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• johnnydough Design pattern for interactive communications between users

  We have a need for two users to communicate interactively over a VPN connection through a DMZ. We are considering a smart client (internet side) talking to a web server (in the DMZ) talking to a smart client (within our network). Wondered if anyone knew of a design pattern (or any other solution) to this problem. Ok that seems to make some sense with all players at the same table being on the same se ...Show All

• coconut113651 Are MS Architectural Sample Applications being updated (for .net 2.0) ?

  Do someone have any information about release date for .NET Architectural Sample Applications (Duwamish, Fitch and Mather, etc) updated for .NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 Thanks for any information. The pet shop example was updated to 2.0, perhaps the other are to follow ... Ido. I think Ido is right However, be sure to check out Enterprise Library which is already all set to take on ent ...Show All

• CarlaOR workflow engine and rule engine performance

  Please give me your criticakl comments on performance degradation issues arising out of usage ofworkflow and rule engine vis a vis increase in scalability and agility I have one confusion regarding rule engines. Is there any recommended language for rule generation asi came across BPEL. if that so where can i get guidelines for this language. Also is their any rule engine/worflow engine which generates . ...Show All

• Ken huang Architecture Frameworks

    How important are the architecture frameworks like "Zachman, IAF, the DYA framework and Tapscott" for software architects to study And what priority must you give them Greetings Clemens my 2 cents. I think it is always a good idea to have some understanding various Enterprise Architecture frameworks such as Zachman or TOGAF, Meta etc. It doesn't really matter whether you are a solutions architect or IT Architect ...Show All

• Sunil 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

• B_Barry Orchestration Designer (Diagram)

  while doing a business process diagram in Orchestration Designer, the "JOIN" shape doesnt allow inputs from different "DECIDE" shapes. If my logic requires connecting two Else outputs (from two different Decide blocks) how do I connect them without making them go through a Join shape (since Join wont allow it) Please refer this question to the Biztalk forum, since it's specific to that ...Show All

• 2re Exception Management in N-Tier architecture

  Hi, The following are the layers in our application: 1. Entities/Collections 2. Data Access 3. Business Logic 4. Service Facade layer 5. UI The way we implement our exception handling in each layer is : 1. Catch exception 2. Wrap the exception using a Custom Application Excpetion class, that also indicates the type of exception, say the exception is due to Data/Service or a Generic one. 3. Log the exception 4. Re-throw the exception ...Show All

• Eduardo D UI Frameworks

  Hi, Wondering if anyone can point to some good UI frameworks. I've looked at the Composite UI Application Block and the UI Process Application Block. Just wondering if anyone knows of others that might be worth investigating. I'm primarily interested in this for use with Windows Forms, not ASP.NET Thanks, Matt I'll start some writing on the MVC topic and implementation of ingenious, if anyone ...Show All

• psyko Extensibility hooks meet Enterprise Library?

  Wow! I hope this forum starts to get a bunch of traffic from the architctecture community.  I really have been looking for something like this to post the really hard architecture questions I'm dealing with at the office. Most recently that has been surrounding the usage of the enterprise library and how we can embrace and extend it to help achieve high levels of productivity when delivering line of business applications.  The ...Show All

• clarkewu API to import and export XMI

  Hi, Putting it simply, I want to integrate a tool with the functionality of importing and exporting XMI (with the option to draw UML diagrams as well) into my application. Is this possible If not, is there a work around for this one Thank you. You can start with downloading the DSL Tookit from MSDN and visiting the DSL Forum. Hope this helps. Mauro Regio You can definetely build a D ...Show All

• SrideviKo SOA Security Patterns

  Hi, I am looking for some guidance on designing security services that can be used on any platform. I already have services that take care of authentication and authorisation, but what I currently have maps well to ASP.net or WIndows clients, it would not neccesarily work well in another client environment. Additionally, with WSE and WCF enabling us to secure the channel between the client and the service, is 'validating' the claimed identity ...Show All

• GeorgeFloto how to prevent Found Newhardware Wizard

  when i uninstall a driver and reboot,if the system display the dialog found new***wizard,i  want to install my driver without seeing the dialog,how to do implement in another app is better This site is devoted to topics related to software development with Windows platforms. You'll find a responsive audience to this type of question in one of the communities listed at http://www.microsoft.com/technet ...Show All

• Rahul Bindlish Network Access

  Just a question: How do you change windows 2000 or xp network access to ip address instead of the usual computer name. example: from : \\computername to: \\192.168.0.3 I know that it is possible to use both but what if I restrict the user and use ip address only. And how do I change it back A million thanks. I just solve my own problem. Incase you might face the same problem again then check t ...Show All

• Regulus 2006 AEC Leadership Forum_6/20-21_San Francisco_Hosted by ZweigWhite

  2006 AEC LEADERSHIP FORUM June 20-21, 2006  Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, CA www.AECLEADERSHIP.com There are a lot of uncertainties in this life. Your firm's future shouldn't be one of them! A firm's continuing prosperity depends on the ability to generate leaders. Even if you aren't planning on going anywhere soon, you need to be identifying and developing the next generation. Developing a tier of future leaders today w ...Show All

• Adil Hussain A good second book about architecture

  Hello I have finished "pro scalable application in .net 2.0" which was nice. Now I want to read another book about architecture. What do you recomend I think Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software is a good option, do you know another Thanks. Sorry for taking a while to respond. I actually went out and looked at the reveiws on Amazon. I guess it depends on what you are looking for as to whe ...Show All