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Thomas McClendon Question about UI layer
I'm designing a very data oriented application where there will only be two physical tiers: the user's machine (with maybe up to 50 users) and a database server. Most of our customers will be using SQL 2005, but some have said they would like to use their existing Oracle db. Therefore, the UI was going to consist of two layers: a Windows.Forms layer and then a .dll containing classes that will marshal data to and fro the db, and take care of any business logic. By having the objects in the .dll implement interfaces, I can basically swap in different .dlls for different backend databases. The problem is this: our user interface is HIGHLY interactive and customizeable. For example, the Customer List form features your basic databound grid ...Show All
AndyL dataSet Vs DataReader
Hi All, I have one question regarding implementing data reader and dataset in my project. My project is a windows application with the database in a separate server. I have numerous records to be retrieved and processed.My application has many master data tables and has many transaction tables too. Is it a good approach to frequently hit database server to get the data using datareader or to get the data using dataset with minimal round trips. Which is good approach Please advice me on this. Thanks in advance. Also, if the data is going to handled by a user, for editing for example, you should think about more basic stuff, like how is the user going to like it I throw, say 250 records at him Changes are you ...Show All
pcompassion design pattern question - proxy
Hello, I'm implementing a software module and hesitating about the appropriate design. The client needs to perform operations for an componenet which is divided to few parts in the memory. However the client treats the componenet as one contiguous. My design includes a "Manager" which has an interface for the client and handles all operations for this components. The "Manager" knows when it is asked to read/write the appropriate part of the memory. It hides the fact that the component is divided to few parts in the memory space. I wonder if this is called a proxy, facade or a bridge Or maybe other pattern I think it is a proxy but not sure since there few real objects (i.e. subjects) and not only one. In cas ...Show All
Nick...A Workflow conditions don't work in SharePoint Designer 2007 RTM
After developing my workflows with SharePoint Designer 2007 B2TR, I upgraded to SharePoint Designer 2007 RTM. After that and on more than one installation, workflow conditions would not propogate. That is the drop down would appear, but the selected condition would not appear on the workflow designer. Repair install of all components, Asp.Net 2.0, 3.0, and SPD didnot fix it. And to make matters worse, attempts to roll back to B2TR failed with "Cannot install over pre-release version" error, even though I unistalled RTM both with the installer, and manually deleting from the drive and registry. Has anyone else seen this problem I am stuck in the middle of a project using an old laptop with the B2TR bits to complete the work ...Show All
manders Architecting Application?
Dear All, In my career, i am in a transitional stage - moving from developer to managerial position and prefer Technical Manager/Architect. To master Architecting, need to know the following: 1. Is there any certification/course to master Aplplication Architect, including UML and applying Design Patterns 2. Can i have some sample/actual copy of 'High Level Design' and Low Level Design Document for an Application/Solution 3. What is the difference between 'Technical Architect' and 'Solution Architect' Or, are they same Thanks in advance for the advise/help. Regards, ravi Hi velu, you can go thru the skills list i tried preparing .. http://dotnetwithme.blogspot.com/2007/0 ...Show All
aKzenT xp files & transfer settings problem
Hi, I had a problem with my PC and I basically had to reformat and then reinstall xp and the other pre-installed software. I used the files and transfer settings wizard to copy my stuff onto the desktop. I then burnt the dat files onto 3 dvds ready to transfer after the computer was reformatted etc. Anyway, the reformat and reinstallation was all smooth. I opened up the transfer files & settings to copy the old stuff to my new pc. However it keeps coming up with the following: "The location you specified does not contain stored information. Please type a valid path into the edit box. If you entered a path to a folder on a removable disk, the disk must be in the drive." I have tried copying the files into the USMT. ...Show All
marcyduan SD 2007 and Ajax-Style Interactivity
A general question to the of SharePoint Designer 2007 user community: Can SD 2007 be used to create websites with rich user experiences like that shown on the updated Southwest Airlines site ( http://www.southwest.com/ ) Look at either the Book A Flight or View or Change Your Flight widgets along the right-hand side. Is this beyond the scope of SD 2007's design capabilities I'm a business user, not a developer but is it possible given some custom Ajax development Although there is no out of the box support for Ajax (more specifically the ASP.NET Ajax extensions) at this time, adding Ajax is possible in Sharepoint. ASP.NET Ajax will apparently be supported in the Sharepoint Service pack 1 but I do not know when this will come ou ...Show All
Tony Abraham SPWeb.Confiugration Always returning -1 : Bug or No bug?
