Using dmidecode to inspect hardware and firmware information
A practical reference for the Linux dmidecode command, including all documented `-s` keywords and `-t` DMI types with space for recording real machine output.
OS
All writing
Articles
Notes and practical guides about software engineering, tools, productivity, and media workflows.
Practical notes from building, debugging, and improving digital workflows.
Adding a new machine or service to the homelab
A practical checklist for integrating a new machine or service into my homelab using Sophos XG, Technitium DNS, and Caddy.
Homelab
Managing Proxmox Storage from the Command Line with pvesm
A practical introduction to the Proxmox pvesm command for inspecting and managing storage from the command line.
Proxmox
Structuring Claude Code with CLAUDE.md: Organizing Complex Rules and Project Data
How to structure complex workflows in Claude Code using CLAUDE.md, modular Markdown files, and separate project data.
DevelopmentAI
Photo Toolchain
Tools and practical techniques for organizing and bulk-renaming mixed photo collections on Windows.
Productive Photo Culling
An AutoHotkey workflow for faster photo culling in XnView MP and FastStone Image Viewer.
Windows Productivity Tips
Small Windows command-line and File Explorer shortcuts that reduce repetitive typing.
Fail Closed: Best Practices for Service Startup Behavior and Logging
A fail-closed approach to service startup failures, paired with a Windows Event Log structure that keeps operators informed.
Development
How to Use Requirement, Feature, PBI, and Task Hierarchies Effectively
How to structure long-running initiatives in Azure DevOps using Requirements, Features, PBIs, and Tasks while keeping themes, deliverable increments, and implementation work clearly separated.
Development
Wiring Up Static Code Analysis via Directory.Build.props
A concrete Directory.Build.props example that incorporates Microsoft's .NET analyzers and StyleCop Analyzers, and applies stricter analysis to production projects than to tests and tooling.
Development
The Agreed Static Code Analysis Rule Set: Production vs. Non-Production
How a cross-team rule set for .NET static code analysis splits responsibilities between Microsoft's analyzers and StyleCop, and why production and non-production code get deliberately different strictness levels.
Development
MQTT Security Options, Ranked: From Anonymous TLS to Mutual TLS
A ranked comparison of MQTT security configurations — anonymous TLS, password auth, mTLS, and mTLS plus password — matched to the environments each one actually fits.
Development
Secure Communication with Advantech ADAM-6000/6200 Devices
Security guide for Advantech ADAM-6000 and ADAM-6200 Ethernet I/O modules, covering MQTT with TLS, X.509 certificates, Modbus/TCP, SNMP, REST APIs, network segmentation, VPNs, and secure cloud integration.
Industrial IoTSecurity
XMP Sidecar Metadata Handling
What Happens to XMP Sidecar Metadata When You Rotate a JPEG in Adobe Bridge?
Using Container Requirements to Organize Requirements in Azure DevOps
How Container Requirements can provide a virtual hierarchy for organizing related requirements in Azure DevOps when suitable portfolio-level work item types are unavailable.
Development
MQTT over TLS: A Practical Guide to Certificates and Configuration
A practical walkthrough of MQTT over TLS: what TLS actually secures, when broker vs. client certificates are needed, and how to inspect a broker's certificate from the command line.
Development
One Broker or Many? Structuring Mosquitto for Multiple Use Cases
When one Mosquitto broker with multiple listeners is the right architecture, and when running genuinely separate broker instances makes more sense.
Development
Comparison Between Email and Microsoft Teams
A practical comparison of email and Microsoft Teams, covering communication style, speed, collaboration, organization, formality, documentation, and recommended use cases.
CommunicationCollaboration
Where Does the MVP Belong in an Azure DevOps Backlog Hierarchy?
How to organize MVPs and subsequent product increments in an Azure DevOps hierarchy using Requirements, Features, PBIs, and Tasks.
Development
Frequently Asked Questions About Given-When-Then
A practical introduction to the Given-When-Then format, its role in acceptance criteria, and how it complements user story descriptions.
Development
Slicing CRUD-Related Activities into Separate Backlog Items
Why CRUD-related functionality such as create, rename, and delete should often be split into separate Product Backlog Items to improve delivery, testing, estimation, and risk management.
Development
Programming Languages of the Future
How Atwood's Law is evolving in the age of WebAssembly, and why the continued shift from traditional desktop software toward web platforms matters for future technology strategy.
Development
Modern Collaboration in Software Engineering
Why modern software engineering teams favor collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams over email for internal communication, knowledge sharing, file collaboration, and faster decision-making.
DevelopmentCollaboration
Comparison: CMAF and Matroska
A comparison of CMAF, Matroska, and MP4, covering their relationships, container formats, streaming capabilities, fragmentation, codec support, and common use cases.
Misc
gRPC vs. Akka.NET: Choosing a Communication Pattern for .NET Services
Comparing gRPC and Akka.NET across paradigm, resilience, and deployment complexity to help decide which communication pattern fits a given service.
Development
How to Slice a Feature into Product Backlog Items
How to slice a larger software feature into user-facing Product Backlog Items while distinguishing vertical slices from technical implementation tasks.
Development
Best Practices for Developing Internal NuGet Packages
Practical workflows for debugging, structuring, and automating internal NuGet packages without turning every code change into a rebuild-and-republish cycle.
Development
Manual Tests vs. Automated UI Tests: Planning Them Separately, Not Sequentially
Why automation candidates should be identified during refinement rather than derived from manual test results afterward, with a workflow, checklist, and side-by-side example.
Development
Worth Reading: Why You Should End Your Source Files With a Newline
Pointing to a well-argued dev.to article on why source files should end with a newline, and a short note on why it's worth adopting as a habit.
Development
Why You Should Never Set LangVersion=Latest in a Serious Project
Why pinning LangVersion to Latest undermines build reproducibility, and how explicit language and SDK versions keep a team's builds predictable.
Development
What's in a .DotSettings File: The sMigratorApplied Key
What the sMigratorApplied key in ReSharper's .DotSettings files tracks, why it exists, and why it's usually safe to leave alone.
Development
ReSharper's Built-in Code Cleanup Profiles, Compared
What ReSharper's three built-in Code Cleanup profiles actually do differently, plus a naming pitfall worth avoiding when customizing profiles across settings layers.
