Ian Robinson

What Blogs Do You Read?

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:26:21 GMT

Earlier today I created a list of blogs, podcasts, and web sites that are of interest to me as a developer. This are the sites I keep tabs on so I can stay up on the latest and keep learning. Some of them I frequent more regularly than others...

Reporting Services Error after editing web.config with IIS

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:40:05 GMT

If you have recently edited your reporting services web.config and can no longer access your reports you may want to check if your web.config file contains an xmlns attribute on the configuration element. If it does, you will not be able to access your report manager. Simply removing the attribute will solve this issue.

I ran into this issue today after i edited a property in the web.config using the IIS tool (under asp.net tab). As i had no idea what had originally caused the issue it took a few hours to figure out that it was because i had edited the web.config with IIS.

Here is the error message that the report manager would display:

"The report server is not responding. Verify that the report server is running and can be accessed from this computer."

Here is the error message from the log file:

Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.InternalCatalogExcepti
on: An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log
for more details. ---> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference
not set to an instance of an object.

Error installing VS 2005 content templates

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:51:08 GMT

Running all the new .NET 3.0 goodness on your development machine, but want to install content templates (maybe the DNN starter kit?) for Visual Studio 2005? You may see this error: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Wizardframework, Version=8.0.0.0,...'

Vista: using virtual CDs

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:46:35 GMT

After a bit of frustration with MS Virtual CD, I found a solution that works on Vista.

ComponentArt's New WYSIWYG Editor

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:20:02 GMT

There is a new ComponentArt rich text editor on the market - is it ready for DNN?

SQL05 DMVs and Silverlight

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:37:22 GMT

Information gleaned from Tulsa TechFest 2007...

I type 102.2 WPM

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Mr. Dukes pointed me to this blog post by Daniel Moth and of course I accepted the challenge (or was it just an inquiry......maybe I'm overly competitive...)

here is the link to try it yourself: Typequick

YOUR RESULTS ARE:

Number of words typed: 306
Test duration: 3 min
Speed: 102.2 words/min. (511 keystrokes/min.)
Error penalty: 13
Accuracy: 95.8%

I did not have to mess with the scrolling window as some have had to.....and it was my first try....also i fix errors as i go.....

Testing Web Sites in IE6

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

As techies, we here at Engage Software were enthusiastic regarding the release of IE7, and subsequently left IE6 behind. However a large number of the population at large, including our clients, are keeping it very much alive. Not being able to install IE6 and IE7 on the same machine has been a frustration in recent days.....but MS has come up with a relatively painless solution.

MS ASP.NET Ajax Beta Released

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:00:00 GMT

On friday a Beta version of ASP.NET ajax was released, the number of features in the release is less than in the last CTP, but the features that remain have had some very welcome enhancements made.

ASP.NET Ajax ("Atlas")

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:20:00 GMT

This weekend I attended the Tulsa TechFest and had the opportunity to sit through the entire Ajax/Atlas track. While it wasn’t the focus of every presentation at the fest, I have decided to focus this post on the new Microsoft ASP.NET Ajax web development technology, which currently is out as a Community Technology Preview.