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• LoinHrat .NET 2.0 Tools Evaluation (Part II- Update) - DSL, GAT, SQL 2005, Mobile 5, VSTS, Enterprise Library, Reporting Services, etc.

  Here is an update on our progress with the Microsoft products and toolkits that we are considering for use on my current project. The first post is here . It may help if you are considering using the same products and toolkits. Here is the list of products and toolkits we are evaluating: Domain-Specific Language (DSL) Tools Software Factories Guidance Automation Toolkit Composite UI Application Block Enterprise Library .NET 2.0 rele ...Show All

• smeets116 Lazy linking pattern

  Lazy loading is a familiar pattern for hydrating business objects but has the drawback of being expensive when many objects need to retrieved (through many SQL queries). In a situation where there are perhaps 20 classes of object each with only 5 to 100 instances of each class, it may make sense to load each of the instances of each of the classes in one go. However linking these classes might be best done as required (hence 'lazy l ...Show All

• MBE Prerequisite Knowledge - to be an Architect

  The common things are required OOA / OOD / OOP concepts About the System modeling tool Design Pattern The concepts of UML Concept of Domain-Specific Language (DSL) Object Role Modeling (ORM) ...Show All

• JimR1 Why use an application server?

  My boss wants me to explain to him the advantages of having an application server in our web app. Currently our web app talks directly to SQL Server. What are some of the pros and cons of having an application server in this type of application --SY Rocky has a great post on this. http://www.lhotka.net/WeBlog/PermaLink.aspx guid=efa88d0a-2388-4909-bee1-c9bddb6e9868 from Rocky' post " Crossing ...Show All

• Gomathi Sarma UML/Modeling Tools you are using?

  One of the problems I have found in VSTS 2005 is the lack of modeling tools for the Software Architect. Jack Greenfield addressed and answered my concerns here . He also said MS is working on some addressing some of the issues. I responded to him here . I needed something today to allow me to continue doing my job which currently is implementing a product line engineering process. I am using UML on this project. In case you are interes ...Show All

• Katana XP or XPE for POS application

  Hi, Not sure if this is the correct place to post this - apologies if it's not. I'm developing a custom POS application in VB.Net 2.0 for no more than 4 terminals. The touch terminals all have P4 processors with 512 MB RAM and 40 GB HDDs. I'm just wondering if there are any advantages to installing XP embedded (or XPE for POS) instead of XP Professional. Because of the limited number of clients, it would be more expensive to buy t ...Show All

• Zodan the best orm for .net?

  I would like to know your favorites, i am looking for a free one and with caching capabilities. I use LLBLGen Pro. Give it a try ... "A nice tool and it is free! They claim you should be up and running within minutes. This was true in my case :-): any tool with MyGeneration or a similar code generator can have you a wonderfully anemic domain up in minutes ... Hi ...Show All

• conkien_1410 Database Bytes per LOC

  In a project estimation program, an input for the database bytes per LOC was required. I searched the web for this term and I couldn't find an explanation for it. can any one help me thanks Quoted from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress It is estimated that the print holdings of the Library of Congress would, if digitized and stored as plain text, constitute 17 to 20 terabytes of information. This leads to the co ...Show All

• Richard Glaser XP or XPE for POS application

  Hi, Not sure if this is the correct place to post this - apologies if it's not. I'm developing a custom POS application in VB.Net 2.0 for no more than 4 terminals. The touch terminals all have P4 processors with 512 MB RAM and 40 GB HDDs. I'm just wondering if there are any advantages to installing XP embedded (or XPE for POS) instead of XP Professional. Because of the limited number of clients, it would be more expensive to buy t ...Show All

• kotteesh the best XML Based Graphs Format?

  hi I have a situation, so I'm looking for some help I need to manage graphs in a Microsoft Visual C# 2005 application. this implies that I need to transfer the graphs, I'm going to use an XML based format, but I don't know which one to use. I don't have enough criteria to decide which one is better. I briefly looked at two existing XMLs for describing graphs: http://www.gupro.de/GXL/Introduction/intro.html http://ftp.cwi.nl/CWIreports/I ...Show All

• Carmen Cerino 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

• Ours need som direction

  Hi All, I'm a overseeing a project using asp.net tech uppfront for data capture and vb.net client where the data is manually manipluated and then returned SQL Server and back to the Asp.net client. Have any of you heard of an instance where you have used IIS to cache to relieve performance problems is this a often occurrance isn't this a sign that the application as such is poorly designed Background to my question are based o ...Show All

• denaes XMI to Model

  Hi, If we have an XMI file generated by a tool (used ArgoUML), is there a way to construct the model back from the XMI file (i.e. visually). Is there any tool or plugin which does that Thank you. Hi Mauro, Thanks for the reply. Yes, that was what I wanted to know. I imported the XMI file but couldn't see the visual representation of the model. Anyway, I will try other tools now that I know ...Show All

• ITSMEAGAIN VS 2005 and multiple projects.

  I was told by someone that Visual Studio 2005 has moved away from multiple projects in a solution. I don't believe this for a second, but I wanted to see if 1) it really was true and 2) if there is any info I could draw from to counter that argument. Also, do many of you consider the information in this article: ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/designnetapp.asp ) a bit outdated And b ...Show All

• danhart26 How I can let users to extend database schema?

  Hi. Your help is very appreciated. I want to build an app that is basically a client db. For that I am contructing a "client" class (that has - name, address, contact details etc...). However, I want to enable my users, to add properties to my "client" class WITOUHT needing to change my code . i.e. some clients might require an "age" and "annual income" properties as part of the "client" class. Which design pattern(s) might assist me ...Show All