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For a long time I haven’t written a word here… The main reason is I was moved to a new project and am so busy I simply don’t have time to describe solutions to problems I’ve been facing. This project is again not Java based – .Net. To be honest, I haven’t written anything serious…
adminAddThis on IE – Object doesn't support this property or method
AddThis is a great service – it allows robust integration with online services, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, del.icio.us. What you need to do is to get your button’s code on AddThis homepage and use it in your project. Additionally you can configure the widget; you can refer to AddThis API, where you can find needed…
How to motivate oneself to take short breaks at work?
If you are reading this post or my blog in general, you probably are a software enginner, programmer, designer – a person who spends considerable amount of time at their desk, similar to me. I work like that full time so 8 hours a day but there are days when I need to stay longer…
The feature name XXX already exists in SharePoint. You need to rename the feature before solution deployment can succeed.
From time to time when I try to deploy a SharePoint project from Visual Studio 2005 I’m getting this error: The feature name XXX* already exists in SharePoint. You need to rename the feature before solution deployment can succeed. Solution Whenever I get this (annoying) error I go to C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12TEMPLATEFEATURES…
Windows 2003: problem with running exe files
Today I couldn’t install some tool on Windows 2003 SE despite being assigned to the Admisnitrators group. Whenever I tried I get the following message: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropraiate permissions to access the item. If you face such problem, first of all check what…
SELECT + JOIN
I learned SQL (basic and quite advanced stuff) at the univerity a few years ago. I’ve been using SQL commands quite often; it’s difficult to imagine an application or a web page without a database in the back-end. Recently, I’ve discovered I remember little about using JOIN command in SELECTs. There are a few types…
Initializer list and initializing derived class members
Initializer list in C++ looks like in the example below (see constructor od D class): class B { public: B() { } }; class D : public B { public: int x; int y; D(int _x , int _y) : x(_x) , y(_y +1) { } }; Now, what if class B had a protected…
Load Test – Plug-In class not found
I wanted to change a load test so that it works similar to what Gabriel Szlechtman described in his blog. Additionally, I followed MSDN instruction on how to create a Load Test Plug-In. So I created a new project with a plug-in class, added a reference to it from load test project and wanted to…
ASP.NET powered with AJAX
For those who develop web applications in ASP.NET and want to learn how to include AJAX I recommend a series of video tutorial on ASP.NET AJAX. The series is created (from time to time new videos are added) by Joe Stagner and others from the Microsoft product team. It teaches the basic tricks and explanations…