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• warelock Any idea regarding generic UI from Business logic

  Any idea regarding for such a framework or design for User Interface in which we can generate UI from Business logic.(it could be for desktop or web based application) Back in Beta 1 (after PDC 2000), I built a class that could take any object, look at the meta data found using reflection, and generate a simple UI with the properties (Type.GetProperties Method (BindingFlags)) of the object as fields. This code assumed you had simple data ...Show All

• Dante Shamest .Net 2.0 Migration Strategy Needed

  I work for a large organisation where we use .Net 1.1 as our sole development language. We have many frameworks and applications and web sites that are developed in .Net 1.1 These developments are by no means trivial, they are the result of an IT department of over 300 people and 2 years of development It is my responsibility to develop a strategy to move to .Net 2.0, this includes the existing applications, new developments, integration, QA, li ...Show All

• GeneQ A UI synchronization mechanism is needed.

  I'm working on a windows application that looks like Visual Studio .Net 2003. I want to allow users to open multiple MDI child forms. Users can also open Properties window or other windows, which look just like those for Properties, solution explorer, and object brower in VS.net 2003. I need a better mechanism to deal with interactions among the MDI child forms, the main form, and other isolated windows, such as Properties window. Here ...Show All

• Rusty Miller A UI synchronization mechanism is needed.

  I'm working on a windows application that looks like Visual Studio .Net 2003. I want to allow users to open multiple MDI child forms. Users can also open Properties window or other windows, which look just like those for Properties, solution explorer, and object brower in VS.net 2003. I need a better mechanism to deal with interactions among the MDI child forms, the main form, and other isolated windows, such as Properties window. Here ...Show All

• xmlfan Is MSMQ the right answer?

  A web user visits an ASP.NET web app and submits a form which makes a couple of changes to a database and sends a message to another user, say via email. 5 minutes later, I need to check and see if that second user has responded. If not, another email message needs to be sent to that same user. If after another 5 minutes the 2nd notification has not be responded to, a 3rd user will need to be notified. Does MSMQ have a mechanism that allow ...Show All

• Justin-M Message vs Service.

  EmailValidation message vs EmailValidation Service. SOA is mostly about services and messages. Rather than create a number of services with different names would it be recomended if we create 1 generic service and have it request/reply messages. For ex: EmailValidation service. Instead of creating a service for email validation, create a validationService and have it process all the validation messages for the application. Just wondering how ...Show All

• JohnRi Deleting Hotmail Contacts

  In my hotmail account it won't let me delete ANY of my contacts. I select one, press Delete, and it comes up with the message: Are you sure you want to delete the selected items(s) . I click (OK) and it refreshes, with the contact still there, undeleted, no matter what I do. Can anyone help me please This has been an issue for me for months- I recently submitted a ticket to support but haven't heard anything. does anyone know of any progr ...Show All

• Adrian Johnson IntraLayer Communication

  Typically when passing data between various layers normally most recommend use of custom entities because it allows the developer to write code which gives finer control to the data. The other means could be usage of dataset, typed dataset. The way I look at it, custom entities take time to code and at the same time one needs to also write logic for retrieving data from database and looping record per record into an array of custo ...Show All

• rad9k the best orm for .net?

  I would like to know your favorites, i am looking for a free one and with caching capabilities. Try Persistor.NET ( http://www.persistor.net ) Hans-Peter We evaluated a series of ORM tools, and ended up with Codus http://www.adapdev.com/codus/index.aspx It's based on NVelocity, a template based code generator.  We chose Codus because it matched our thinking best, which is more in the domai ...Show All

• AsbjornRygg N-tier layer separations and connection/interaction

  I happen to be experimenting based on some examples I've found on the net but I want to be directed to the right path, those samples tend to be incomplete or misleading. In a typical N-tier scenario, which should reference which And is the use of Data Transfer Object in accordance to any best practice that maybe existing Accordingly, how does those layers supposed to connect/interact with one another eg. what does BLL passes to the DAL and w ...Show All

• Mahyar Who is the appserver in .NET?...IIS, the OS, BizTalk, SQL Server?

  Some days ago, a coworker ask me the following question: Who is the appserver in .NET ...IIS, the OS, BizTalk, SQL Server ...after thinking for 5 seconds, I decided to anwser...well...it depends...could we all of them or neither. What do you think about  .NET environment doesn't supply an app server environment in the same manner that J2EE servers does. However as you mentioned there are several hos ...Show All

• Rambozo good C# 2.0 architecture book for Window application

  Hello, can anybody recommand a good C# 2.0 architecture book for Window application I moved from VB6 to C#. Need a intrduction book for clear writing, not high level with samples. Some samples on N-tier design is better. Thanks. Thanks so much. I saw some web site about smart client application.But I am not clear what it is. It needs some special design or just advance window application design What is the different a ...Show All

• Jon Braganza Dependency between Business and DAL - Problems with unit testing

  We just started to reorganize our code and are separating the DAL from the Business. We have also started playing with unit testing, but we've come up with a few problems. 1) Unit testing the DAL. Yes, we've noticed that this is not a trivial task, and are looking at using the com+ / service enterprise approch. The quuestion is: Are there any help for adding rollback option built into the Team Systems 2) Unit testing the Business. Quite a ...Show All

• Mudassar Majeed Window Foundation Vs Biztalk

  I am doing research on workflow engines and framework available for .net applications. I came across a website ( http://blogs.ineta.org/bloesgen/archive/2005/10/09/56481.aspx ) which says that Biztalk handles transactional integrity and scalibility automatically while in windows workflow foundation(WWF) , developer has to implement it. I could not understand how scalibility and transaction has to handled manually from developer. It als ...Show All

• Utkarsh standards of rule engine

  Can you please help me in understand what all standards are prevailing in rule engine industry. I came to know a few of them i.e. RuleML, BRML, SWRL, though I don’t know all of them. Also that RuleML is a part of SWRL and BRML is a part of RuleML. Please elaborate which of these standards are generally used in rule engines created for .net applications and why. regards TIC Business Rule ...Show All