The Configuration attribute of the SPWeb object always returns -1. Here is the code I'm using: SPSite site = new SPSite(siteColName); SPWebCollection webCol = site.AllWebs; Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine(site.WebApplication.Name + "\n"); for (int i = 0; i < webCol.Count; i++) { Console.WriteLine("'" + webCol[ i ].Name.ToString() + "' ==> " + webCol[ i ].WebTemplateId.ToString() + ", " + webCol[ i ].WebTemplate.ToString() + ", configuration: " + webCol[ i ].Configuration ); } The .Configuration property is always returning -1. Is there another way to get the Site Template configuration number Thanks, Joubin N ...Show All
maktas Custom view in site defination
I'm working in custom site definition. In the site definition, I defined a Contact list and want the contact appear in the Right webpart zone. But i want to custom the view that it display in the webpart zone. That is: remove the Email field from the view. How can I do that. Thanks. Jason If you go to the list settings, at the bottom of the page are the views that are defined with one of them being the default view (most likely there will be only the one view for your Contacts list called "All Contacts"). Select the view you want to modify and then uncheck those fields that you do not want to display. You will probably need to modify your web part that shows your Contacts and tell ...Show All
Oleg Kalenbet anonymous and SSL
I have an Internet Portal which must be of anonymous access but to edit the content it would have to be by SSL , does anybody know how do it thanks ...Show All
_Stoic error: Failed to render "Descript" column because of an error in the "Phone Number" field type control
I develop a richtext custom field type ascx control. When I am setting a value in sharepoint page to my custom field, i inspect the value of a richNumber.GetDesignTimeHtml() and it gives me this errored value: "<span dir=\"none\">\r\n\t\t<span dir=\"ltr\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ms-formvalidation\">Failed to render "Descript" column because of an error in the "Phone Number" field type control. See details in log. Exception message: Control 'ctl00_m_g_663a2e24_fbea_471e_b0c1_a2eb2566a10b_ctl00_ctl04_ctl03_ctl00_ctl00_ctl04_ctl00_ctl00_richNumber_ctl00_TextField' of type 'TextBox' must be placed inside a form tag with r ...Show All
Vayse_Dev What do you think about Microsoft Visio? is that enough for your needs?
I just wanted to create this post because I have been using visio for almost 2 years and now the boss say that its definetely not the tool to model all the things we need. After trying for sometime Sparx Enterprise Architect, its years ago from Microsoft Visio, I have always defended MIcrosoft tools but this time I just cant. Visio 2005 is 99% the same than visio 2003 for EA. Sparx EA generetes so cool RTF and HTML documentation and its very needed on a project. It has something called traceability matrix which Visio doesnt have, maybe Microsoft has a lot to learn from the aspect of modeling tools. A very cool thing Sparx did, is to integrate the viewer with Visual Studio its cool but what I would like to see in the future is to crea ...Show All
VoiceOfExperience Welcome to the Architecture Events Forum!
Welcome to the Architecture Events Forum. This forum is for discussing architecture-related events, conferences and seminars. This forum is moderated by several members of Microsoft's Architecture Strategy Team. We welcome all questions and comments related to architecture, although we recommend that product specific questions (for example, "I can't get x to install") are directed to more appropriate forums. How can I see record's content in raw_WillChangeRecord(...) Any method ( even Fields->Count ) returns DB_E_NOTREENTRANT. How it can be solved By the way: I did not succeed to get raw_WillChangeRecord in case of using SQL command INSERT ... . It works with AddNew method ( with d ...Show All
Smitty1276 Windows Application Versus Web Site
I need to develop an application that reads from and writes to a database housed in a SQL Server located in an Intranet. I am using Visual Studio 2005 (VB). I can see that there are two possible routes to the development - as a Windows Application or as a Web Site. I will be most grateful if some body out there could advise me on which option route to take and perhaps why. Regards. Nkenta You didn't say anything about your user interaction needs - If you are only transfer data from one side to the other you can write it as a windows service or even host it in SQL server itself. Arnon Hi, I guess you should elaborate more than this, however, selecting between winforms and w ...Show All
mary.oneill licence sharepoint
Hi let's say you have 4 different locations. On each location you want to install sharepoint. You can see it as a multi farm. Do you need 4 licences for this kind of setup many tnx, Joost You will be making four installations of SharePoint on (at least) four different servers. You will need licenses for each one. (Check all licensing information you receive in forums with local Microsoft licensing experts - this should be certain however) Mike Walsh WSS FAQ www.wssfaq.com ...Show All