http://www.afanaat.nl Suspended (resumable) Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:22:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got a few requests for the source code of MCE Guide Editor. I once started working on a new release of it and during the process I discovered that the solution I chose wasn't going to work. This meant I didn't have the source of the working version of ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2009/01/28/mce-guide-editor-source-code/ Today I witnessed the arrival of eight Avanade branded Fiat 500 cars. They arrived in a single line in front of our main office, where they stand now. The orange / black color combination draws a lot of attention and enthousiasm. Together with the branding and racing stripes they form ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/11/28/honk-twice-if-you-see-us/ It's been a while since I wrote an article on developing Vista Media Center Add-ins. A month ago the article was published in the Dutch .Net Magazine and today I found the digital version is available as well. In the article I demonstrate how to use the Viddler.com API to ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/11/24/building-vista-media-center-add-ins-dutch/ Yesterday afternoon we (my collegues and I) arrived in LA. Purpose of visit: the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference 2008 (PDC'08). It promises to be a very interesting week with a lot of new stuff from Microsoft, including Windows 7, 'Oslo' and 'Dublin'. After arrival we checked into our rooms, grabbed ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/10/27/day-0-arrived-in-la/ By default the SharePoint Designer is unable to consume WCF services because it fails to recognize the structure of the request messages. There is a workaround if you still need to consume WCF services using the Designer. However, this does not work via the datasource wizard but instead requires some ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/10/23/consume-wcf-service-using-sharepoint-designer/ I've done my share of work with the Web Service Software Factory modelling edition, but never have I liked the solution structure it generates for me. Or either the namespaces of the projects are wrong, or the paths became too long because of the fully qualified names I'd use. This ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/10/15/better-wssf-solution-structure/ Things are moving fast. Yesterday I released an early first version of Viddler.Net, a wrapper for the Viddle API. Today I was able to post an updated version to Codeplex, which seems more suitable for managing this project than my own blog. The updated version uses HTTP POST instead of ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/08/22/viddlernet-on-codeplex/ If you read my article in the Dutch .Net Magazine about Vista Media Center add-ins and you came looking on my blog for the Viddler.Net api, you just found it! If you don't know what I'm talking about, please read on :) This is my first release of the Viddler.Net api, which is ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/08/20/first-release-of-viddlernet/ From MSDN: Welcome to the first edition of the Microsoft® BizTalk® Server Performance Optimizations Guide. We created this guide to provide in depth information for optimizing the performance of a BizTalk Server solution. Full end-to-end performance testing is frequently overlooked during enterprise application deployment. Knowing that Microsoft has built a scalable ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/07/10/microsoft-biztalk-server-performance-optimization-guide/ From the Windows Experience Blog: The Windows SideShow Team has announced the availability of 4 BETA Windows SideShow Gadgets that let you control Windows Media Center from a Windows Sideshow device. You can sign-up via Microsoft Connect to gain access to Beta Test these new Windows SideShow Gadgets:  http://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=2380&SiteID=312&InvitationID=GPB-79MM-RFJ2 Here is the breakdown ... http://www.afanaat.nl/index.php/2008/07/08/control-windows-media-center-with-new-windows-sideshow-beta-gadgets/