by using the normal multiple upload form. Once the picture is uploaded I return to a custom WebPart that lists the items. Clicking on the item brings up an javascript form which allows you to edit the meta information. You can then save this form using the UpdateListItems web service via the javasc...
I'm trying to read an Excel (xlsx) file using the code shown below. I get an "External table is not in the expected format." error unless I have the file already open in Excel. In other words, I have to open the file in Excel first before I can read if from my C# program. The xlsx file is on a share on our network. How can I read the fil...
I am planning on teaching myself PHP. I was wondering if I should use LAMP or a Microsoft stack. I have access to both. I would like to know which will ultimately be easiest to learn, but be the most relevant. ...
In my research for getting Banshee to compile for Windows, I stumbled on this post. It seems there still lives a LOT of suspicion towards Mono in the Linux community for being a timebomb Microsoft has put under FOSS. A few days back I read Microsoft released their Community Promise as to defuse these fears. Yet it seems not to be worth ...
Are the programs included in the Web Platform Installer all free? I was under the impression that it was all open-source, free software. But it looks like at least nService isn't: http://www.avensoft.com/nservice.html ...
Here is the fields I'm very experienced at (12 years of programming experience): Windows applications development - Microsoft .NET Framework - C++ C# VB.NET Developing and Implementing Web Applications - C# and ASP.NET Designing XML Web Services and Server Components (If needed I can read more about servers as I'm not a total expert i...
I am working In dotNet Framework 3.5 ASP.NET C#. I want to create Campaign in Microsoft AdCenter API Version 6.0. For that I reffered the website 'http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb671919.aspx'. I created the same example with different Campaign Name (because campaign name is unique). But I got the error message 'Invalid client d...
IIS7 supports this by using <system.webServer> configuration element to set module's preCondition="managedHandler" attribute. Since Cassini is a managed server it serves requests in a similar way as IIS7 does. All requests are handled by managed code. By similar I mean it executes HttpModules for every single request even if it's static...
Is there a way to host an MMC snapin in an application? Specifically, we have an "Enterprise Management Application" that we use to manage our applications / services, and we want to add certain functionality to this utility that is already implemented as MMC snapins. It would be great if we could just host these configured snapins in ...
I work in an environment where the microsoft certifications are quite highly regarded - and I'm studying for some of them. I do a lot of non-microsoft javascript/ajax work and this is got me thinking about what are the alternative options if you are not a microsoft person. There is no recognised javascript certification or (I'm guessing)...
I always had the idea that the root namespace in .NET, "System", was mainly for stuff that didn't depend too much on a particular platform. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or insight as to why the Windows.Forms namespace is in System and not Microsoft since it seems to be fairly entrenched in one platform. (No flame wars or un...
can anybody plz guide me through following questions do MS Map point also covers India??? how we can use MS map point web service or API's or library etc to get the current location based on input Lat and Longitude. is there some facility of defining our custom maps and can we define our custom milestones on the custom map. ...
difference between ms live search AND ms map point service ...
I'm currently developing a script that takes a Word document, opens it up in Word, and then prints the Word file as a PDF. Everything works great when run manually either on my machine or the server. The problem comes in when I attempt to run it as a scheduled task. One of the requirements is that this should be done nightly without an...
Hi, I know this is not a technical question, but this is something I believe could be best answered by the technology community. I've been in software development for ~2 years now, but most of the time, it has been a learn as is needed experience. I was recently asked by a friend on how to go about getting a strong foothold on technolo...
I'm frustrated recently by all of the choices that Microsoft offers to develop a web form. There is Sharepoint, Infopath without Sharepoint, ASP.NET Web Forms (with different controls for each runtime), ASP.NET without Web Forms, ASP.NET MVC framework, Silverlight, and WCF. Rendering and databinding technologies aside, there are a hand...
I'm aware of the benefits for ME when I get my MCPD certification but, in an effort to convince my employer to pony up/reimburse me for passing the exams, what benefits can he expect to see? ...