Development
ReSharper's 'Sort Modifiers' Cleanup Setting, Explained
What ReSharper's Sort Modifiers cleanup setting does, the default Microsoft-guideline modifier order it applies, and where to configure it.
Development
ReSharper's 'Arrange Qualifiers' Cleanup Setting, Explained
How ReSharper's Arrange Qualifiers cleanup setting decides when a namespace or type qualifier is redundant versus necessary, with common scenarios and configuration steps.
Development
ReSharper's 'Apply File Layout' Cleanup Setting, Explained
What ReSharper's Apply File Layout cleanup setting does, how to customize it, and why it matters for team consistency.
Development
How ReSharper Settings Layers Are Applied — and Why the Order Surprises People
How ReSharper's settings layers stack and resolve conflicts, why injected layers don't override team-shared defaults the way you might expect, and tips for managing layers on a team.
Development
Trimming the Fat: A Cleanup Guide for .NET Project Files
A field guide to legacy .csproj elements — what's safe to delete, what SDK-style projects already handle, and a workflow for keeping project files lean over time.
Development
Sophos XG Homelab: The Resulting Architecture and Lessons Learned
The final design principles, migration approach, and lessons from building a segmented Sophos XG homelab.
Network
Why Software Globalization Isn't Optional Anymore
An overview of why software globalization has become a baseline requirement, what it delivers, and the technical and cultural work it actually takes.
Development
That Mysterious '>>' Prefix in .resx Files, Explained
What the '>>' prefix convention in .resx resource keys typically signals, and why it isn't part of the .NET resource file specification.
Development
Globalization, Internationalization, Localization: Untangling the Terms
A clear breakdown of how globalization, internationalization, and localization relate to each other, and where each one's responsibilities begin and end.
Development
.resx Files vs. Embedded Resources: Where Should Your Images Live?
Weighing .resx files against Embedded Resource for shipping images in a .NET assembly, and rules of thumb for choosing between them.
Development
Troubleshooting VLAN Connectivity with Sophos XG
A layer-by-layer method for diagnosing unreachable VLAN gateways, clients, and services.
Network
Using Dedicated Sophos XG Interfaces for Management and VLAN Traffic
Why a separate administration port makes VLAN migrations and recovery safer.
Network
Separating IoT and Smart-Home Devices with Sophos XG
Turning HomeMatic, MQTT, Zigbee2MQTT, media, and IoT dependencies into explicit firewall flows.
Network
Understanding Inter-VLAN Routing and Firewall Rules on Sophos XG
Why connected routes are not permissions, and how to build readable inter-VLAN rules.
Network
Building a Dedicated Management Network with Sophos XG
Separating infrastructure administration from ordinary client and IoT traffic.
Network
Connecting Sophos XG to a Managed Switch with an 802.1Q Trunk
Tagged, untagged, access, and trunk traffic explained through a Sophos XG homelab uplink.
Network
Configuring VLAN Interfaces on Sophos XG
How Sophos VLAN interfaces become gateways for segmented homelab networks.
Network
Docker Containers on Windows
An overview of running Docker containers on Windows, including Docker Desktop, WSL2, Linux and Windows containers, filesystem performance, networking, volumes, resource allocation, and installation.
DevOps
Planning VLANs and IP Subnets for a Sophos XG Homelab
A practical method for mapping trust zones to VLAN IDs and non-overlapping IPv4 subnets.
Network
What Is the Recommended Monitor Setup for Software Developers?
Recommendations for choosing a productive monitor setup for software development, including dual and triple monitors, ultrawide displays, resolution, ergonomics, and connectivity.
Development
Designing a Segmented Home Network with Sophos XG
The goals, trust boundaries, and design principles behind a segmented Sophos XG homelab.
Network
The #region Debate: When Code Folding Helps and When It Hides Problems
A balanced look at #region in C# — where it genuinely helps navigate large files, and where it just hides code that needs refactoring.
Development
Why Test Code Deserves a More Relaxed Static-Analysis Ruleset
Why applying one uniform static-analysis ruleset to both production and test code serves neither well, and what a more relaxed ruleset for tests actually buys a team.
Development
Brownfield vs. Greenfield: Why One Static-Analysis Ruleset Doesn't Fit Both
Why brownfield and greenfield code call for different static-analysis rulesets, and how that split turns modernization into an incremental, sustainable process instead of a single risky migration.
Development
Production Code vs. Non-Production Code: Why the Distinction Matters
Why separating production code from testing and experimental code shapes decisions like where integration tests should live in a repository.
Development
How to Organize Code Across Git Repositories
Ground rules for deciding what deserves its own Git repository, how to name it, and how to keep experimental code out of the core product.
Development
Local Functions vs. Private Methods in C#: When to Use Which
A practical comparison of C# local functions and private methods, covering scope, reuse, readability, and when each one is the right tool.
Development
Nullable Reference Types vs. the Maybe Monad in C#
Comparing C#'s nullable reference types against the Maybe monad pattern, and which one fits which kind of project.
Development
Kill processes in bulk mode
How to kill multiple Windows processes by exporting process IDs with PowerShell, bulk editing them using a multi-cursor editor, and running the resulting batch file with taskkill commands.
OS
Sorting C# using Directives: Conventions, Tooling, and .editorconfig Options
The two common conventions for ordering C# using directives, how ReSharper, Rider, StyleCop, Visual Studio, and .editorconfig each support them, and the specific settings that control the behavior.
Development
The Single-Line If-Statement Debate: Arguments For and Against Braces
A balanced look at the arguments for and against allowing brace-less single-line if-statements in C#, including the merge-conflict and code-review angles that make this less trivial than it seems.
Development
The DevTree: A Practical Folder Layout for .NET Repositories
A concrete folder layout for .NET repositories, from a minimal PoC structure up to a full production dev-tree.
Development
How We Organize Files: A DevTree Overview
A short map of the file-organization series covering DevTree layout, production vs. non-production code, repository structure, and #region usage.
Development
How to Structure Shared Folders on a Synology NAS
How to structure Shared Folders on a Synology NAS for clean permissions, policies, backups, and SMB access.
Homelab
Using Linux Bind Mounts to Expose SMB Subdirectories with Restricted Permissions
How to use Linux bind mounts to expose subdirectories of an SMB share at separate, independently read-only mount points without duplicating data or maintaining multiple CIFS connections.
