By Brian Swanson on 8/28/2007 9:03 AM

One of the many things I have been working on lately, is actually helping another microISV with a project of theirs.  Snowmint Creative Solutions consists of 3 people who are primarly Mac developers.  We made contact earlier this year, and I have been involved in helping them port one of their products over to the Windows platform using VB.NET and .NET framework v2.0.  The project took quite a bit longer than we all had hoped it would, but my other projects workload as well as my learning curve of understanding how the Mac version operated delayed things.  But, it's out now, and we are already working on the next version.

 



You can check out the home page for the product here.

It has been a great pleasure to work with Snowmint, as they are...

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By Brian Swanson on 8/21/2007 12:55 PM

I've been using DotNetNuke for A LOT of projects lately.  Mostly small projects, but a couple of larger ones that I can't really discuss as of yet...

On one of these larger projects we are using MS SQL Reporting Services, and of course we want it integrated into DNN.  The challenge we ran into was with accessing the SQL Reporting Services.  Since we aren't using the ADSI provider for authnetication, and the site is not running under an impersonated identity, how do we go about accessing reports on the SQL Reporting Services server?

It was actually much simpler than I orginally thought it would be.  I searched and found a few options that referred to Forms Authentication with SRS, but it didn't seem very elegant.

Ultimately the solution we chose to implement was to provide the ability to enter a username/password/domain to be used with a given report module.  Then we created a generic user on the SRSS for accessing the report with.

Of course the SQL Reporting Services “visualizer“ for...

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By Brian Swanson on 12/7/2006 2:33 AM

So I've been doing some project work for different companies around Memphis, and have been working a lot with ASP.NET lately.  I'm in the process of creating a simple call tracking system for a customer, and I'm using a GridView on one of the pages.

I setup the GridView, created the DataSource, pointed it at a Business Object that I had created, but everytime I got to the page I would get the following error/exception:

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No parameterless constructor defined for this object. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.MissingMethodException: No parameterless constructor defined for this object.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I guess this...

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By Brian Swanson on 6/24/2005 7:43 AM

I'm testing out the new functionality being offered by ConnectViaBooks.com, that allows me to place my booklists here on my blog.  It was fairly easy to add, doesn't seem to have broken anything else, and offers another way for me to share the books I love with my readers.

If you are reading this site via RSS, you'll have to come to the site to see it in the left column.

 

By Brian Swanson on 6/24/2005 7:41 AM

via Brad McCabe's weblog:

For those of you who are C# programmers and a little miffed about the new “My” namespace that's coming out for VB.NET 2005 developers, there's hope.  C#.Net 2005 is going to be released with a “that” namespace that will closely mimic the “My” namespace that's been discussed by so many...

via IDesign site:

“The My class in VB often simplifies and streamlines many operations, from Network programming to clipboard, to audio access, and so on. What takes sometimes a programming fit in C# can be done in one line using the My class in VB. If VB has Me and My, then C# should have this and That. The That class is the C# equivalent of the VB My class. It is a static class that uses the VB implementation as much as possible, and it requires adding a referencing to Microsoft.VisualBasic. The That...

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By Brian Swanson on 6/20/2005 8:44 AM

via Mital Kakaiya [MCSD.NET]:

Do you know how computer thinks? Play chess with a computer and see "inside PC's brain".

This is a VERY cool site.  It's a java chess game, and after you make your move you will see the computer decide which move it should make based on what it thinks you will do...VERY COOL STUFF!

 

 

By Brian Swanson on 6/14/2005 9:45 AM

via A VC blog:

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people
can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has!"
                        -- anthropologist Margaret Meade

By Brian Swanson on 6/13/2005 8:58 AM

I was at my wife's office for lunch today and saw the latest edition of Fortune Small Business, which the cover article spoke of Microsoft using Anthropolgists to study small businesses.  Of course Scoble beat me to blogging about it...

Using Anthropology is something new in the industry that hasn't quite made it to the mainstream. The article discusses Microsoft's efforts to better understand their small business customers and what their “friction” points are in their day-to-day operations.  I thought it was funny after reading the article that Fortune didn't do a good job (in my opinion) of helping people understand why Anthropologists are perfect for this type of work.

So here's my attempt:

First let's define Anthroplogy: The scientific study...

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By Brian Swanson on 6/13/2005 6:18 AM

via Panopticon Central:

“...the 8.0 VB language specification posted up for downloading. It covers all the new language features in VB 2005 and should be completely current with Beta2.”

This is a interesting document as it describes all the ins and outs of the Visual Basic language and changes that are coming with the next release of Visual Studio.

By Brian Swanson on 6/8/2005 7:53 AM

I was contacted today by someone who is a fellow microISV er.  He's actually launched a site and it looks pretty neat so far.

The site is connectviabooks.com.  It's a great site for meeting up with people who have the same interest in books as you.

Here's how they are marketing themselves:

Connect with people who love the same books as you do! Ever read a great book and wanted to discuss it with someone?Ever wanted to find people locally who like the same books as you do?Find people who share your interests, your hobbies or just read the same books.

I've signed up (nickname 'unleadedsw') and created a couple of booklists.  I'll keep checking back on the site and seeing how things progress.

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