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• Richard Back BAM in BizTalk 2006

  Hi, i'm just started to learn BTS 2006, also i don't have any experience with later version (BTS2004) and i try to find some stuff regarding the BAM. There are MSDN WebCast on 06/04 concerning the BAM 2206, but maybe someone have some stuff to read (links) how to define activities , views, and so on something like tutorials, step by step or something like that. i don't know from what to start, i read some articles about BAM bu did see something ...Show All

• ashish. Windows Zip

  Hi Is it possible to use the windows zip function on the command line I want to incorporate this into my program. I know there is an add on for win zip but was wondering if its possible to do with the windows own version... Cheers Ok...do you think it would be possible to incorporate this into a perl script Ok cheers for the post Is there any documentation ...Show All

• Christopher Crooker minimum business layer in a high concurrency project?

  I don't understand what we are doing in my current project. We are making the business layer slimmer and increasing pl/sql. My project is a high concurrency one, with lot of users using it. They say that the systems worked bad with a big COM+ layer and now works better. I think the only way that this idea is correct is if the thick COM+ layer was wrong. In general, and perhaps always, making a business layer in a big project should be the ...Show All

• Gogada Contract first - what tools do you recommend?

  Hajo, I know about addin from Thinkcenture but I'm wondering if you use other tools, addins, etc. Hi Christian, I am only saying that this particular tool is not perfect. I have nothing against approach/methodology like contract-first. I think it's great idea but there is lack of tool that support it. OK, but again: please tell us what you want to see and what you consider as 'perfect'. As always, just complaining does not help, ...Show All

• Wrongun Dependency Injection?

  In a recent discussion on software factories someone asked me if one of the primary ideas surrounding things like the Guidance Automation Toolkit and VS 2005 was dependency injection. I can start to understand what this means simply by breaking down the term but does anyone have some good resources for explaining what this means or how it is applied in some of the tools/frameworks from Microsoft Martin Fowler is always a good place to st ...Show All

• Allen Feris How can I add a DataSet to a Custom Entity Classes?

  Hi, How can I add a multi result set DataSet to a Custom Entity Classes Thanks, How about putting a new property of type DataSet in you class Sorry, I am trying to eliminate DS in my custom class, I want to fill a generic list with a multi result set DS. ...Show All

• Deepak Kapoor db design question. . .

  My boss and I are having a disagreement. In our schema (SQL 2000), we have SSN nullable indexed. A year ago, we took a job that allowed one of our clients to do some batch processing that updated their HR database personnel into our database. The driver on this was an employee number. If the employee number is found, data is updated, if not it is inserted. Everything worked fine when it was one branch office. ...Show All

• ComicSansMS How to properly manage requirements?

  Hi guys, I'm having a bit of a hard time managing the requirements for the application I'm currently working on. I'm currently using a product called Enterprise Architect from Sparx (http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/) to manage the requirements and do the general design. What I did so far was to collect and filter all requirements and categorize them. For example, there are requirements pertaining to the message list , task manager , connection m ...Show All

• sevanoaks2005 Advanced NTFS Premissions: Folder ReadOnly - Content Modify

  Hi, I am facing an NTFS problem ... Directory structure as follows: * E:\public : users have read only, cannot modify, rename or delete the subfolders * E:\public\userN (N = 1 to 100) : user can modify the content, create folders, files, delete folders and files. (1 folder per user, 100 users) I have put the following permissions (with inheritence): * E:\Public : users read & execute * E:\Public\userN: (this folde ...Show All

• AustinMyers db design question. . .

  My boss and I are having a disagreement. In our schema (SQL 2000), we have SSN nullable indexed. A year ago, we took a job that allowed one of our clients to do some batch processing that updated their HR database personnel into our database. The driver on this was an employee number. If the employee number is found, data is updated, if not it is inserted. Everything worked fine when it was one branch office. ...Show All

• JW Essential Unified Process (essUP) and MSF

  In this blog I point to 2 articles and an introduction paper on the essUP coming out in the near future. I was wondering if anyone has any other info on it, such as possible beta releases, other articles, or simply information the MS guys monitoring this forum may have from working on the inside that they are allowed to pass along to us Latest news I have heard here . We go ...Show All

• Richard Bartel - MSFT Guidance Needed on User Interface Process Application Block (UIPAB) - Starting a Open Navigation Task

  Does anyone know of a good existing walkthrough-style tutorial on the UIPAB I've read through the whole reference to the UIP Application Block a couple of times but I'm confused by something stated in the UIPAB reference: Under the heading " Starting and Resuming Tasks " the reference tell you that to start a task you must call: UIPManager.StartO ...Show All

• BSolveIT What about Software Architecture?

  All I have seen so far in VSTS 2005 is new tools for the System Architect, Developer, Tester, and Project manager.   I'd like to hear what Microsoft is planning for the Software Architect. In my Blog on DSL tools ( http://realworldsa.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/dsl.htm   ) I summarize my thoughts on how much of a mess I think they are going to create in the industry. I would like to hear some thoughts on what MS is planni ...Show All

• Jayant Mohanty Designing Databases for SOA

  My question relates to best practices in database design for SOA. Specifically I am looking for a guideline that will help me maximize performance and guarantee uniqueness in and SOA environment. Is it generally advisable to use surrogate keys in your tables if you are designing the data store for an entity service If so, what datatype should you use, integer, GUID I would expect that if I use surrogate keys, that they will then be used b ...Show All

• chrisjohnson windows scheduler - who gets the CPU?

  Can anyone point me to a good whitepaper on the windows scheduler I am not looking for the task scheduler applet in control panel, but the internals of how the kernel does the job scheduling, prioritization or jobs, priority boosts, context switching, etc. I am looking at this from a QoS perspective, and want to better understand the internals of how the windows kernel decides who gets the CPU. Any information would be greatly appreci ...Show All