Monthly Archives: July 2011

How to configure WCF Service to wsHttpBinding binding

Posted on July 30, 2011 by chanmingman

My namespace is WcfServiceCMM, Interface is IService and service class is Service1. So I insert the following block of code to Web.config file. <system.serviceModel>   <services>     <servicename=“WcfServiceCMM.Service1“behaviorConfiguration=“WcfServiceCMM.Service1Behavior“>       <!– Service Endpoints –>       <endpointaddress=“”binding=“wsHttpBinding“contract=“WcfServiceCMM.IService1“>         <!–             Upon deployment, … Continue reading →

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The HTML document does not contain Web service discovery information

Posted on July 30, 2011 by chanmingman

You might receive the message ——————————————————————————————- The HTML document does not contain Web service discovery information. Metadata contains a reference that cannot be resolved: ‘http://localhost:1091/Service1.svc&#8217;. Content Type application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 was not supported by service http://localhost:1091/Service1.svc.  The client and service bindings … Continue reading →

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Where to get AppFabric for Windows 7

Posted on July 26, 2011 by chanmingman

Go here and download the installer http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=15848   The installation screen looks like below.

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Use WCF Test Client to test WCF Service Application

Posted on July 25, 2011 by chanmingman

This is a very handy way to test your WCF Service Application. Watch the video below.   Use WCF Test Client to test WCF Service Application Rsources: Calling Synchronous Methods Asynchronously – simplify sample Simple WCF DataGrid Entity Framework binding … Continue reading →

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How to view PowerPoint slides if you do not have PointPower or PowerPoint viewer install?

Posted on July 25, 2011 by chanmingman

You can save the PowerPoint file to skydrive and view it as in the video below. How to view PowerPoint slides if you do not have PointPower or PowerPoint viewer install?

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How to drag and drop local files to Silverlight application

Posted on July 23, 2011 by chanmingman

This sample you can find it in All-In-One code framework. Somehow you will not see margin in between each picture. I have done a small modification to do that as the code below. // Handle drop event here. private void … Continue reading →

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One way to open Internet Explorer from WPF

Posted on July 20, 2011 by chanmingman

In order to open the IE in WPF form it is just a line of code.   Process.Start(“IExplore.exe”, “https://chanmingman.wordpress.com”);   Download the complete code fromhttp://skydrive.live.com.The sample file name is WpfAppIE.rar. My MSN ID is chanmmn@hotmail.com.

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Activation error occured while trying to get instance of type LogWriter, key

Posted on July 19, 2011 by chanmingman

When you are using Logging Block in Enterprise Library then you might hit the error “Activation error occured while trying to get instance of type LogWriter, key”. This is likely cause by your App.config file.   Watch the video below. … Continue reading →

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SSIS Error: Column Name cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode string data types.

Posted on July 18, 2011 by chanmingman

When you can configuring SSIS Data Flow package then you might see the error “Column Name cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode string data types” as the picture below.     You might likely see the data type nvarchar when … Continue reading →

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Next version of MS SQL Server “Denali”

Posted on July 15, 2011 by chanmingman

The evaluation is free. Get it here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh225126.aspx?wt.mc_id=nlc-f-us-Mba-TEC_93_1_7

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