Distributed Matters
Troubleshooting issues in technologies available to developers for building distributed applications
SocketException: “a non-blocking socket operation could not be completed immediately” with .Net Remoting
If you are using .Net Remoting with the TCP channel, you may get the error SocketException: “a...
Date: 02/05/2018
Side-by-Side Execution of Workflow Services: Step-by-Step Example
Introduction In this blog post, we go through a complete example of a workflow service that handles...
Date: 12/16/2015
Dynamic Update in WF4.5: Sample using a re-hosted Workflow Designer
Introduction WF 4.5 added Versioning and Dynamic Updates to workflows. The dynamic update process...
Date: 11/29/2013
How to clean up a WF4 persistence database
Introduction The SqlWorkflowInstanceStore class in WF4 uses a Sql Server database for persistence....
Date: 10/24/2013
Debugging Multiple CLRs (InProc SxS)
Introduction In the previous post, we looked at how multiple CLRs can be loaded in the same process...
Date: 09/06/2013
Loading multiple CLR Runtimes (InProc SxS) – Sample Code
Introduction Starting with version 4, the CLR supports In-Process Side-by-Side (InProc SxS). The...
Date: 08/23/2013
Workflow Foundation 4: Cancellation
Introduction I got an interesting question from a customer a few days ago: “Is it possible to handle...
Date: 02/06/2013
Workflow Foundation Sql Scripts
If you install the .Net Framework 4.5 and you look at the folder...
Date: 01/10/2013
The “MSXML Interfaces appearing in my TLB” issue and related topics
Hi all! I have been involved recently in the troubleshooting of a type library-related problem...
Date: 04/06/2010
Troubleshooting a RemotingException by dumping out Remoting Channel Configuration
This post is devoted to .NET Remoting, one of the technologies supported by our Distributed Services...
Date: 01/11/2010
.NET Generics and Code Bloat (or its lack thereof)
Introduction I recently got questions from a couple of customers on the implications of using...
Date: 11/09/2009
Workflow Foundation: Migration from WF3 to WF4 - Notes and References
As you probably know, the .NET Framework 4.0 is going to introduce a new object model for the...
Date: 08/27/2009
A CLR COM Interop Issue
Hello again. Today's case is pretty interesting, in my opinion, because it merges a number of...
Date: 03/10/2009
Analyzing a user-mode exception and conditionally taking a kernel dump
Introduction Hello again. It has been more than one month since the last post. I guess the Christmas...
Date: 01/27/2009
Why Carlos?
Some colleagues and friends pointed out that, after a couple of tough postings on, respectively,...
Date: 12/24/2008
Heap Corruption: A Case Study
Here we go again: it is snowing in Milan while I am publishing a new blog post . Admittedly, this...
Date: 12/10/2008
Troubleshooting a DCOM issue: Case Study
Hi all,this is my first post after a LONG LONG time since I created the (so far empty) blog. I guess...
Date: 11/25/2008