Colby Africa
A New Chapter Begins
Originally I thought of this as my second departure from Microsoft, but when I consider the multiple...
Date: 05/06/2009
Breaking The Silence
It has been a while. In addition to my daily project work, I am working on several side...
Date: 04/26/2009
TimedExecution
I haven’t written for a while. I have been super busy. Chet said he signed up for my RSS feed...
Date: 03/27/2009
Project Server Interface Development: Dev 101 Samples
I did a presentation today about basic PSI development concepts. I thought I would share these...
Date: 03/18/2009
MSDN Code Gallery Report Released
Here it is. Download the setup here. Download the source here. Enjoy. This will be my...
Date: 02/17/2009
MSDN Code Gallery Download Report
In an attempt to divert my brain and as a break from SharePoint development, I wrote a simple...
Date: 02/16/2009
MpFx Walkthrough: Creating the ProjectServer Object & Enumerating Project Information
I am taking a little break from my current project. Whew. Only such much you can cram into...
Date: 01/29/2009
mpFx: Simon Demo
Simon from Australia needed an example of how to use mpFx to create projects, resources, tasks, and...
Date: 01/28/2009
Learning SharePoint Part IV
I have learned so much in the past few days, I am not sure where to start. So, here is tidbit...
Date: 01/28/2009
Learning SharePoint – Part III
Except for a project I did last year, I haven’t done much ASP.NET development. I have always...
Date: 01/26/2009
mpFx 1.0 Preview Released to MSDN Code Gallery
The preview of mpFx 1.0 has been released to MSDN Code Gallery. The tool I built to showcase...
Date: 01/25/2009
mpFx 1.0 Preview Release – Update II
Not that anybody is reading this, but I like to write :-) A while back, I reserved the .mpfx.org...
Date: 01/24/2009
mpFx 1.0 Preview Release: Update
I am working hard today to get mpFx ready for Code Gallery. I might make it. I have work time...
Date: 01/24/2009
Learning SharePoint – Part II
I have made some serious progress since my last post. I found this very handy extension...
Date: 01/23/2009
Learning SharePoint – Part I
I am on a special project that requires I do a deep dive into SharePoint and fast. I told my...
Date: 01/20/2009
Comments (in Code)
I love comments when they are appropriate and necessary. I relish a good comment in a piece of...
Date: 01/19/2009
MpFx Preview: To Be Released to MSDN Code Gallery Next Weekend!
This a post long in the making. Over a year ago, I started working on a Microsoft Project 2003...
Date: 01/18/2009
ASP.NET Session Monitor 1.0 Released to MSDN Code Gallery
A couple of years ago I was dealing with an ASP.NET application with session state issues. ...
Date: 01/18/2009
C# Code Header Designer 1.0 Released to MSDN Code Gallery
Recently I finished an engagement where the customer received the source code. When MCS does...
Date: 01/15/2009
Microsoft Project mpFx Client – Application Architecture: IMpfxClientPlugin
I needed a test harness for mpFx, so I built a simple WinForms application and wrote little...
Date: 01/11/2009
Opening an Enterprise Project Programmatically
There must be a better way to do this. I have a Project Server plugin for the mpFx client...
Date: 01/09/2009
Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 PSI Extension Generator 1.0: Released to MSDN Code Gallery
PSI Extensions are custom web services that execute within the Project Server Interface...
Date: 01/07/2009
QuickPatch – Registry Hints Improved with Registry Browser
I have added the ability to search the local registry to select a registry key and value. See...
Date: 12/22/2008
QuickPatch
I am working on a project that is turning out the builds, sometimes with just a single change in an...
Date: 12/19/2008
Updated GUI For IExpress
There is a neat little tool called IExpress that has been around for a long time. IExpress...
Date: 12/13/2008
Tools & Technologies for Building Solutions with Microsoft Project: Update on mpFx Part I
I have been working at Microsoft nearly five months already. It is hard to believe how time...
Date: 12/06/2008
Adventures with Windows Presentation Foundation Part I
I am finally biting the bullet and learning something about WPF. I have Visual Studio 2008 and...
Date: 11/07/2008
Using a Separate Application Domain to Test for Implemented Interfaces
Sometimes you need to load an assembly for use or inspection. The problem is that loading an...
Date: 10/28/2008
It's the Little Things Part 1
As I get further and further into the Project Server Interface (PSI), I run up against gaps in my...
Date: 10/21/2008
Interface Type Param Arrays to Operate on Many Objects
Here is an example: 1: private void Dispose(params IDisposable[] disposableObjects) 2: { 3: foreach...
Date: 10/20/2008
"Friends Don't Let Friends Delete Their Cache or Cancel Queue Jobs"
I thought I would repost something Brian Smith wrote. Believe you me when I say follow his...
Date: 10/20/2008
Assert.IsTrue(ThrowsException(() => object.Method()));
While reading this post, I came across an interesting line of code: 1:...
Date: 10/07/2008
Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS): First Contact
I have been reading about cloud computing quite a bit. I found that Microsoft is doing...
Date: 10/05/2008
PSI Calls Result in 401.2 2148074254 Entries in IIS Log
I implemented an integration service using the PSI for lifting data from a customer's system into...
Date: 10/03/2008
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I am a developer working in Microsoft Consulting Services' Enteprise Project Management Global...
Date: 10/01/2008