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Mirrored Weblogs
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On Windows 10, Microsoft (they’ve acquired Skype some years ago) provide a Windows Store app for Skype, however Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps like that one don’t support older webcams (even the ones embedded in not-that-old laptops). Unfortunately, Microsoft hasn’t bothered to provide some frame grabber driver to bridge with DirectShow-based etc. older webcams that […]...
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I am happy to announce the new ExcelIMporter module for both Windows and Web. Released with eXpandFramework v17.2.6.3. Importing is a complex task, each scenario has difference requirements. So, first off, a short brief on the existing importing solutions found in eXpandFramework. The ImportWizard module This module was contributed to eXpandFramework a few years ago from a community member. Pros Beautiful UI as it is build with the same DevExpress components that XAF uses. Well integrated, with localization support and skinning. Imports in batches on a background thread. Visualization of the Excel Sheet for configuring the import. Cons It is not a native XAF implementation but a Windows Forms integration into XAF, which makes it really hard to support and harder to EasyTest. Import configuration cannot be reused. Does not support the Web. Poor notification of importing errors. Can only import *.xlsx files. The IO module This module was designed to help move objects graphs in the form of XML out of XAF and again...
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At ClipFlair Gallery, apart from opening a ClipFlair activity in ClipFlair Studio, downloading of an activity (.clipflair) file is also supported. However, because the component serialization file format of ClipFlair Studio is XML plus media assets packed in .zip archive (with nesting allowed, where components and whole activities can be placed in other activities), Internet […]...
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Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. It stores snippets of code and instantly searches offline documentation sets for 200+ APIs, 100+ cheat sheets and more. It helps you keep all the APIs, from the different languages you are using, in a central location. The only problem is that it only runs on Mac OS. However, there is a solution to that,......
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I was looking for a way to show a hidden HTML element with just CSS (no Javascript) when mouse hovers over an anchor (say over a “more…” note), while at the same time also supporting touch-only (no mouse) clients, where clicking should show (and keep open) that same element. I ended up combining solutions and […]...
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Sometime ago, I was receiving errors 0x8e5e03fa and 0x800703fa on several pending updates at Windows 10’s Update pane (found at Settings / Updates & Security / Windows Update from the Start menu). The updates history wasn’t showing many more details, but could see Knowldege Base article numbers (KBxx) for some pending cummulative updates. Trying to […]...
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After doing sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade on an older Raspbian installation (at a 4GB SD Card), some corruption occured (probably due to lack of space, since I see newer NOOBS asks for an 8GB SD Card), making it unbootable. Would only show the NOOBS splash screen, but couldn’t boot into Raspbian. I just […]...
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Some time ago, at a WordPress 3.3 blog, a friend was getting a blank main area at the administration UI (just the menu was showing up there) when they visited the classic URL of the form http://somesite/wp-admin/. Here is a writeup of some notes I had kept while troubleshooting that issue and then upgrading to […]...
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If you have an ASP.NET Core web application that already has JWT authorization, this guide will help you add JWT (JSON Web Token) support to the Swagger UI. What is Swagger UI? Swagger UI is a collection of HTML, Javascript and CSS assets that dynamically generates beautiful documentation from a Swagger-compliant API. You can learn more in https://swagger.io/ and in the project’s......
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Time Machine is the built-in backup feature for Mac and, to use it, you need an external storage solution that could be an external hard disk or part of a NAS system. One thing to keep in mind is that when your time machine backup disk is not available, local snapshots are created to help Time Machine restore data (more......
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In this post, we are going to explore the steps needed to easily monitor an angular application for performance and usage, using Azure Application Insights. Azure Application Insights Azure Application Insights is an extensible Application Performance Management (APM) service for web developers that allows you to detect and diagnose issues and gives you insights on how your web apps are used......
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In a previous post we talked about how you can create a simple powershell runbook to automate tasks in your Azure account, such as starting up or shutting down a virtual machine based on a user-defined schedule. In this post, we are going to demonstrate how easy it is to create a webhook, in order to call your Runbook through an......
