If you like inserting Youtube videos in your blog posts, you might be already aware of Insert Video plugin. This plug-in is great. One shortcoming of this plugin is that when you insert videos using this plugin, the video cannot be run in Full Screen mode. Resizing has its own hassles with this way of embedding. Take a look at the following using the Insert Video plugin. Since this did not suffice my needs, I have created another plugin for Youtube which you can download now. Once you h... [More]

Recently, while working with MOSS 2007 on my VM I noticed that most of my pages, including Central Administration pages was throwing Javascript error. I did a lot of random things to fix, but realized very soon that fixing an issue should always be a focused and thoughtful process. Troubleshooting in the dark wasn't taking me anywhere, so this was the thought process that bailed me out. Step 1> Since it is a Javascript error, let's isolate and ensure that it is a problem with 1 site, or all ... [More]

In this blog post, I'll discuss some of the techniques that you can use for loading the assemblies in .NET and troubleshoot the loading process in case you get stuck. Basically, you will learn… How to rename an assembly and still be able to load it How to redirect to a specific version How to use two different versions of the DLL in the same application How to use fusion log and troubleshoot while doing the above exercise Without further ado, and scaring you with the mumbo jum... [More]

Well, please don't consider this a comparison between WP7 (Mango - HTC Mozart) and iPhone. I work for Microsoft, and it is quite possible that you will consider my views biased. Nevertheless, I just wanted to let you know that these are my personal views and I am not a marketing guy . The reason I am sharing my experience is because I have used iPhone for a long time, and it is almost 6 months [as on 10th September, 2011] since I switched over from an iPhone. I thought it would be a good exerci... [More]

The extensibility of Visual Studio keeps surprising me. Did you know that there is an extension called Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2? Well, I discovered it not very long ago. Here is how you can get it, and others…     Select Tools -> Extension Manager…     Select Online Gallery and search for feature pack.     If you are an MSDN Subscriber, you should be directed to a page from where you can download it.  ... [More]

You can reject the calls with one touch on smart phones, but if you live in a country where you keep getting pesky marketing calls throughout the day, here is what may help you. If you get those Junk calls from a specific number or numbers, save it as the name Junk (or anything you prefer). Once saved, assign them BLANK ringtones. So the phone would ring, but not ring, hence it is automatically ignored.     Download the following blank.zip file.   ... [More]

If you are a parent with young kids and own a Windows Phone 7, you may like to check these out. There is a Smart Dialer for Windows Phone 7 too, in case you are interested. Memory match - FREE   Antonyms - FREE   Time Teacher   Have fun. And if you like it, please spread the word. Thanks! Rahul Quote of the day: I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. - J. R. R. Tolkien

While upgrading or submitting new application, you may get an error message from the App Hub saying… The [NeutralResourceLanguage] attribute is missing on the entry assembly. (2003) Here is what you need to do. If you don't want to do all of that, try doing this…     Go the Properties page of your Project     Click Assembly Information, in the Application Tab.     Set it to English     Compile and resubmit. ... [More]

Simple answer is… it is just like a regular collection except that it implements a couple of pretty interesting interfaces, INotifyCollectionChanged and INotifyPropertyChanged. Let's dive in. Take a look below.   What is so special about the ObservableCollection then? When would you use it? The reason why you would use it, is the magic word called DataBinding, which is a lifesaver, especially when you are using Silverlight/WPF applications. To bind to any variable/class is easy. Th... [More]

We have IIS 7 released for quite some time now and we haven’t seen any best practices document released by Microsoft IIS 7 team. IIS 6 have good document in place and even though IIS 7 is secure by default, we need some document to keep us in-check. Here are few I prepared for myself: Installing IIS 7 / 7.5 Install IIS 7 / 7.5 with minimum required components. If a feature is not required e.g. Basic Authentication or Directory Browsing, do not install it. If you are using scripts to... [More]