report server rdl files in visual studio 2008

hacked my way through this mostly by accident; if you rename a .rdl file to .rdlc, then you can open the file in visual studio 2008 and use the same GUI for report file edits that you have in 2005. you don’t get the data and preview tabs, so you need to make data source edits manually in notepad, but if you find yourself with only vs 2008 and need to make .rdl edits, this is a good way to get some GUI help--

beware maxBufferSize, maxReceivedMessageSize, and maxStringCotentLength when adding service reference in VS2008

when you add a service reference in VS2008, you end up with a entry in your applications app.config file. this element contains binding elements for each service you add.

BEWARE: the default value for three critical attributes, maxBufferSize, maxReceivedMessageSize, and maxStringCotentLength, is set considerably low (64KB). we have hit this problem more than once now with deployed software, and unfortunately the only way to correct it is to adjust these values in app.config and re-distribute the software. so if you think there is even the slightest chance that your service will be returning more than 64KB in data, be sure to adjust these values after you add the service reference.

Tutor.com Classroom How-To #1: sharing code between Silverliht and WPF applications

These How-To tips are taken from The Tutor.com Classroom: Architecture and techniques using Silverlight, WPF, and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

You can check out the Silverlight Tutor.com Classroom in "practice" mode, although the real experience is with a live tutor on the other side!

To actually share the code, use compile-time code sharing by choosing “Add As Link” when adding project files, rather than using our source code management’s “Share”. Using the “Add As Link” technique ensures that as changes are made to shared code, successfully building the solution guarantees that the changes are valid across all three applications. Source code management “Share” requires developers to check in their changes, do a “Get Latest Version” on the shared files, rebuild the solution, make any necessary changes, repeat, etc. In the meantime, the build is potentially broken.

code snippet for INotifyPropertyChanged

import this snippet and use “propnp” to implement a property in an object that implements INotifyPropertyChanged--

http://www.russellgreenspan.com/software/code/propnp.zip