Devang Gandhi

Here’s an article that explains what WAS hosting is and how is it different in IIS 7.5 (i.e. Windows 7).

If you are looking for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) samples for .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 2, you’ll find them here. It is also a good place to start if you want to learn WCF programming.

If you are hosting a WCF service using NetMsmqBinding with Windows Activation Service (WAS) or the MsmqIntegrationBinding on Windows 7, then remember to give “Receive Message” permission to “IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool” on your MSMQ queue.

Check out the top 5 Visio tips from Crabby Office Lady.

While developing a WCF service, I had to write a client for it as well to debug/test it. I recently found out that Visual Studio tools include a WCF test client. It is a GUI tool that enables users to test their WCF service by passing parameters to it and viewing the response. It (WcfTestClient.exe) is located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\

I read this article that compares the two internet giants. A nice read indeed.

If you are getting this error, one of the reasons could be that you have the same .pst file opened by two instances of Outlook on different machines. Make sure to close the .pst file by right click on the folder that is pointing to the .pst file and then selecting “Close <folder-name>” from one of the Outlook instances.

While putting together a Visio diagram, I have always felt a need to align my blocks/shapes in a straight line either horizontally or vertically. I was doing it manually and it was quite tedious. Then I discovered this neat little trick to auto align the shapes in the diagram. All you need to do is select the shapes that need to align, then go to the menu Shape -> Align Shapes. A pop up will appear and it will let you select between horizontal and vertical alignment.

I found this really handy trick here. This can be very helpful in doing development using Visual Studio as your IDE.