Dispatches from the front lines of the war on gnarly problems.

XBOX 360 avatar image

Here is how you can get an image of your xbox 360 avatar. http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/{xbox live id username}/avatar-body.png i.e. to get me avatar image I would browse to: http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/palmerhyde/avatar-body.png Read post
Liam Molloy 25 June 2009, 9:03 AM

Update maxBufferSize with maxReceivedMessageSize

I was working with a WCF service client application that failed. First, I had to modify the try-catch and using blocks. Then, I was able to see the real problem.The maximum message size quota for incoming messages (65536) has been exceeded. To increase ... Read post
Chris Idzerda 31 May 2009, 10:50 AM

Catch and Abort before Dispose

My WCF service client kept giving me the generic fault message.The communication object, System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel, cannot be used for communication because it is in the Faulted state. I enabled fault text in the configuration file. ... Read post
Chris Idzerda 29 May 2009, 8:57 AM

UserControl in DataTemplate must be in a Panel

While investigating MVVM in Silverlight 2, I came across a problem putting a UserControl in a DataTemplate used by an ItemsControl. I started with the following XAML for the DataTemplate used by my ItemsControl in the page. ... Read post
Chris Idzerda 27 May 2009, 9:00 AM

Big centipede escapes

The kids found a Giant Redheaded Centipede crawling around outside so we caught it and put Bob (kids named it Bob right away) in a cage to observe for a few days. It started off well, it ate 7 mealworms the first evening, but we were surprised to discover ... Read post
Ralph Arvesen 15 May 2009, 10:31 AM

Localization in ASP.NET MVC

Based on a post by Matt Hawley, I created a few extension methods to the HtmlHelper class to provide resource/localization support.  My version is a little simpler, since it assumes the use of the standard MVC views (WebFormView).  Here are the steps ... Read post
Adrian Anttila 08 May 2009, 9:03 PM