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Missing DataContext, "The custom tool 'MSLinqToSQLGenerator' failed. "
While working on a project with a LinqToSQL Classes object (.dbml), sometimes your dbml file will get hosed when you remove/add/modify some part of the data model. At first, my error was "The custom tool 'MSLinqToSQLGenerator' failed."...
Excel Automation & Windows Server 2008 x64
So I admit it, I have gone against Microsoft's best practices and used Microsoft Excel on a server and had my web-based code call the Interop COM Library in order to generate Excel files. Sorry, but it works, and the code is managed and free. I won't...
GamerServices Game Components don't respond!
So I've been re-tooling my demo-game in XNA to take advantage of XNA 2.0 enhancements. So one thing I noticed is that my very simple code that I lifted from NetRumble project wasn't working in my project. It was a simple sign-in invocation: if...
What? No Columns in my GridView?
Well, lesson learned. the GridView is not infalliable. So I am building another nightmare report that will sift through reams of data. This one has two Gridviews, one nested inside of the other. The point of the Gridview will be to display an asset and...
"Failed to Enable Constraints" Error, and the Zen of DataSets
If you're like me, you love the TableAdapters feature of Visual Studio 2005. Simply right-click on the App_Code folder, add a new item, and choose DataSet. Then pick a database to model it against, and BAM! A Strongly typed data object is built for you...