March 2005 - Posts

XSD2EDI Failure locks the repository

As a result of the problems that I described in my last post , I ran into another little documented (there seem to be a number of these surrounding EDI and BizTalk) problem. When I rebooted my system after the Validate Schema process hung my system, I Read More...

BizTalk EDI and Virtual PC

As you might have figured out (from my recent posts), I'm working on a BizTalk project. Specifically, I've been dealing with the joys of trying to get the base EDI adapter working the way that I want/expect. Yesterday, it was trying to get the 850 Schema Read More...

XSD2EDI Failed to convert XSD

I've been spending some time on BizTalk Server 2004 these past few weeks. And for the next few, just so that you know the source of future posts. I've run into this situation a couple of times, so I'm posting as much as a reminder to me as for any other Read More...

Using C# in BAT files

Personally, writing BAT files has never been my thing. And with the experience I have in C#, the ability to script and automate in that language would be quite useful. Thanks to this post from Jason Clark, I now have the ability to run C# (and for the Read More...

The floodgates are...well...beginning to open

From a couple of different sources, I'm seeing that the first set of documentation for Indigo is now available at http://winfx.msdn.microsoft.com . And, as Andy Milligan suggests, the implication is that the bits for Indigo can't be far behind. Personally, Read More...

VB6 Support Coming to an End

Courtesy of Julia Lerman , I am reminded that mainstream support for VB6 comes to an end on March 31. Now contrast that fact with the results of a survey that found over 50% of shops are still using VB6, a fact I blogged about here . Does anyone else Read More...

Why Penquins are No Longer at the North Pole

Courtesy of Hippopotoman , this is pecisely why picture == words * 1000. No question this will be my biggest laugh of the day. http://today.java.net/jag/page14.html#113 Read More...

Sending Mail through SMTP with Authentication

If you have looked at the process of sending emails from within .NET, odds are pretty good that you have stumbled across the SmtpServer class. To send email, you create a MailMessage object, assign the necessary properties and then use the Send method Read More...

Anticipation

Now here is news that I have been waiting to hear. Whidbey Beta 2 will probably be released in the next couple of days. For me, this is very cool news, as I have been looking forward to getting the Go Live license. For more information, check out Wesner Read More...