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Microsoft Commerce Server 2002 (SP2)

Microsoft has release the Service Pack 2 for Commerce Server 2002...

Commerce Server 2002 Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains a collection of hotfixes and security fixes, as well as added support for Windows Server 2003, Visual Studio .NET 2003, SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit), .NET Framework 1.1, removal of the 5 connection limit for Commerce Server 2002 Developer Edition, and Commerce Server 2002 Developer Edition on Windows XP.

You can download it
here

The PInvoke Calling Convention Mismatch Probe

"Defining a PInvoke signature and using DllImportAttribute correctly can be difficult to do, and you normally get little-to-no diagnostic information if you make a mistake.  Some mistakes that can be made with PInvoke would be impossible for the CLR to detect, but many mistakes pass through without validation because PInvoke is designed for high-performance access to unmanaged APIs.  Thanks to the PInvoke Calling Convention Mismatch probe, however, at least one source of errors can now be caught."

CLR SPY and Customer Debug Probes: The PInvoke Calling Convention Mismatch Probe

distribuited .net newsletter

I learned one new thing about remoting in .Net, all thanks to the first issue of the Distribuited .NET Newsletter that has an excellent article: "Custom Exceptions and .NET Remoting".


Thanks Ingo for this issue, I hope that it'll be only the first of many more........ (y)
keithba's book

"However, I have seen a few typos and errors I can't help but mention (I guess the tech reviewer in me resists to read a book without dissecting it:)). These are fairly minor, and don't detract in any way from the overall quality of the book. So, Keith, in case you're interested, here are some of them:"


tomas restrepo ]
WSE and Java
"Covers interoperability between Web Services Enhancements 1.0 for Microsoft .NET and Java and shows how the WS-Security specification and implementation can be used to securely sign a Web service call from Microsoft .NET to Java and vice versa. The IBM Web Services ToolKit 3.3.2 enables WS-Security functionality for Java. Includes downloadable code samples."

This is an article write by Simon Guest, the idea exposed by Simon is to continue with more articles that show us the interoperability between Microsoft WSE and Java.  I will be waiting for more articles.... :p

[ Web Services Enhancements 1.0 and Java Interoperability, Part 1 ]
new blog in dotnetweblogs

[ About a lost son returning back to weblog home ]: "
Finally! Rob Howard, ASP.NET Program Manager, is blogging again, and you guess where? Of course: dotnetweblogs.com."
books

I have finally in my collection of books all "Microsoft .Net Development Series" (Addison Wesley). 

All of these books are write or foreword by Microsoft's people like Don Box ( web services architect at Microsoft ), Brad Adams ( program manager of .Net Framework ), Erik Olson ( program manager Microsoft's ASP.Net team), Keith Ballinger ( program manager for the WSE ), Andrew Layman ( director of xml web services standars at Microsoft ), between others; also there are Developmentor's people like Chris Sells, Frit Onion.

The books are:

ASP.Net starter kits

ASP.Net Starter Kits are sample ASP.Net applications that provide code to accomplish common Web development tasks.  In total are five (5) solutions:

  • Time Tracker: demonstrates how to build a line-of-business  ASP.Net application to track time worked in projects.
  • Reports: demostrates a simple data reporting solution for displaying multiple views on data, creating charts, and rendering any type of data in a Web application.
  • Community: enables an individual or an ISP to quickly create a community Web site such as a user group site, a developer resource site, or a news site.
  • Commerce: demostrate an e-commerce storefront application complete with shopping cart, product catalog, and a web services to submit orders.
  • Portal: demostrate can you use ASP.Net and .Net framework to build a dinamic portal application.

These kits are here [ http://www.asp.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=9&tabid=47 ], in csharp and vb.net

DataSets, Web Services, DiffGrams, Arrays, and Interoperability

Matt Powell examines the issues involved in deciding whether to send DataSets to and from Web services, while also showing you all your options.

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http://msdn.microsoft.com/webservices/building/frameworkandstudio/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnservice/html/service02112003.asp ]
new support for NUnitAddin

"I've added support for Trace and Debug output when running individual tests. When running individual tests using the code context menu you'll get to see any Trace, Debug or Console messages. When running all tests in a Solution or Project you won't. You can also use Debug/Trace.Assert for non-terminating assertions. You can see the general idea from the screenshot below."

http://dotnetweblogs.com/NUnitAddin ]
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