WPF Threading
I was having a problem getting multi threading working with the ObservableCollection, and struggled to find a solution. So I asked my friend Google and after a while it directed me to Kevin’s blog and specifically to his post on WPF Cross-Thread Collection Binding - Part 4 - The Grand Solution .
Calling an object method in a data trigger
Calling a method on an instance of an object in WPF is not as easy to figure out, but with the help of this Internet thing I managed it. Say you have a DataTemplate that renders a WorkItemType as a button that is selectable:
Heat ITSM
In Aggreko we use a product called Heat ITSM to manage our support calls. Now all of these calls are tracked using its tracking system, but we (Group Development) want to track using Team System. We need some way of moving and syncing items between these two systems.
What to do when you dont have a working computer!
I have a little problem…I don’t have a computer at home at the moment :( So I am writing this post from my Pocket PC using Diarist 2. I will come back to that, but first…
If you had a choice!
I would be interested to find out what platform you .NET developers prefer to use as your main Visual Studio 2008 box? XP XP 64 Vista Vista 64 Server 2008 Let me know!
Updating to Visual Studio 2008 SP1
If you have Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta installed make sure that you run the Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack Preparation Tool prior to the installation, Microsoft were trying to make this a seamless process , but on Heath Stewart’s Blog he mentions that this was not possible in the end . The Preparation tool takes a while to run, but it is way better than having to uninstall everything :)
Problems with Team Explorer after installed Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM
I received the following error box after installing VS2008 SP1 RTM: Team Foundation Error
Ooooh, RTM Delight
Well, MSDN will be busy today… Visual Studio 2008 Beta 1, Team Foundation Server 2008 Beta 1 and .NET Framework Beta 1 have all been released today. This is grate news as I have been using the Beta for about as long as it has been available and all those applications I have waiting in the wings can now go live :), Or at least get into the final phase of development.
.NET Service Manager
A while a go I create a Service Manager . A way of wrapping local and remote services (widgets, bits, things) for use in any application within your business or just in your own code…
IHandlerFactory
As you have probably noticed I have moved URL’s (sorry to all you feed readers with the duplicate entries). The reason I moved my blog was to free up the http://hinshelwood.com URL for use as a personal site that then links to my blog. When you do this you need to consider all of your current users, bookmarks, feeds, links and all that malarkey.