OS
Wrong Permissions on authorized_keys Blocks Git Access via SSH
Why an accidental chmod 666 on the git user's authorized_keys file forced a password prompt over SSH, and how restoring 600 permissions fixed public-key authentication.
Git
Forwarding a Custom Domain to GitHub Pages
Why the blog moved from Geeks With Blogs to a Markdown and Git based workflow on GitHub Pages, and how to forward a custom GoDaddy domain to it via A records and a CNAME entry.
Blogging
Resizing Screenshots for Blog Posts
A toolchain for resizing and renaming oversized blog screenshots, using Greenshot, Image Resizer, and Joe on Windows, with a similar workflow sketched out for macOS.
Blogging
Shrinking GoPro Videos with HandBrakeCLI
A HandBrake and HandBrakeCLI based toolchain for batch-shrinking GoPro videos and moving the large originals to an unsynchronized OneDrive folder to save local disk space.
Media
Fixing MarkdownPad 2 Crashes on Windows 10
How to fix the 'This view has crashed' error in MarkdownPad 2's live preview on Windows 10 by installing an older, compatible version of Awesomium.
Tools
Testing Connectivity to an SMB NAS Share from the Command Line
A step-by-step approach to diagnosing an unreachable SMB/CIFS NAS share, testing each layer from ping and TCP port checks through smbclient and an actual CIFS mount.
OS
F#, ArcGIS Runtime and error “Cannot create unknown type '{http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/runtime/2013}MapView'”
Fix an ArcGIS Runtime MapView XAML namespace error when recreating a C# WPF application in F# using FsXaml and FSharp.ViewModule.
Development
Visual Studio – Getting compilation error “The type 'XAML' is not defined.”
Fix a compilation error in the F# Empty Windows App WPF template by trusting the project's XAML Type Provider through the Visual Studio options.
Development
Using Git for versioning of Word (doc/docx) documents
How to retroactively import a folder of ad-hoc Word document versions into Git so renames and diffs are tracked, instead of juggling filename-based version history.
Configuration Management
Error “Couldn’t install programs” during installing Windows Live Writer
Fix Windows Live Writer installation errors caused by the web installer by using the complete offline Windows Live Essentials installer instead.
Tools
Synology DS215j update results in read only access
Fix read-only access on a Synology DS215j NAS after a system update by restarting the WinBind and SMB daemons with a scheduled user-defined script.
Misc
Installing ClearOS 6.5 with graphical UI on XenServer 6.2
How to install ClearOS 6.5 as a virtual machine on XenServer by comparing available VM templates and disabling Viridian to enable the graphical installer.
OS
Activating RDP access for Windows 10
Enable Remote Desktop access to a Windows 10 virtual machine hosted on XenServer and connect directly from macOS for a smoother experience.
OS
Installing Citrix XenServer from bootable USB stick
How to install XenServer 6.2 on an Intel NUC from USB stick, troubleshooting failures with UNetbootin and YUMI and successfully creating the installer with Rufus.
OS
Watch videos from NAS via iPad and AppleTV
How to stream videos from a NAS to Apple TV via AirPlay using an iPad, solving playback issues with OPlayer and VLC by using 8Player and DLNA.
Misc
Comparison of Syntax-Highlighter-Plugins for Windows Live Writer
Compares several Windows Live Writer plugins for formatting and syntax highlighting source code in blog posts, including their editors, Live Writer rendering, and final blog output.
Blogging
Running OpenVPN on a hosted server and internally on a Rasperry Pi
Set up an OpenVPN tunnel between a hosted Debian server and a Raspberry Pi running Arch Linux, including certificates, routing, client configuration, and verification of tunneled internet traffic.
OS
Network settings for ClearOS in VirtualBox
How to configure VirtualBox port forwarding for a ClearOS virtual machine so its web-based administration interface can be accessed from the host via localhost.
OS
ClearOS: Installation hangs during system update with “Exception: Didn't install any keys”
Work around a ClearOS web installer hang on the system-update step by running yum update manually from a console, then resuming the installer.
OS
Replace or keep existing configuration files during Linux updates/upgrades
How to handle the apt-get configuration file prompt for /etc/issue when updating or upgrading a fresh Moebius Linux installation on a Raspberry Pi.
OS
Showing own KML files in Google Maps via assistance of Dropbox
A simple workflow for displaying your own KML data in Google Maps by publishing the KML file through a public Dropbox link.
GIS
Shortcut for indention decreasing and increasing in list styles
How to create custom Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts for increasing and decreasing indentation to quickly switch between levels of list styles
Office
Productive work environments for F# development (under windows)
A collection of free IDEs, editors, compilers, SDKs, and learning resources for getting started with F# development on Windows.
Development
Ensuring unique CIDs for MSDTC in BizTalk installations
How to verify and regenerate unique Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) CIDs on cloned machines to prevent transaction problems in distributed BizTalk environments
BizTalk
Sublime Text 2 – Package installation not possible, no package listed
How to fix Sublime Text 2 Package Control when no packages are displayed by changing the repository channel protocol from HTTPS to HTTP.
Development
SharpDevelop, F#, missing “Send to F# Interactive” context menu
Explains why SharpDevelop may not show the 'Send to F# Interactive' command for F# script files and how adding the FSX file to an F# project enables it
Development
SharpDevelop, F#, “Please ensure that the F# compiler is installed on your computer.”
How to fix SharpDevelop's 'F# compiler is not installed' error by creating a Windows junction from the expected F# compiler path to the actual F# SDK installation.
Development
Installing redcar under Linux
How to quickly delete large folders and files from the Windows command prompt using rmdir and del as faster alternatives to Windows Explorer.
OS
Fast deletion of folders
How to quickly delete large folders and files from the Windows command prompt using rmdir and del as faster alternatives to Windows Explorer.
OS
Accessing GAC-files in Explorer without registry hacks
Shows how to access and copy assemblies from the .NET Global Assembly Cache (GAC) despite Windows Explorer's special shell view, using the command line or a mapped administrative network share
OS
Synchronizing BlackBerry contacts to other phone (e.g. Android)
Guide to exporting contacts from a BlackBerry with Kontacts, transferring the CSV file to a computer, importing it into Google Contacts, and synchronizing the contacts with a phone.
BlackBerry
Github Project Wiki: separate page filename from page title
Describes a GitHub Wiki change where page filenames are used as rendered titles, breaking workflows that relied on separate structured filenames and explicit page-title markup.
