March 2008 Entries
I've been playing around with MSBuild and CruiseControl.NET and ran into a problem trying to build projects built using VS2008. File format version is not recognized. MSBuild can only read solution files between versions 7.0 and 9.0, inclusive. Turned out I was targeting the v2.0.50727 version of MSBuild in the ccnet.config file <tasks>
<msbuild>
<executable>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\MSBuild.exe</executable>
Rather than the 3.5 version
<tasks>
<msbuild>
<executable>C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe</executable>
It's Easter Monday and I've been a bit bored (having just got back from an awesome weeks skiing in Meribel, France). I've decided to move away from the Dasblog blog engine to Wordpress. I'm very impressed so far. It's very plugginable, and the default theme is by far better than what I previously had (for those who don't register to my RSS feed).
Kudos for my dad who came and
helped me last night refix my heatsink onto the processor after it fell off, the thermal
compound needed cleaning off and I didn't have the cleaner.
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The new PC is amazingly
fast. Running Dreamscene on
my TabletPC (Tecra M4) causes the CPU to sit at around 50% usage, on this machine
it sits comfortably at 6%. Dreamscene is
a gimick, but if your processor can handle it you might as well turn it on. Subtle
background changes are quite cool and make your desktop feel 'alive' rather than a
static bore.
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I could do with some faster RAM ...
Problem:
HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found
Description: The page you are requesting cannot be served because of the Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) map policy that is configured on the Web server. The
page you requested has a file name extension that is not recognized, and is not allowed.
Error Code: 0x80070032
Notification: ExecuteRequestHandler
Module: StaticFileModule
Fix:
Turn on the 'Application Development Features' of IIS under Windows features.
I was looking for a way to build a sidebar gadget, rather than manually creating a
zip file (changing to a .gadget extension) and then copy the files needed into the
.gadget. A quick Google came up with this MSDN article 'Build
your own Vista Sidebar Gadget' with a handy section 'Packaging
your gadget'. Included is some batch code for creating the gadget file with the
necessary files and copying it to the Gadget directory. I've made a simple tweak to
it to take the gadget name as a parameter.
@echo on rem ** remove/create a test gadget folder rd "%LOCALAPPDATA%MicrosoftWindows SidebarGadgets%1" /s /q md "%LOCALAPPDATA%MicrosoftWindows...
I questioned in my last post I
wondered how long it would be until a Virtual Earth Silverlight 2.0 Control was released
using the Deep Zoom technology. The answer? Well it's not going to be too long a wait.
I also showed a preview of the new Virtual Earth Map Control built with Silverlight
2.0 and SeaDragon (aka
Deep Zoom) technology. The application had media incorporated into the map control
such as pictures and video - both of which scaled as I zoomed the map in and out.
They also allowed for Deep Zoom into the photos. The new map control will be available
soon.
...
Microsofts Seadragon has found its way into Silverlight 2.0, check out the Hard
Rock Cafe Memorabilia site. It's very cool....I wonder how long it will be until Virtual
Earth is released as a Silverlight control, allowing developers to code against
a managed API?
More info over at LiveSide