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XAF offers mobile support long time and the XAF team is constantly adding new features and modules, I guess the out of CTP mode is close enough. So its about time to support the mobile platform from our community project (eXpandFramework). Long story short: eXpandFramework up to now only recognized two contexts (Win, Web), this will change from v17.1.5.2 where a Mobile context is introduced. What this means for you? At the moment there are no new mobile modules released, however you are now able to use eXpandFramework your agnostic modules that reference eXpandFramwork in the mobile platform. p.s.: All easytests for the Win, Web platform still pass on every release, but at the moment there are no tests for the mobile. but its on schedule. Looking forward for your feedback at http://www.expandframework.com/forum/...
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One of the great things in Cloud computing is the ability to use resources whenever you want them and pay only only for what you are using. In this post, we are going to explore how you may create a schedule to automatically shut down and start up a virtual machine running on Azure, using Azure Automation, based on a......
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Those of you that use Remote Desktop connection you probably noticed that some key combinations like CTRL+ALT+UpArrow are not passed to the client. I looked everywhere but I could;t locate a ready solution so in invented one with the use of AutoHotKey . Install AutoHotKey on both machines and create a Autohotkey script (a file with ahk extension) for the host machine and enter: *^LAlt::^AppsKey This will replace all key strokes that use the left alt key with the Control + AppsKey(the one that opens the context menu when right click). and for the client machine similarly to switch back you need a second script with the following command *^AppsKey::^LAlt I am using this workaround for a week now with no issues, hope it helps some of you. p.s. : if you have a better way, please post in comments enjoy!...
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Sometimes you may need to run Visual Studio as Administrator; to do so, you have to right-click on Visual Studio task bar shortcut, right-click again on Visual Studio and select Run as Administrator. Then, you may open the solution you want manually from File -> Open -> Project/Solution or drop your .sln file onto Visual Studio. To make your life easier, you......
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In this post, we are going to explore the necessary steps to build a cluster on Azure Container Service and then setup RabbitMQ using Kubernetes as orchestrator and helm as package manager. First things first, let’s briefly introduce the services we are going to use. What is Azure Container Service? Azure Container Service (ACS) allows you to create, configure and......
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In this page you will find tools, related to Networking, to make your Azure journey easier and more fun. Azure Speed Test A simple web tool that measures the latency between you and Azure Datacenters, to suggest which might be fastest for your location. Fiddler (Telerik) A classic tool to debug and monitor traffic between your PC and the Internet.......
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In this page you will find tools, related to Azure Storage Services, to make your Azure journey easier and more fun. Azure Storage Explorer (Free) A stand-alone app from Microsoft that allows you to easily work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS and Linux. AzCopy AzCopy is a command-line utility, designed for copying data to and from Microsoft Azure......
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Several XML-based formats have surfaced over the years that can be used to describe a robot. Apart from URDF (and SRDF) of ROS origin, the Gazebo simulator has been promoting SDF (an evolution of URDF with emphasis on physics simulation), while MJCF apart from being available as URDF extensions, also has its own format with […]...
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On Windows 10 while trying to start or connect to a VM, on Hyper-V, you might come to the following error: As you are sure that Intel-VTx and DEP is enabled in the BIOS and you verify it through Task Manager you still don’t know what’s the problem. As it turns out to fix the issue you need to run the......
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C# 7.0 adds a number of new features and brings the focus on data consumption, code simplification and performance. Perhaps the most interesting feature is tuples, a finite ordered list of values, of possibly different types, which is used to bundle related values together without having to create a specific type to hold them. Tuples are very good for performance reasons, as you don’t......
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Azure Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy and manage scalable and reliable microservices. Service Fabric also addresses the significant challenges in developing and managing cloud applications. In this post, we will explore how to host an ASP.NET Core web application, alongside a stateless and a stateful service on an Azure Service Fabric cluster,......
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Build 2017 is over. A three-day conference, where a lot of great stuff was announced. Apart from the keynotes of every day, there are many technical sessions to watch and learn from. The whole list of sessions is available at Channel 9. Here you may find my picks from the categories I am interested in. Azure Related Visual Studio &......
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Azure Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that makes it easy to package, deploy, and manage scalable and reliable microservices. It enables you to build and manage scalable and reliable applications, composed of microservices that run at a very high density on a shared pool of machines, which is referred to as a cluster. In addition, it provides a......
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