Documentation
Productive Toolset for C# Developer
An updated checklist of software, developer tools, Visual Studio extensions, version-control clients, utilities, productivity applications, and useful web services for setting up a Windows developer machine.
Development
Outlook hangs during startup by step “loading profile”
Troubleshoots Outlook hanging at 'Loading Profile' by using ScanPST and Sysinternals Handle to identify and terminate a process that is locking the Outlook OST or PST file.
Office
Entity Framework: Connecting to a mdf user database file via localDB during script execution
How to execute an Entity Framework generated database script against the correct attachable MDF user database instead of accidentally creating the schema in SQL Server's master database.
Development
Entity Framework, Code First: where is the database?
Shows where Entity Framework 5 Code First creates its automatic LocalDB database in Visual Studio 2012 and how to access it through SQL Server Object Explorer.
Development
Lenovo ThinkPad W530 problem to activate the optical/DVD drive
Troubleshoots a Lenovo ThinkPad W530 optical drive stuck in a powered-off state with Windows Device Manager Code 47, and shows how reinserting the UltraBay drive restores it.
Hardware
Be careful when Git suppresses bin Folders
Warns about overly broad bin rules in .gitignore files, which can unintentionally exclude binaries from versioned SDKs and toolsets in self-contained development trees.
Development
LINQ and ArcObjects
Explores using LINQ with ArcObjects by exposing ArcGIS features as IEnumerable<IFeature>, including deferred execution, feature cursors, recycling considerations, custom enumerators, unit testing, and performance trade-offs.
Development
Find out the URL of a RSS feed in Outlook
How to find the original URL of an RSS feed configured in Microsoft Outlook by opening the feed settings through the Account Settings dialog.
Office
Converting Creole to HTML, PDF, DOCX, ..
How to export Creole-based GitHub Wiki documentation to DOCX by cloning the Wiki repository, converting and merging Creole files to HTML with Creole/c, and processing the result with Pandoc.
Documentation
OneNote: Change location of Unfiled Notes
How to move the OneNote Unfiled Notes section to a new location and reconnect it through OneNote's Save & Backup settings without editing the Windows registry.
Office
Strange error “argument type ‘lambda expression’ is not assignable to parameter type ‘string’”
How to fix the C# error 'lambda expression is not assignable to parameter type string' when using Entity Framework and LINQ by adding the missing System.Linq using directive.
Development
Wise settings for Git
A practical Git configuration for Windows with useful aliases, colored output, line-ending settings, Notepad++ as editor, and KDiff3 or P4Merge for diff and merge operations.
Development
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start program ‘…’. The endpoint was not reachable.
Fixes a Visual Studio project startup error where the endpoint is not reachable by removing the Prefer32bit setting from the project file.
Development
Specifying new screen resolutions for ubuntu in a virtual box
Add a custom screen resolution to an Ubuntu VirtualBox guest with cvt and xrandr when the default resolution list doesn't fit your display.
OS
Restoring removed thumbnails in Google Chrome “New Tab” overview site
Explains how Chrome and Chromium blacklist removed thumbnails on the New Tab page and how to restore all thumbnails or modify the most-visited blacklist.
Web Browsers
Simian counts errors in Jenkins dashboard but shows in details “No violation found”
Fixes a Simian duplicate-code analysis issue in Jenkins where violations are counted but details show 'No violation found' due to an incorrect source path prefix.
Development
Installing of SDKs, Visual Studio and additional toolsets on build machines
Why build machines need the actual SDKs installed, not just referenced targets, for MSBuild to reliably build Silverlight and web-application projects.
Development
Interop effects by resolving and instantiating types with ArcObjects
Why Activator.CreateInstance fails when directly using an ArcObjects AppRefClass type but succeeds when obtaining the COM type through its CLSID, avoiding an invalid runtime cast.
Development
@Microsoft: please provide universal and professional concepts
A note on machine- and edition-specific Code Analysis paths added to Visual Studio project files and the problems they cause for portable projects, mixed-edition teams, and continuous integration builds.
Development
Toolset agnostic build server and Silverlight projects
Explains why Silverlight and Web Application projects require Microsoft.WebApplication.targets at Visual Studio's expected MSBuild location, and how to work around this dependency on a toolset-free continuous integration server.
Development
Setup license stuff for PostSharp 2.1
Troubleshooting PostSharp license errors on a TeamCity continuous integration server and configuring the correct license activation for unattended builds.
Development
MSB4067: The element <ImportGroup> beneath element <Project> is unrecognized.
Troubleshooting a Jenkins MSBuild failure caused by using the .NET 3.5 MSBuild version with the ImportGroup element, which requires MSBuild 4.0, despite targeting .NET Framework 3.5.
Development
Running StyleCop without an installation to empower continuous integration
How to run StyleCop on a minimal Continuous Integration server without installing it by storing the required assemblies and MSBuild target in the project's DevTree.
Development
xUnit runner eats system diagnostic output
Shows how to restore Debug.WriteLine output in DbgView when running xUnit tests by adding a DefaultTraceListener.
Development
NuGet: Update to an older version of a package
How to downgrade a NuGet package when Update-Package refuses to install an older version by uninstalling the current package and explicitly installing the required previous version.
Development
Review SmartAssembly from Red Gate
A review of SmartAssembly as a .NET tool for obfuscation and protecting intellectual property, with additional features beyond code obfuscation.
Development
"Failure has occurred while loading a type."
Troubleshooting the .NET error 'Failure has occurred while loading a type' in a COM+ assembly, tracing it to stale registry permissions and resolving it by removing the problematic CLSID keys and running Visual Studio with administrative privileges.
Development
InternalsVisibleTo, PublicKey and PublicKeyToken
How to use InternalsVisibleTo with strong-named .NET assemblies, including signing the test assembly and specifying the full public key instead of the public key token.
Development
Template Method Pattern and constructors
Why calling an abstract or virtual initialization method from a C# base-class constructor triggers the 'Virtual member call in constructor' warning, and when this Template Method-style approach can be safe.
Development
Modify properties of “Git Bash Here” shortcut in Explorer and Console Enhancement Project
Configuration notes for a more productive Git Bash and Windows console environment, including window and buffer sizes, transparency, copy-on-select, working directories, and Git Bash integration.
Development
Performance-Analyzing of log4net regarding creation of new logger vs. taking an existing one
A small performance test of log4net logger access in the context of PostSharp AOP, comparing reused, repeatedly resolved, and individual loggers to evaluate the cost of runtime logger lookup.
