Below is a nice little site from Microsoft that tells you when a specific software version is planned to become unsupported: http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/Default.aspx
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Transform web.config files through TFS
http://www.andygeldman.com/index.php/2011/10/web-and-app-config-transformations-with-tfs-build/
Building a Windows System Tray Application
One of the main issues I face with managing our companies internal applications is the fact that users never seem to send decent screenshot or details of a specific error. We receive numerous support tickets that include “[system] is not working”, with no more information at all. This is a nightmare for my team to… Continue reading Building a Windows System Tray Application
A New Milestone Has Been Reached
So it seems I have managed to keep this blog running for over 3 years now. This in my book deserves a celebration as prior to this one I had many false starts. So I don’t update this often but it is certainly update much more than any previous blogs I tried to stand up.… Continue reading A New Milestone Has Been Reached
SkyDrive on Windows 8 with Office 2013: Turning a useful tool into a useless one
I’ve been a user of Dropbox for some time now and really like its simplicity, plus the way you can easily shared folders amongst other users. The only limiting factor was the free space they provided you which wasn’t too much trouble as if you were clever you can increase this through their Beta program… Continue reading SkyDrive on Windows 8 with Office 2013: Turning a useful tool into a useless one
Woocommerce Gift Certificates
I’ve posted in the past about looking to create my own version of Gift Certificates for the WordPress WooCommerce plugin, the reason for this was because there was no current plugin that provided this functionality. During the past few months however there have been two versions come out and with this I have decided to… Continue reading Woocommerce Gift Certificates
Windows 8 and RDP with Windows Server 2012
So today I found a nice “feature” of the new Metro Windows 8 interface. Now that the start button can be exposed by moving your mouse to the bottom left of the screen this does not work well when you have RDP in full screen mode. I have just connected to Windows Server 2012 using… Continue reading Windows 8 and RDP with Windows Server 2012
K2 4.6.4 Released
K2 blackpearl 4.6.4 has just been released which includes the following new features and enhancements: SharePoint Copy and Move When moving, copying or updating a document or list item in SharePoint it is now possible to preserve the existing SharePoint document or List Item’s MetaData and version history when using the SharePoint Document Wizard or… Continue reading K2 4.6.4 Released
K2 Task List – iOS App
So our company have finally pushed out a policy to allow our iOS devices to connect to our corporate wifi, apart from the obvious benefits in intranet web access I am very excited about coupling K2 smartforms and the K2 mobile task list to allow users to approve items on the go, this will become… Continue reading K2 Task List – iOS App
K2 SmartObjects and Attachments
The K2 ServiceObject for SQL does not support some field types, one of them being varbinay, so to upload attachments you need to use nvarchar(MAX) as your database column type for the K2 ServiceObject to become aware of it. The reason for this is because K2 serialises attachments as XML strings and there for required… Continue reading K2 SmartObjects and Attachments