VSS Labeling Problem – File $/path/ is already open

Recently, while using the source control system that everyone hates (but seems to continue to use), I was trying to apply a label and got the following error:

The path name blurred to protect intellectual property, but this was a path in VSS, not a file.  When trying to apply a label to the folder [...]

Missing Web Site Templates in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition

Continuing in my quest to experience the goodness of the new .NET 3.5 SP1 stuff from the ground up, I installed Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition.  After all, now that I have my AdventureWorks database up and running, I want to experiment with ASP.NET data scaffolding (ASP.NET Dynamic Data), JavaScript Intellisense, ADO.NET Entity Framework, [...]

SQL Server 2008 Sample Databases

If you remember good ol’ NorthWind, you’ll know that having a sample SQL Server database can be great for sampling new technologies and performing RDBMS experiments and tests.  As much as detail-oriented presenters and trainers like to use NorthWind, it is an old sample from SQL Server 2000 that doesn’t have many of the new [...]

TeamCity 1 – CCNet 0

OK, so in my preliminary experiences I have to say that TeamCity is friggin awesome. It was amazing how simple it is to setup, and the features that come pre-installed are great. Effortless email notifications, build statistics including average build time and success rates, ability to monitor multiple projects in VSS — It’s [...]

Simple Folder Synchronization Using XCOPY

There are many times when it is necessary to make sure that one folder stays in synch with another.  The possibilities are endless, but one that I run into a lot is the need to retry copying files to a folder because they were in use when I tried the first time.  For example, I [...]

Giving TeamCity another try…

Thanks to a comment from Eugene Petrenko, I decided TeamCity was worth another shot.  Everything I have heard has been positive, so I can’t let a little problem like not getting to my source control repository get in the way of continuous integration
Once again, I visited the TeamCity download site and read all [...]

TeamCity Install Experience

Well, my hopes for a streamlined CruiseControl.NET were not realized in my first attempt at installing the continuous integration server software.  My CCNet lava lamp server died on my last week so I needed to spin up a replacement.  This seemed like a good opportunity.
Although the installation was slick and simple, I feel as though [...]

Partial Classes and Inheritance

Since VS2005 created the ability to use partial classes, the feature has been available to developers across the .NET community.  This post is to provide a quick description of using inheritance and an example I found it to be particularly useful.
According to Microsoft, partial classes are most useful in these scenarios:

When working on large projects, spreading [...]

Updating WCF Service Descriptions

I have been reading Michele Leroux Bustamante’s book on WCF as this is a topic that has been very interesting to me lately.  She has been a guest on .NET rocks and other interesting podcasts several times, and her jovial personality on air intrigued me as to what her books would be like. 
Her book (so [...]

Google Developer Podcast

I recently stumbled across a great new podcast that the Java Posse started putting out in June. I wasn’t familiar with the group, but it is a group of people from Googlespace (I am guessing they develop in Java ) that are seasoned podcasters and have now started one to communicate the [...]