February, 2007

Playing around with the DB2 Adapter some more revealed that DB2, as expected as its own unique syntax for SQL statements. Not so great if you come from the SQL server background. SQL Syntax: Select top 10 * from [TABLE] What is this in db2 SQL? Select...

As you may know, last week I released a version (still in beta) of the SmartPart which supports the ASP.NET AJAX extensions . For more information about this version of the SmartPart, see my previous blog post . This weekend I've been working on functionality...

If you've wanted a way to get your MessageBox's back to it's install state - brand new freshly 'shrink wrapped' Here's the big Burtha of techniques - it goes without saying This will DESTROY all existing MessageBox DATA in one swoop! Great for testing...

In this article I'll explain how you can call a Web Service which requires multiple arguments using a Custom pipeline and a custom pipeline component in a messaging-only scenario without using any Orchestration. Normally, when there is a requirement to...

I'm going to repost this series of "development tips" related to Commerce Server 2007 to help other folks get started with their development work. All of these "tips" come directly from what I've learned (the hard way) over...

To get started with the ASP.NET AJAX extensions in SharePoint 2007, check out my previous posts: Introducing the SmarPart with AJAX support "AJAX Connections" and web parts Once you fell in love with ASP.NET AJAX, you have to check out the ASP.NET AJAX...

Paul Andrew announced recently a coming CTP [1] that will provide BPEL 1.1 support to Windows Workflow Foundation. This will provide a set of custom WF activities that map to BPEL 1.1 constructs as well as tooling to import BPEL processes into WF XAML...

I received the following error in the group hub while testing the solution build in Microsoft tutorial 3, lesson 3 : “Failed while creating a B2BOrchestrations.B2BProcess service” After 30 minutes I finally found the solution. BizTalk does not refresh...

One of the things I like best about Team Foundation Server is the ability to structure our entire "data warehouse solution" as a TFS Project and to match this structure in Source Control. For us, this includes our Visual Studio Team Edition...

Mid last year AdapterWorx published its first components for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Yesterday we released the first beta version of the Salesforce.com Winter 07 data flow components (source and destination) . Using those components developers...

There has been a lot of buzz around SharePoint support for ASP.NET AJAX the last couple of days, resulting in some nice posts, even from the Microsoft guys. If you are new to the topic; some required reading: Integrating ASP.NET AJAX with SharePoint ...

This is cool and funny, it's like a wizard to generate a wizard! Nick Dallet has posted an InfoPath form which can generate a UDC file. More details and download on the InfoPath team blog: Some time ago, we blogged about the reasons why you'd use UDC...

I have been working in some really interesting projects lately and we have some new releases coming up. After a few weeks working with the team I am really happy to announce that we will be releasing the first CTP for our .NET 3.0 adapter package for...

Update: You should also watch the MSDN Webcast ‘Integrating Sales Data with LOB apps using the Salesforce.com adapter for BizTalk Server 2006‘. In the month since I last posted, I’ve been working on an evaluation of Salesforce.com and...

I'm starting my long flight home from Seattle to Auckland. Please join me for another long convoluted post about this week abroad all written and linked while disconnected from the Internet ;) Each year technical Microsoft staff that are based out in...

The other day, in discussing the virtues of automated continuous integration with a client, I came across a few excuses for not practicing the process. The argument goes like this: “We don’t have enough hardware resource for a build server.” “I am the...

When I do corporate training, I always get asked this question... " So what is new in BizTalk 2006 when compared to BizTalk 2004 ?" mostly from people who have been using BizTalk 2004. So here I have tried to summarize some of the things. Note...

I knew the visa pre-sale for Red Hot Chili Pepper tickets would be popular but this is ridiculous! I started at http://www.visaentertainment.co.nz I got to the site http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/promo/wbismv the site became unresponsive at 9am when tickets...

Mike Ammerlaan (PM for WSS) stepped up and posted a detailed article about the integration of ASP.NET AJAX and SharePoint. Here's an interesting section: Here are some common scenarios in SharePoint you should be able to achieve with Microsoft ASP.NET...

Jesús Rodriguez continues his excellent series of posts on the new features of the .NET 3.0 Adapter Framework (aka WCF adapter framework) included in BizTalk server 2006. This time, he covers some of the facilities available for generating metadata in...