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For the moment I don't specialize in Biztalk Server also if some months ago I developed some applications. I wish install Biztalk on my PC running Windows Server 2008 but I discovered they aren't compatible. It seems there will be an updated version of Biztalk some time in the first half of 2009 for Windows Server 2008. The version will be called Biztalk Server 2006 Release 3. This is the same one happened with Biztalk Server 2006. It was released when Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005 were RTM. Some day ago SQL Server 2008 was released and then Microsoft will follow un update to be compatible with the most recent platform releases.

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I installed the SP1 on Team Foundation Server and I couldn't connect to server. Dammit!! In fact I had this error stated in the title of this post.....Why SP1 has raised this problem?

After searching on the web to find the solution, I discovered others with the same problem and the solution. The solution is on this Microsoft KB article entitled "TFS 2008/ Not able to connect to TFS 2008 after installing Visual Studio 2008 SP1". I must download TFS 2008 SP1. Read the instructions carefully before installing the SP1:

If you plan on using Windows Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 with Team Foundation Server 2008 SP1 please see the Team Foundation Installation Guide for details on how to install SP1 on the Team Foundation Server and do not install the service pack using the instruction below. Additionally, if you plan to install this service pack on a server that has a client for Team Foundation also installed on it, you must install SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 on that server before you install SP1 for Team Foundation Server. For more information, see “Installing Team Foundation Server and Service Pack 1” in the installation guide.

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I was looking for on YouTube some Future Shorts video I watched some months ago. For who doesn't know what Future Shorts is, it represents one of the leading and most short film labels. It allows filmmakers the opportunity to have their work seen on the largest theatrical platform worldwide. It brings you an eclectic mix of innovative, raw, fresh and inspiring films..................

One of my favorites is Jojo in the Stars. It is a brilliant and gloomy video. Watch the video...

Where installed ildasm.exe in VS 2008? You don't see it anywhere on my system? Then it is located in %PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin. It isn't located in Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1\Bin as the old versions.

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This download installs Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. These service packs offer Visual Studio and .NET Framework users improvements in responsiveness, stability and performance. When you finish to install Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, you should install the .NET Framework 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit that it includes presentations, hands-on labs, demos, and event materials. Here you will find over 100 MB of information with tips on using MVC, Ajax, the Entity Framework, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and other tools.

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Who is Marco? He is my brother and he has celebrated his wedding with Beatrice this 26 July. I collected some photos of the wedding inside the album of my blog and I will tidy up in the next days.

But there are some photos I consider particularly important and there are below:

        

In general to update my skills I start to read one or more books. I discovered this useful site, TitleZ to track specific titles.

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This evening I found an error in in the book "C# Cookbook". The page is 1029 and the example is 18-4. The author has forgotten to insert this namespace System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging; otherwise you can't use AsyncResult class defined in that namespace.

But it was so important from writing a post...No but I was just writing a post about Asynchronous delegate.

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Today in a second-hand shop I found and then bought the book "Essential .NET, Volume I: The Common Language Runtime" by Don Box and Chris Sells. It has been one of first books I red about the .NET framework. It was in 2002 and the .NET framework had finally shipped in release form making the end of the COM era. After six years, I am still working with .NET. In any way I will add it to my personal bookcase.

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Have you a PC and you don't know what antivirus to install? This link could help you choose the one that prefer! 

No comment......Are you agree?

Yesterday I did the pizza for the first time and it was good too. Unbelievable. The pizza was Margherita. I was skeptical but it has been easy. The next time I will add further ingredients. Look the photo below. 

This link can be useful if you wish convert your Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation. Besides it is very interesting the Web site of Brajeshwar where I found nice Windows Vista Wallpapers. 

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I advise you PicLens. It transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing photos and videos across the web. It is a free download and it available for Internet Explorer and  Firefox 2.0.

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If you read frequently asked questions for the Apple wireless keyboard, the answer to the question 3 is very interesting:

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Finally the new wireless apple keyboard is arrived. It is so small and the design is very nice. In the figure below, you can see the difference between the old one and the new one. The apple keyboard is compatible with Windows and it works well.

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Usually you read this about the delegate. If a delegate has a return value and more than one method in its invocation list, the following occurs:

• The value returned by the last method in the invocation list is the value returned from the delegate invocation.
• The return values from all the other methods in the invocation list are ignored.

What if you need to access the returned value by each method in the invocation list? Use the InvocationList method. This method returns an array of Delegate objects, each representing a particular method that may be invoked.

Look this example to get around this limitation:

Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks intended for use by developers who build complex, enterprise-level applications. Enterprise Library is used when building applications that are typically to be deployed widely and to interoperate with other applications and systems. In addition, they generally have strict security, reliability, and performance requirements.

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For a good survey of what security software to install on Windows Server 2008, I can advise you this link.  

I installed Windows 2008 Server on my home PC. I tried to open a music file but Windows Media Player wasn’t installed. Then to install Media Player 11 within Windows Server 2008 you simply have to go to the Server Manager and install the Desktop Experience. Included with the Desktop Experience feature is the Windows Media Player 11, desktop themes, and photo management tools from Windows Vista. 

Surely delegates can tend to cause a great deal of confusion when encountered for the firs time. I think an example is more exhaustive than thousand words. Then to get the ball rolling, a possible scenario is when you want to create a generic method for filtering array of integers, but with the ability to specify the algorithm used to filter the array.

In this example the algorithm filters just the odd integers:

Notice that to pass the delegate as the second parameter of FilterArrayOfInts, I can passes the name of the method. By simply creating another filter, he can filter differently. I could have a filter for even numbers, prime numbers, whatever criteria I want. Then delegates lend themselves to highly reusable code.

Reference: Pro LINQ Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 By Joseph C. Rattz

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I am very excited by new Smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1. It is SPV C600 HTC Tornado.

In general the feeling with my mobile phones has been not so good and it is so strange because for some years I worked with different emulator environment. But the first effect for my new Smartphone is very positive. Working, better playing, with a real device is surely nicer than emulator. Furthermore I will be able to run some programs developed for Windows Mobile with Visual Studio on my Smartphone.

The first step has been to install Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 my PC. In this way I can synchronize some contents between the Smartphone and my computer such as Contacts, Calendar, Email.

In the next days I will continue to play with my new toy setting up for example my email and so on.........

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Google and Virgin Group have found the solution for the survival of human race by the Virgle project. They will colonize Mars.......If you wish more news, let's visit the project.

 

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