22nd December 2009

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In this video Mohammad Azam demonstrates how to use INotifyPropertyChanged for entities and ObservableCollection for entity collections in Windows Presentation Foundation. [7:45]

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Happy Holidays!

For those of you who are fortunate enough to have dev machines with 8GB or more of RAM (and I highly recommend it – tell your boss I said do it!), you may be interested in seeing how much faster your build times can be when you convert part of your RAM into a RAMDisk. If you think SSD is fast (it is), RAMDisk is just as fast or faster, and you can achieve it with a pure software solution for free (assuming of course you have the actual RAM). Running a full build of Lake Quincy Media’s AdSignia solution was about 27% faster when running the exact same files off of a RAMDisk on the exact same laptop (and that’s with a bunch of integration tests still talking to a SQL database on the magnetic C drive, so it would be faster still potentially if the DB were also on the RAMDisk).

Check out the full write-up on my blog here:
Using RAMDisk to Speed Build Times

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Sometimes you need to create reports quickly. You might not always have time to format fancy reports containing graphs. Or maybe you have to create reports that do not need graphs. Reusing one ASP.NET web page you can display many reports.

In this article the author presents a comprehensive solution to build a GridView with template fields generated at run time with in-place Insert, Delete and Edit operations with a full description of an effective implementation and usage of ITemplate interface.

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In this article, Vince examines the creation of a report that connects to two databases but displays the data on one report with he help of relevant screenshots and source code. Sub reports embed one report inside another while linking on a common field. They can be useful when you need to report data from more than one data source or when you need to run separate and distinct queries to retrieve data on a report.

In this sixth part of the series, Vince examines the creation of a sales forecast crystal report based on the AdventureWorks database in a series of steps. He initially provides a brief outline of creating a new solution in Visual Studio 2008 and database connectivity and then demonstrates the usage of parameter fields and formula fields in addition to building an ASP.NET web page to execute and preview the report with the help of exammple screenshots and code snippets.

In this second part of the series, Eric examines the usage of caching in Crystal Reports. He makes use of Visual Studio Team System testing to compare performance between cached and non-cached pages. After providing a short introduction and outlining the system requirements, he examines the test strategy in detail and provides a comprehensive coverage of both the NonCached and Cached loads with a detailed analysis of the results with the help of screen shots and source codes.

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In this second part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create a burndown chart using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of burndown reports with the help of relevant SQL statements and screen shots.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create two reports using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of scenario story report with the help of relevant SQL and screen shots.

This article examines the steps the author took to make the local reports work using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in ASP.NET.