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Checking for User’s write permissions to a Directory

This is a big thing and I’m sure it won’t be needed much, but the library is so large for .Net that sometimes finding out how to do something easy can take MUCH longer then it should.  For example I am working on a new app where the user has to pick ...[Read More]

Published: Jan-31-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Announcing the Apple iProduct

I usually try to stay away from personal editorials on MS vs. Apple, but with the upcoming “mystery” (yeah, right) announcement, I gotta say, it sure seems like this Mock Ad for the iProduct is so apropos! A Boy And His Computer - Announcing the Ap ...[Read More]

Published: Jan-27-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

InstallShield and Integration with TFS source control

So I’m working with install shield (which hasn’t been my favorite product in the past) and have been trying to get the source control integration built in to work with TFS source control.  Needless to say the help files and forums and knowledge base ...[Read More]

Published: Jan-26-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Converting ObjectDataSource to LinqToSqlDataSource

So here I am trying to port an application from asp.net 2.0 pre-Linq IIS7 application to a Windows Azure asp.net 3.5 application converting from old ObjectDataSource to LinqToSqlDataSource. The first thing I discover is why I find myself more and m ...[Read More]

Published: Jan-25-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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As a general rule this blog is for Business, Technical and not personal musings, but I reserve the right to be inconsistent, and this is one of those times! I’m a geek, always have been, and happy to be so, and always will be.  In the town where I ...[Read More]

Published: Jan-19-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Get physical path of assembly installed in GAC

OK, I’m going to do something that I’ve read some people hate in blogs, a tech tip for me and my usage because I keep forgetting it, and it’s getting harder and harder to find using Google, people see to ask about it less and less and it’s going dow ...[Read More]

Published: Jan-09-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post