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Thu, Feb 2 2012 5:53 AM

Documents.Open returns null, running Word automation under ASP.NET on x64

When building an ASPapplication that generates Word documents, it was working fine on the local machine. A windows XP installation with Office 2007. When we deployed it to windows 2008 (64 bit) and Word 2007 we saw that Documents.Open returned null. Other...
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Fri, Jan 27 2012 5:46 AM

Unhandled exception installing SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows XP machine

When installing SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows XP development machine that has been around for quite some time, I got an error stating an unhandled exception occured in the application (see image). The error showed up directly upon startup and read:...
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Wed, Jun 1 2011 7:21 AM

The Visual Studio 2010 Test Client for WCF services

When writing WCF services, most of us find ourselves writing quick test applications. To give you more time to do what a developer should be doing (adding business value to the project) the Visual Studio team added a WCF test client that can help you...
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Thu, Jan 20 2011 6:23 PM

HowTo: Save a file from Silverlight using the SaveFileDialog

Saving a file from Silverlight using the SaveFileDialog , added in Silverlight 3, is easy. If you’re used to desktop development however, you might find yourself getting a SecurityException with the message ‘File operation not permitted. Access to path...
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Mon, Jan 17 2011 6:49 AM

HowTo: open all files from the Find Results window

Here’s a quick Visual Studio tip for you… I frequently search for a specific text in my solution because I need to do something in all places where that text occurs. Today I found out how you can open all the files that are mentioned in the...
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Tue, Jan 4 2011 10:25 AM

HowTo: have Visual Studio open XAML documents in code view

Just a small post to start the new year... and let it be a good one! When opening a XAML document in Visual Studio, it opens in split view by default. This might become annoying when you have a large XAML document, because all the content needs to be...
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Fri, Oct 8 2010 9:43 AM

Little-heard-of ASP.NET feature: app_offline.htm

Although the feature has been around since ASP.NET 2.0, I still meet people that don't know and/or use app_offline.htm. Do you know (and use) the feature...? When working on an ASP.NET web application, you should notify your visitors in a decent way...
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Thu, Sep 23 2010 10:02 AM

"AjaxControlToolkit is undefined"

Because we were still using an old Visual Studio 2005 solution which included a Web Site project, it was time to upgrade. We upgraded our Visual Studio 2005 solution to Visual Studio 2010 (and .NET 4.0), converted the Web Site Project to a Web Application...
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Wed, May 19 2010 6:07 PM

Visual Studio: Zero-impact Projects & Cutting/copying empty lines

Yesterday I remembered two Visual Studio options Sara Ford told about in a presentation of her I attended a while back. Changing them made me happy... :) Zero-impact projects When I have to test something real quick, I tend to create a new project in...
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Sun, Apr 18 2010 10:00 AM

Visual Studio 2010 and the web.config

While working with Visual Studio 2010, a new feature caught my eye that isn't communicated (strongly) in the "What's new" lists you can find online. As part of the Visual Studio 2010 supports multiple web.config files! Now we can create...
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Mon, May 18 2009 2:45 PM

Microsoft DevDays ‘09, I’m attending!

Thanks to our friends at Microsoft (and their great BizSpark program ) I will be able to attend DevDays ‘09! We won tickets because we updated our company profile and added projects at the Discover Metro site. Normally attending this kind of event is...
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Fri, Mar 27 2009 10:22 AM

Finally, a way to preview your site in all (important) browsers

I just read this great article by Mark Voermans : Expression Web SuperPreview: Look how your site renders in various Browsers I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve been waiting for this for a long, LONG time. I’ll give it a go this afternoon and let you...
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Mon, Mar 23 2009 11:09 PM

Fix available for IE8 asp:menu problem

I just read an interesting article on Bertrand Le Roy's blog. The most important information: It so happens that the menu control is making a bad assumption on what the default value for z-index should be. We debated this at length with the IE team...
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Tue, Mar 10 2009 11:45 AM

In this mode, command line arguments will not be passed to the executable

When trying to pass some command line arguments to a Console Application, I got the following message: "The current project settings specify that the project will be debugged with specific security permissions. In this mode, command line arguments...
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Thu, Feb 19 2009 12:45 AM

Installing my laptop after a repair

I’m reinstalling my laptop after I got it back from a repair… EMPTY (grrr). What tools shouldn’t I forget when preparing this laptop to be my development machine? Already have Visual Studio, SQL Management Studio, Office and the Windows Live tools installed...
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