PFE - Developer Notes for the Field
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Azure Short Videos
I recently blogged about Azure Short Videos - few topics are still WIP and I'll update them soon....
Date: 04/09/2018
VS2015 Remote Debugging JavaScript – Resources
Some of the resource I have found useful in the past. I'll keep updating the list as and when I find...
Date: 11/05/2015
VS2015 Remote Debugging JavaScript – Part 3 (F12Chooser)
F12Chooser: Amazing New Tool for WinForms Application Hosting Web Browser Control Earlier we talked...
Date: 11/05/2015
VS2015 Remote Debugging JavaScript – Part 2
VS2015 Remote Debugging JavaScript Hosted in Web Browser Control Earlier we talked about how to...
Date: 11/05/2015
Internet Explorer or .NET Application Hosting Web Browser May Crash with Exception 0xE06D7363
This month looks little unusual as I ran into another bug in Internet Explorer component....
Date: 10/29/2015
VS2015 Remote Debugging JavaScript – Part 1
VS2015 provides first class experience for debugging JavaScript code. You can leverage remote...
Date: 10/29/2015
Finally... JavaScript source line info in a dump
For many years, if your C/C++/.NET application had a performance or stability issue (e.g.,...
Date: 09/29/2014
Extracting Pictures from a Byte Array in a Memory Dump
I ran into a case recently where there was a large amount of memory being used in a 32 bit IIS...
Date: 01/02/2013
Caller Information – a new concept in Visual Studio 2012
With the recent release of Visual Studio 2012, there are many new features and updates to explore....
Date: 09/19/2012
Exploratory Testing in Visual Studio 2012
With the recent release of Visual Studio 2012, there are many new features and updates to explore....
Date: 09/17/2012
Using DebugDiag's LeakTrack with ProcDump's Reflected Process Dumps
DebugDiag and Procdump are two of my favorite tools. They're both incredibly useful and I rely on...
Date: 07/30/2012
The Art of Guessing
Often when debugging, we’re presented with a problem scenario where our application specific...
Date: 03/08/2012
PInvoke Error in .NET 4: Array size control parameter index is out of range
So in a code-base I was working in yesterday, we use PInvoke to call out to the Performance Data...
Date: 11/19/2011
Starting a new Chapter in the Career of Mike Huguet
A couple of months ago an opportunity unexpectedly made its way into my life that would offer...
Date: 09/28/2011
Research for the Week-Memory Management Part 1
Do you know what happens when you create a new instance of a class? Why do we need a value type and...
Date: 09/19/2011
Research for the Week–How IIS Works
In the world of custom web application development a critical component of our success is the...
Date: 09/12/2011
Getting more information from the Word error box when troubleshooting OpenXML / WordML issues
So, many apologies for dropping off the face of the blogosphere lately. Fortunately (or...
Date: 09/03/2011
Upcoming Speaking Schedule for 2011 Q2
I have stepped it up a notch and am speaking at numerous user groups and technical conferences in...
Date: 04/18/2011
Silverlight Error - “Failed to create a system.double from text ‘xx’”
I encountered the error “Failed to create a system.double from text ‘50’” when trying to develop a...
Date: 04/03/2011
SketchFlow Build Error - “The Name ‘InitializeComponent’ does not exist in the current context”
This is my first real go round with Expression Blend and SketchFlow and it is taking quite a while...
Date: 04/03/2011
Yield Return…a little known but incredible language feature
“We shall neither fail nor falter; we shall not weaken or tire…give us the tools and we will finish...
Date: 10/17/2010
Linking your pivot collections the fun and easy way
In my previous post, I added to my series of entries on making sense of your ASP.NET event log error...
Date: 10/10/2010
Pivoting ASP.NET event log error messages
Unless you’ve been hiding under the proverbial rock, you’ve probably seen the recent Pivot...
Date: 10/04/2010
Visualizing Azure performance counters…
I’ve blogged before about how some things are different in the cloud, namely Azure. That post...
Date: 09/26/2010
Don’t guess when it comes to performance…a RegEx story.
Many times, when I work with a customer, it’s because they’ve tried to accomplish something and need...
Date: 09/19/2010
Optimizing your life: E-Mail Edition
As with most people, I hate to do the same thing more than once. In-fact, I had a job in...
Date: 09/11/2010
Parsing ASP.NET event log error messages for fun and profit
Sometimes a customer will ask me to look at their site and make some recommendations on what can be...
Date: 08/29/2010
PowerShell: Restoring a whole heap of SQL Databases
PowerShell is one of those things that falls into my “other duties as assigned” repertoire. ...
Date: 08/22/2010
Micro optimization or just good coding practice?
This is a common topic and I thought I’d write up some thoughts I have on it. In-fact, I was...
Date: 08/20/2010
Converting the Silverlight Business Application Template to use Windows Authentication
For my first “real” attempt at creating a business application using Silverlight I decided to use...
Date: 08/18/2010
Announcing the Perfmon Friendly Azure Log Viewer Plug-In
The Background About 3 months ago as some colleagues and I were working on the "Advanced Debugging...
Date: 08/17/2010
Getting a List of a User’s SharePoint Groups
I found it very odd that this was not available when doing some search engine queries. My...
Date: 08/17/2010
Working with the Bing Translator API
An online translator really isn’t all that new. They’ve been around for at least 8 years or...
Date: 08/03/2010
IE9: DOM Traversal
Really interesting blog post by the IE team on some of the new DOM traversal features in IE9 (and...
Date: 08/02/2010
Azure: Why did my role crash?
One thing you might encounter when you start your development on Windows Azure> is that there is an...
Date: 08/02/2010
IIS: When to enable web gardening?
I seem to get this question a lot and come across many customer environments where they have enabled...
Date: 07/29/2010
Site update July 2010 (aka - Where are all of your posts?)
If you have visited my blog anytime in the last 2 weeks – you may have noticed an error page. ...
Date: 07/25/2010
How to reset your Flip UltraHD Video camcorder
I recently ran into a problem with my Flip UltraHD Video camcorder where it would not turn on. ...
Date: 07/23/2010
Creating an instructor guide from a PowerPoint deck.
I recently came across the situation where I had several PowerPoint decks that were VERY well...
Date: 07/23/2010