Development
Be carefully by using PostSharp regarding license choice
How PostSharp defaults to the Professional Edition trial and how to configure a Community Edition license to prevent evaluation metadata from being embedded in compiled assemblies.
Development
Correcting wrong AssemblyInfo Copyright and Vendor-information
How to correct wrong company, copyright, and vendor information in Visual Studio AssemblyInfo files by fixing the Windows RegisteredOrganization registry value.
Development
Comparing different video qualities on channel9
A comparison of Channel 9 WMV and MP4 video download formats by resolution, file size, and subjective visual quality to choose the best option for technical videos.
Media
NuGet-Package-Management mit ArcObjects
NuGet als Paketverwaltung für ArcObjects-Bibliotheken: Drittbibliotheken versionieren, über eigene Paketquellen verteilen und Referenzen in Visual-Studio-Projekten zentral und reproduzierbar aktualisieren.
Development
Using NuGet in a MSBuild-target to have the packages at the last stand
How to integrate NuGet package restore into an MSBuild target, keeping dependencies out of source control while ensuring Visual Studio and CI builds restore the required package versions.
Development
Note to self: Visual Studio makros for build events
A quick reference to Visual Studio macros and predefined variables available for use in project build events.
Development
About trials, spikes, samples, prototypes and clean code
A DevTree folder structure for separating experimental trials, spikes, samples, prototypes, and clean production code according to their purpose and maturity.
Development
Whitepaper “Aufbau eines pragmatisch smarten DevTree“
Ein pragmatischer DevTree bündelt Sourcecode, Bibliotheken, Build-Tools und weitere Entwicklungsartefakte im Versions-Repository, um reproduzierbare Builds, Continuous Integration und eine effiziente Zusammenarbeit zu ermöglichen.
Development
Let ReSharper and Code Contracts work together
How to make ReSharper understand .NET Code Contracts such as Contract.Requires by extending its external annotations and eliminating false nullability warnings.
Development
Let ReSharper and xUnit work together
How to set up xUnit with Visual Studio and ReSharper, including local xUnit references, the xUnit Contrib ReSharper plugin, external annotations, and Live Templates.
Development
Code Contracts: For unit test a manual rebuild is needed for toggeling “runtime checking”
A note on applying the Perform Runtime Contract Checking option: application runs pick up the changed setting on restart, while unit tests require an explicit rebuild
Development
Ressourcen für Esri 2011 Präsentationen und Code-Beispiele
Links zu Präsentationen und Code-Beispielen der ESRI 2011 zu professioneller Softwareentwicklung mit ArcObjects, ArcGIS Desktop Customizing und ArcObjects 10.
Development
Break the mechanism, that GAC-assemblies could only bind to other GAC-assemblies
How an AppDomain.AssemblyResolve handler lets a GAC-deployed assembly bind to a dependency that isn't itself in the GAC.
Development
Umfrage-Auswertung zum Workshop “Professionelle Softwareentwicklung mit ArcObjects” auf der ESRI 2011
Auswertung des Teilnehmerfeedbacks zum Esri GIS-Konferenz-Workshop zur professionellen Softwareentwicklung mit Ergebnissen zu Qualität, Praxisrelevanz, Themenwünschen und technologischem Niveau.
Development
Lenovo ThinkPad W510 crashes and hangs up often
Personal experiences with stability problems on multiple Lenovo ThinkPad W510 notebooks, including freezes, standby wake failures, crashes, and possible links to input, graphics, and temperature.
Hardware
Suppressing Add-in-registration task during build process
How to suppress automatic ArcGIS Add-In registration during Visual Studio builds under limited permissions by placing a Dont_EsriRegAddin.txt file beside the project file.
Development
Get Keymaps for ReSharper running
How to get the Keymaps for ReSharper plugin working with ReSharper 5.1 by moving its DLL to the correct version-specific plugin directory.
Development
Suppressing FxCop/Code Analysis warnings in Config.Designer.cs of Esri Addins
How to suppress FxCop and Code Analysis warnings such as CA1811 and CA1812 in ArcGIS Desktop 10 Add-In code generated by ArcGISAddInHostGenerator.
Development
Castle Windsor: order of configurations and resulting resolvings
How Castle Windsor resolves multiple implementations of the same interface and how registration order, named components, and constructor dependencies can build a Chain of Responsibility
Development
Calling esriRegasm manually (outside an ArcGIS-installation)
How to run esriRegasm outside an ArcGIS installation and on build/CI servers without ArcGIS, including the required permissions and MSBuild target changes.
Development
Mercurial behind a proxy
How to use Mercurial through an HTTP proxy by supplying proxy host and port settings with the hg --config parameter.
Development
Clear list of recent repositories in Git Extensions
How to clean orphaned or incorrect repositories from the Git Extensions recent list by editing or deleting the history value in the Windows registry.
Git
Fix folder scrolling problem in navigation pane of Explorer
How to fix Windows 7 Explorer's annoying navigation-pane folder scrolling behavior using Classic Shell's Fix folder scrolling option.
OS
Running CopySourceAsHtml Add-in under Visual Studio 2010
How to make the CopySourceAsHtml Visual Studio add-in work with Visual Studio 2010 by copying its files and updating the AddIn configuration from version 9.0 to 10.0.
Development
Differences by pasting formatted text in Word and OneNote
How Word and OneNote differ when pasting formatted text, and how to use Visual Studio's CopySourceAsHtml add-in with HTML instead of RTF to preserve source-code formatting in OneNote.
Development
Alternatives for the Snippet Compiler
A look at alternatives to the discontinued Snippet Compiler for compiling C# snippets and preserving syntax highlighting.
Development
Current working path of batches evaluates to distinct folders for different users
Why a Windows batch file can have a different current working directory when started normally versus with Run as administrator, causing %CD% to point to a Windows system folder.
OS
Installation experiences with NDepend under Win7/64 with restricted user permissions
Notes on getting NDepend's Visual Studio integration installed on Windows 7/64 with restricted user permissions, working around repeated file-blocking errors.
DevelopmentDeveloper Environment
Castle Windsor and .NET Framwork 3.5 Client Profil
Why Castle Windsor cannot be used with the .NET Framework 3.5 Client Profile.
