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• Gunter A. seperate rule engine need

  Hi, I need to know about whether there is any use of rule engines like Inrule with Workflow engines. All workflow engines are coming with their own rule engine like WWFetc. So what is the need of seperate rule engine like Fair Issac, ILOG etc. Regards There are 2 reasons for seperate rule engines 1. not all applications need both a workflow and a rule engine (or any of them for that matter) - Th ...Show All

• bahar.. Framework for developing a financial software

  I want to develop a new software with VS 2005 implementing several financial functions like accounting, creating invoices etc. But I don't want to write everything from the beginning. Is there a framework I can integrate in VS 2005 provide me basic functions I can extend with my own features Thanks Thomas OK this seems to look interessting. I'll have a closer look on it. Thanks ...Show All

• tdat Biztalk server 2004 Data Access

  Can I use a Data Access tier without writing a adapter in biztalk 2004 for a receive location Well, perhaps you could provide more info about the issue, but you could expose data access tier with web services and use them to "speak" to BTS. I don't know how without developing a custom adapter. It is true that soap is slow, but do you need a really veryvery fast system it is slow but not too slow for most of the systems. Y ...Show All

• Kevin Francis MVP Doing what Microsoft does, not what they say to do… DNA, SOA, Software Architecture, VB.NET, CMMI, Agile Development

  Trying to weed through all the marketing driven releases from MS is not an easy task, but in the end it is something that always needs to be done. In this blog I discuss DNA, SOA, Software Architecture, VB.NET, CMMI, Agile Development - Doing what Microsoft does, not what they say to do… I would like to know if you are going through the same problems A little more confusion from the Marketing Machine. ...Show All

• Markus_R Architect personas: Tool Architect

  I fully agree with Simon in his post on Architect Personas: http://blogs.msdn.com/smguest/archive/2005/12/12/503001.aspx But, after some very interesting discussion at IASA, there could be one very important Persona missing. Enterprise architectures are an emerging approach for capturing complex knowledge about organizations and technology. Different enterprise architecture tools exist to help architects model, store, manage and sha ...Show All

• stpete Microsoft Architect Insight conference 22/23 March 2006

  Microsoft Architect Insight Conference, 22-23 March, Newport, UK This exclusive two-day retreat for senior enterprise, infrastructure and solutions architects, at The Celtic Manor Resort, will feature renowned industry speakers such as Ivar Jacobson, creator of the Rational Unified Process and Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist at ThoughtWorks, along with speakers from the event sponsors: Avanade, Capgemini, Conchango and ThoughtWorks. ...Show All

• .agony 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

• BDH MIIS export to SQL Server 2000

  I am trying to manage user information between Active Directory and SQL Server 2000, both on the same computer, using MIIS. I have successfully imported (staged and sync'd) information between Active Directory and MIIS, and between SQL Server 2000 and MIIS. I verified that all imported user information is existent in the MIIS metaverse. The issue I am having is when I try to import new users from the MIIS metaverse to my SQL Server 2000 datab ...Show All

• JeremyBoy User Connection ratio for asp.net application

  I am designing a web application and using some underlying reader classes. I see the number of connections to database are much more than users, may be 5-6 times. I think the number of user and connections should be same or almost same. I ran some vanilla code with out underlying reader class and found out that number of user and connections are same(almost). Underlying reader class use type data set and extend reader class for type dataset f ...Show All

• Andrew Leckie biztalk as a workflow

  I have started doing research on Biztalk 2006 for its BPM/workflow use. I need to know the answers to the following at the earliest.It is not possible without help from all of you.please contribute with your answers to as many questions as possible.You have to say only yes or no in most cases 1.Is it able to use .net classes created using VS.net as activities inside workflow. 2. Can we invoke workflow created in it being called from .n ...Show All

• Vlad Dogaru Windows Installer

  Probabily this is wrong section, but i don't know how post it. I'm making a project installer project with windows installer 3.1. I'd like, at the end of installation, that the installer execute my application. Some one know how don't start learning Wix... Wix is Windows Installer XML , it is not easy to learn and most often you can handle installer problems with custom actions. How exactly are you creating your ...Show All

• Matthias123 Restrictive Development- Propagating Architectural Patterns

  How does the architect get their architecture propagated throughout analysis, design, and the construction phase   I have only found one way to successfully do this.   It is what I refer to as Restrictive Development. Here is an overview of Restrictive Development .   I would like your feedback on this.  Do you use another technique I agree with Arnon.   Testing is done at m ...Show All

• N. Gregg Brown Why architecture with OO methods?

  OO methods provide a set of techniques for analyzing, decomposing, and modularizing software system architectures. In general, OO methods are characterized by structuring the system architecture on the basis of its objects (and classes of objects) rather than the actions it performs Main purpose of these design concepts is to manage software system complexity by improving software quality factors. This provides the following benefits ...Show All

• Sonu6 SQL 2005 and Visio for Enterprise Architects Database

  I reverse engeneered a SQL2005 database into Visio for EA where I had utilized the new schema feature (like what was done in the sample Adventure Works database). After the db schema was generated I was happy to see the the schema name appeared in the owner attribute of the table definition. However, I was unable to change the owner to a different schema name. Additionally, if I create a new database design, it appears I cannot associate an owne ...Show All

• Clerigo Need for MINI OS

  I do embedded systems at times and i would like to utilize the power of the XP core without the overhead of the GUI on the actually embedded system. I would like to turn off the GUI comletely. It would be nice because windows API is more programmer friendly than Linux. Plus the tools are more reliable. Have a look at Windows Embedded . There are two "flavors" right now, XP Embedded and CE. XP Embedded is essentially a & ...Show All