Paul's MCS Developer Blog
Sharing and blabbing on my findings as a Microsoft consultant
On to new challenges
Hello, I’m leaving Microsoft and will no longer be maintaining this blog. It’s been an honor to wear...
Date: 08/18/2014
SharePoint Foundation as a Search API Layer for hobbyist apps
I’ve been a SharePoint developer on a variety of customer projects. At least 1/4 of my work has been...
Date: 03/05/2014
PDF Viewing Components for Windows Store apps (WinRT) (XAML/C#)
Updated 4/7/2014 to reflect Windows 8.1 PDF API capabilities and new SDK samples Microsoft released...
Date: 02/15/2013
Unzipping files with a progress bar in Windows Store applications (XAML/C#)
Here’s a method for unzipping a Zip file in a Windows Store application. ZipArchive is part of...
Date: 01/24/2013
Goal setting at Microsoft
When reading about how Microsoft does business, it’s quickly evident that we’re a...
Date: 09/14/2011
Career Inspiration at PASS Summit
I’m at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit, an event that brings together a...
Date: 11/11/2010
Next steps in learning as a professional consultant
I’ve decided to pursue a Master of Information Management (MIM) program from University of Maryland....
Date: 06/22/2010
Recent Microsoft certification exams as a differentiator
I’m coming off of a stint of a few exams in a row to earn my Microsoft Certified Professional...
Date: 07/06/2009
Walkthrough: Quick Start with SharePoint Web Services
Introduction Integrating external applications with SharePoint data and functionality is pretty...
Date: 04/08/2009
Get common dates in T-SQL
A few years ago I created an article around Reporting Services and dates. It could have been written...
Date: 06/25/2008
Latest tool: XPath query field extractor for InfoPath
Update: This tool seems to be only relevant with InfoPath 2003. A co-worker pointed out that due the...
Date: 04/16/2008
Synchronize XSD from an InfoPath document with a SharePoint project for server-side XSD validation
In order to implement server-side XSD validation against an InfoPath form submission, I had to pull...
Date: 04/15/2008
Use the DescriptionAttribute with an Enum to display status messages.
I've been working on various forms of displaying status messages from enums, and here's the latest...
Date: 03/31/2008