Development
Experiences with the new Add-In concept of ArcGIS 10
Notes on ArcGIS Add-In limitations and packaging, including component namespaces, adding unreferenced assemblies as AddInContent, PDB handling, and extending the table context menu with buttons.
Development
Comparison of famous IoC-containers
A short comparison of .NET IoC containers including StructureMap, LightCore, Autofac, Castle Microkernel, Castle Windsor, and Spring.NET, with a focus on XML configuration, keyed implementations, and assembly resolution.
Set ApartmentState for ArcObjects-logic in separate threads
How to fix an ArcObjects COMException when accessing MapDocument.Thumbnail from a background thread by explicitly setting the new thread's apartment state to STA.
Development
Explorer context menu to create a blank Visual Studio solution
How to add a Windows Explorer context-menu option for creating blank Visual Studio solutions using a template in the ShellNew folder and corresponding registry settings.
Development
Diverse Shortcuts
A personal keyboard shortcut reference for Visual Studio, ReSharper, Windows, Outlook, Word, Chrome, and SRWare Iron, covering editing, refactoring, debugging, navigation, window management, and productivity.
Development
Interpretations of F.I.R.S.T.
Key characteristics of good unit tests: fast, independent, isolated, repeatable, self-validating, small, transparent, and written at the right time.
Development
Event Naming Guidelines
A summary of .NET event naming guidelines and conventions for event handlers, EventArgs classes, pre- and post-events, and overridable OnXxx methods.
Development
Verwenden von partiellen Klassen für COM-Belange
Wie sich COM-Belange in ArcObjects mit partiellen C#-Klassen, VsCommands und ReSharper sauberer separieren lassen und warum dies eine bessere Strukturierung als #region ermöglicht.
Development
Default installation for developer machines
A personal checklist of must-have and optional developer tools, IDEs, Visual Studio add-ins, editors, utilities, and Quick Launch shortcuts for a Windows development workstation.
Development
Integrate NUnit in Hudson CI-server
How to automate NUnit tests with consistent naming, a Windows batch runner, test categories, XML result files, and Hudson CI test reporting.
Development
Integrate Simian in Hudson CI-server
How to integrate Simian duplicate-code detection into Hudson CI, configure C# file exclusions and thresholds, generate XML reports, and prevent code duplication findings from breaking the build..
Development
Hudson error: could not delete ..config.xml
How updating Hudson plugins resolved a config.xml deletion error that appeared after upgrading the Hudson CI server and changing job configurations.
Development
Searching the new FxCop-Release (10.0)
How to obtain and install a newer FxCop release from the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 when the FxCop GUI update link is broken.
Development
My own set of SuppressMessage-lines
A collection of StyleCop and FxCop SuppressMessage examples for common code analysis issues, including naming, IoC, testing, exceptions, documentation, strong names, and framework-specific cases.
Development
Specify a project-specific custom dictionary for FxCop build tasks and Visual Studio Team System static code analysis
How to use a project-specific FxCop custom dictionary with Visual Studio Code Analysis by linking the dictionary into each project and configuring CodeAnalysisDictionary in the csproj file.
Development
Caching of toolbar names in ArcMap
Why ArcMap toolbar names can remain visible after GUI changes due to the CommandBarNameCache registry cache, even when the toolbar constructor is never called.
ArcGIS
Casing of COM-Interop registered components
Why renaming COM-Interop components can break deployment when WiX registry entries generated by Heat still contain the old component name, even though development builds work correctly.
Development
Global SVN Ignore Patterns und Zeitstempel-Optionen
Empfohlene globale TortoiseSVN Ignore-Patterns für .NET, Visual Studio und ReSharper sowie sinnvolle Zeitstempel-Einstellungen und Hinweise zur Sicherung der Subversion-Konfiguration.
Development
Specify a custom dictionary for FxCop and Visual Studio source analysis
How to use a renamed FxCop custom dictionary with Visual Studio Code Analysis, MSBuild targets, FxCopCmd, and the standalone FxCop GUI.
Development
Wie spricht man den Lambda-Operator aus?
Verschiedene englische und deutsche Formulierungen zur Aussprache und Beschreibung des Lambda-Operators in C# und von Lambda-Ausdrücken.
Development
Gefahren des “cleanup code refactoring” im Zusammenhang mit P/Invoke und übergebenen Strukturen
Warum ReSharpers Reorder Type Members bei C#-Strukturen für unmanaged Code gefährlich sein kann und wie StructLayout und FieldOffset ein stabiles Speicherlayout sicherstellen.
Development
Remote Debugging mit Visual Studio
Anleitung zum Remote Debugging mit Visual Studio: Remote Debugging Monitor einrichten, Prozesse verbinden, PDB-Dateien und Firewall konfigurieren sowie typische Verbindungs- und Breakpoint-Probleme beheben.
Development
F# and ArcObjects, Part 3
Using F# sequences, pipelines, and Seq.fold with ArcObjects to iterate over features and calculate the combined bounding box of an ArcGIS feature class.
Development
F# and ArcObjects, Part 2
How to iterate through all features of an ArcObjects feature class in F# by wrapping an IFeatureCursor in an F# sequence and processing each feature.
Development
F# and ArcObjects, Part 1
First steps using F# with Esri ArcObjects: loading ArcGIS assemblies, initializing a license, connecting to an SDE workspace, and accessing a feature.
Development
Integrating F# in SharpDevelop
How to enable F# Interactive in SharpDevelop by configuring the F# installation directory.
Development
MSB3105: Duplicate ressource parameter
How missing custom cultures can cause the MSB3105 duplicate Resources error during compilation
Development
Formatting removable media throws “You do not have sufficient rights to perform this operation.”
How to allow non-administrative Windows users to format and eject removable media by changing the appropriate Local Security Policy setting.
System Administration
How to install “SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express”
How to install SQL Server 2008 Management Studio Express using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.
SQL Server
MSBuild Exec task: using quotes in WorkingDirectory does not work
Notes on MSBuild Exec task failures with MSB6003 when quoting the WorkingDirectory attribute
Development
Visual Studio 2005/2008 Code Analysis Error
Fixing a Code Analysis/FxCop error in mixed VS2005/VS2008 projects by pointing the VS2005 targets at the VS2008 FxCop binaries.
Development
Stopping a build at the TFS
How to stop a running build on TFS
Development
Parsing argument line with a folder-parameter ending with backslash
How a trailing backslash in a quoted Windows folder argument can break parsing
Development
Visual Studio: Find in files with *.xml wildcard does not find all occurrences
A workaround for Visual Studio Find in Files missing matches in XML files
Development
StyleCop throws documentation warning SA1600 for private elements
How to configure StyleCop SA1600 documentation warnings to ignore missing documentation
Development
Installing StyleCop for ReSharper
Installing StyleCop for ReSharper under an administrative account does not activate this ReSharper plugin under my developer account.
Code Analysis
AgentSmith: suppressing spell checking warnings
Disable spellchecking for AgentSmith
Code Analysis
Using a custom dictionary in code analysis
How to make a custom FxCop dictionary available to Visual Studio.
Development
Working with Microsoft FxCop
How to integrate Microsoft FxCop into Visual Studio builds using post-build events
Development
ReSharper is not available
How to fix grayed-out ReSharper menus and a missing Visual Studio add-in by reinstalling MSXML 6.0 after it was removed with SQL Server 2005.
Development
SAP.Net.Setup_2.0.msi throws “You must first install the Visual Studio.NET 7.1”
How to deal with SAP .NET Connector installation issues
Development
Visual Studio: Building parts of a solution
Build only a subset of a large Visual Studio solution by using solution folders instead of juggling the configuration manager.
Development
Visual Studio Error: The item "*.resources" was specified more than once in the "Resources" parameter.
How to resolve Visual Studio's duplicate Resources parameter error when using custom cultures
Development
Nachtrag: Casting Anti-Pattern
Performancevergleich von as, is und direkten Casts in C#
Development
Casting Anti-Pattern
C#-Tipps für ArcObjects: unnötige doppelte Casts mit is und explizitem Cast vermeiden sowie Next()-Schleifen kompakter und verständlicher formulieren.
Development
Visual Studio lists Error: “CA0503 : Additional code analysis warnings or errors cannot be displayed”
How to adjust the Visual Studio Code Analysis warning limit
Development
Outlook-Einstellungen für mich
Praktische Outlook-Einstellungen für Schriftarten, Signaturen, automatisches Markieren gelesener E-Mails und das Minimieren von Outlook in den System-Tray.
Software
Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 compatibility with ReSharper
How to maintain Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 project compatibility
Development
WinXP search problem
How to make Windows XP text search include files with unknown or unregistered extensions
OS
Writing blog-posts with source code
An overview of syntax-highlighting and source-code formatting plugins for Windows Live Writer
Blogging
Starting an explorer as an admin
With the runas tool it is possible to start an application under an other account. But the explorer need the special parameter /separate to start. So the cor...
OS
Catching COM-Exceptions from ArcObjects
How to catch COMException errors from the ArcObjects library in C#, inspect their error codes, and identify specific ArcObjects error constants.
Development
URL vs URI
A concise explanation of the difference between URI and URL, their relationship, and why a URL is considered a specific type of URI.
Terminology
Nice tools for I18N
An overview of resource and localization tools for Visual Studio
Programming
Nice DOS commands
A collection of useful DOS and Windows batch scripting snippets
Programming
Building a Help-TOC by hand
How to correctly build a CHM table of contents by placing the OBJECT tag directly after the LI tag to ensure entries are displayed.
Documentation
NUnit project file cant reference assemblies which are not in subfolders
How to fix NUnit assembly loading errors caused by test assemblies located outside the NUnit project's application base, diagnosed with Fusion Log Viewer.
Development
Post-build event with folders which contains spaces
How to fix MSB3073 errors in Visual Studio post-build events by quoting macros such as $(TargetPath) when file or folder paths contain spaces.
Code Analysis
Sandcastle Help File Builder: Content Editor opens without functionality
How to restore a non-functional SHFB Content Editor by deleting corrupted configuration files and fixing malformed XML content files.
Documentation
Parametrisieren vs. Parametrieren
Parametrisieren vs Parametrieren
Misc
HTML Help Compiler Error HHC3004
How a Sandcastle CHM build can fail because of filenames containing multiple dots followed by a part starting with 'H', causing an HHC3004 warning.
Documentation
ClickOnce installation folder
How ClickOnce applications are referenced from the Start menu, where .NET stores their local files, and how to trigger the ClickOnce uninstall.
Deployment
Compiler-Error: error MSB3217
How an orphaned assembly in the GAC can cause the misleading MSB3217 'Cannot register assembly' build error and why removing stale dependencies solves it.
OS
Using images and cursors in resources
Use strongly typed image and cursor resources in .NET applications to catch missing or renamed resources earlier and avoid fragile runtime lookups.
C#
Using ILMerge in a post build step
Bundle an application's referenced assemblies into a single EXE using ILMerge in an MSBuild post-build step.
Tools
Multilanguage with C#
How to localize C# applications with .NET resource files, satellite assemblies, ResGen.exe, AL.exe, and a post-build process for multiple languages.
Development
Hierarchy of log4net-loggers (namespace vs class)
Why you don't need a wildcard when configuring log4net parameters for all loggers within a namespace.
Programming
Konfigurationfile für eine Library lesen
Wie sich mit ExeConfigurationFileMap eine eigene Konfigurationsdatei für eine .NET-DLL laden und auslesen lässt.
Development
Referenzieren von Assemblys im GAC
Wie sich .NET-Assemblies aus dem Global Assembly Cache (GAC) in Visual Studio referenzieren lassen, wenn sie nicht im Add-Reference-Dialog aufgeführt werden.
Development
GACing und Kopieren nach dem Kompilieren
Wie man die Installation eigener BizTalk-Functoids im GAC und Mapper-Extensions-Verzeichnis per Post-Build-Event automatisiert
BizTalk
BizTalk: Unterschied zwischen Mass Copy Functoid und Einzelverbindung
Durch Verwendung des Mass Copy Functoid ist es möglich die Elemente unterhalb des Quell-Knotens mit den Elementen unterhalb des Zielknotens zu verbinden. Fas...
BizTalk
Mapping <Any>-Elements in BizTalk-Orchestrations
Shows how to map XML Any elements in BizTalk orchestrations using XmlDocument.ImportNode, serializable XML helper classes, namespace managers, and a Message Assignment shape.
BizTalk
Verwenden von Datenbankrollen
Mitgliedschaft in SQL-Server-Datenbankrollen für den BizTalk-Host-Account bequem per sp_addrolemember und sp_droprolemember statt über das GUI verwalten.
SQL Server
Möglichkeiten des Message-Handlings in Orchestrations
Zeigt verschiedene Möglichkeiten zum Verarbeiten und Manipulieren von XML-Messages in BizTalk-Orchestrations mit XmlDocument, XPath, Namespace-Managern und eigenen .NET-Klassen.
BizTalk
Configuration of the BizTalk SMTP-Adapter via a dynamic port
How to configure a BizTalk dynamic SMTP send port, setting mail parameters and the recipient address via Message Assignment and Expression shapes.
BizTalk
Konfiguration des BizTalk SMTP-Adapter mittels eines dynamischen Ports
Wie man einen dynamischen BizTalk-SMTP-Send-Port konfiguriert und Empfänger sowie Mail-Parameter per Message-Assignment- und Expression-Shape setzt.
BizTalk
Eigene Assemblys im "Add Referenz"-Dialog von Visual Studio
Per Registry-Eintrag unter AssemblyFolders eigene Assemblies im .NET-Reiter des Add-Referenz-Dialogs von Visual Studio sichtbar machen.
Tools
Tracing des BizTalk Adapter for mySAP Business Suite
Wie sich Low-Level-Tracing für den BizTalk mySAP Adapter über CPIC- und RFC-Umgebungsvariablen aktivieren lässt, um Probleme bei der SAP-Kommunikation zu analysieren.
BizTalk
BizTalk Server 2006 Error: SAP .Net connector is not installed
Wie man einen irreführenden BizTalk-SAP-Adapter-Fehler behebt, der nach einem Projektumzug durch eine fehlende, beim Schema-Import erzeugte Wrapping-DLL auftreten kann.
BizTalk
Konfiguration eines BizTalk-HTTP-Receive-Location für Pivotal
Wie man eine BizTalk-HTTP-Receive-Location für die Anbindung von Pivotal PXIE konfiguriert, inklusive der nötigen Transport-Eigenschaften.
BizTalk
Error: EXECUTE permission denied on object 'sp_sdidebug'
Wie man einen SQL-Server-Debugging-Fehler behebt, indem dem verwendeten Service-Account explizite EXECUTE-Rechte auf die Stored Procedure erteilt werden.
SQL Server
das SDK-Tool fuslogvw
Das SDK-Tool fuslogvw (Assembly Binding Log Viewer) hilft beim Nachvollziehen, warum eine Assembly nicht geladen werden konnte.
Tools
XML Schema nullable int-Element
Gerade im Zusammenhang mit nullable Types im .NET FW 2.0 ist es interessant eine XSD-Definition mit leeren (nicht-string) Elementen zu erlauben. Das Attribut...
BizTalk
Developing own Custom Functoid for BizTalk
Wie man eigene BizTalk-Functoids entwickelt, deren Installation im GAC und Mapper-Extensions-Verzeichnis, sowie die Automatisierung per Post-Build-Event.
BizTalk
Verwenden von Pivotal XDR Schema in BizTalk Server 2006
Warum sich Pivotal-XDR-Schemas nicht direkt nach XSD konvertieren lassen und wie man sie stattdessen mit dem BizTalk Schema Generator neu erzeugt.
BizTalk
BizTalk und NameSpaces
Übersicht typischer BizTalk-Fehler durch inkonsistente XML-Namespaces und falsch konfigurierte Receive-Pipelines sowie Hinweise zur korrekten Konfiguration von Schemas, Instanzen und Assemblies.
BizTalk
BizTalk Server 2006 Error: Loading document specification XYZ from assembly XYZ failed.
Wie man einen BizTalk-Fehler beim Laden einer Schema-Assembly im XML-Receive-Pipeline behebt, durch getrennte Assemblies, korrekte Target-Namespaces und Multi-part Message Types.
BizTalk
SID eines Systems setzen/ermitteln
Wie sich die aktuelle Windows-System-SID schnell mit PsGetSid aus den Sysinternals PsTools ermitteln lässt.
OS
IIS-Error: Service unavailable
Wie man den IIS-Fehler „Service unavailable“ behebt durch Wiederherstellen der DCOM-Berechtigungen für den IIS Admin Service und Aktivierungsrechte für authentifizierte Benutzer.
IIS
Communication BizTalk to SAP via IDoc
How to configure BizTalk pipelines to receive, transform, validate, and send SAP IDocs in both XML and flat-file formats using imported SAP schemas.
BizTalk
Unable to start debugging on the web server
Wie man einen IIS-Fehler beim Starten des Web-Debuggings behebt, indem die integrierte Windows-Authentifizierung für die Web-Anwendung aktiviert wird.
IIS
Error: The database server you specified cannot be reached ..
Wie man einen Fehler bei der Installation des Enterprise Single Sign-On Dienstes behabt, indem die SSO-Administratoren die erforderlichen Administratorrechte auf dem SQL Server erhalten.
SQL Server
SQL Server 2005 Zugriffsproblem bei Remotezugriff
Wie man fehlgeschlagene Remote-Verbindungen zu SQL Server 2005 behabt, indem TCP/IP und Named Pipes über die Surface Area Configuration aktiviert werden.
SQL Server
BizTalk zu SAP Kommunikation via IDoc die 2.
Erfahrungen und Probleme bei der Integration von BizTalk Server und SAP über IDocs mit dem Microsoft BizTalk Adapter v2.0 for mySAP Business Suite sowie ein Vergleich zur RFC-Kommunikation.
BizTalk
BizTalk zu SAP Kommunikation via IDoc die 2.
Erfahrungen mit der Kopplung von Microsoft BizTalk Server und SAP über den BizTalk Adapter für mySAP Business Suite und IDocs sowie die dabei aufgetretenen Integrationsprobleme.
BizTalk
Installationsanleitung BizTalk 2004 in einer Multi-Computer-Landschaft
Wie man die Installation und Konfiguration einer verteilten BizTalk-Server-2004-Umgebung mit SQL Server, Enterprise Single Sign-On, SharePoint, MSDTC sowie den benötigten Benutzern, Gruppen und Berechtigungen durchführt.
BizTalk
Release Datum BizTalk Server 2006
.. soll Ende des ersten Quartals 2006 sein Quelle: http://groups.google.de/group/microsoft.public.biztalk.general/browse_frm/thread/3071589aa4c8ea09/67c1f830...
BizTalk