Reviewing wordpress android app

Published by admin on February 23rd, 2012 - in Uncategorized

Hi there this is a review of the word press android app which I downloaded today.

I have installed the app on samsung galaxy note which runs  android version 2.3.6 which is gingerbread according to google nomenclature. there is also called an option to add multiple accounts to the app which you can you switch accordingly.
there is an option to add any wordpress account which is hosted on your own space.
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Overall the app seems great. Do give it a try.

Cheers!! :-)

SharePoint Server error http://go.microsoft.comfwlinkLinkID=96177

Published by admin on December 23rd, 2011 - in Uncategorized

Resolution::

1) Try running the Configuration Wizard,

2) If the above fails then run the following query,

EXEC sp_configure ‘show advanced option’, ’1′;
RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE;
EXEC sp_configure;

Cheers!!

SharePoint ASPX Page Index Attribute Error

Published by admin on December 23rd, 2011 - in Uncategorized

Resolution :

Browse to path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\XML\DeploymentManifest.xsd
Find the section
<!– SPWeb definition –>
Add the following.
<xs:attribute name=”ASPXPageIndexMode” type=”xs:string” use=”optional” />
<xs:attribute name=”NoCrawl” type=”xs:boolean” use=”optional” />
<xs:attribute name=”CacheAllSchema” type=”xs:boolean” use=”optional” />

Browse to path C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\TEMPLATE\XML\DeploymentManifest.xsd
Find the section <!– SPWeb definition –>
Add the following.
<xs:attribute name=”ASPXPageIndexMode” type=”xs:string” use=”optional” /><xs:attribute name=”NoCrawl” type=”xs:boolean” use=”optional” /><xs:attribute name=”CacheAllSchema” type=”xs:boolean” use=”optional” />

Cheers!!

Exception from HRESULT: 0×80020009 (DISP_E_EXCEPTION)

Published by admin on December 23rd, 2011 - in Technology

Resolution:

If you get this exception in your code check the part where you are disposing off SpSite and SpWeb objects.

Resolution::

1) See if you are disposing SPContext.Current.Site or SPContext.Current.Web object, These are NOT TO BE DISPOSED.

2)If not try to run your code again, after restarting the Windows SharePoint Timer Service.

3)You can handle this exception by catching it from web.dispose or site.dispose.

4)If your Site collection is giving you this error it might be because of corrupted configuration DB, try running the configuration tool once.

5)If the above does not work you have to export your site collection and import it on another Web Application.

Cheers!!

Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 8

Published by admin on October 6th, 2011 - in Uncategorized

Following are some keyboard shortcuts for the new and shiny ‘Windows 8′.

windows key + I Activate the currently opened application setting

windows key + P Extend the screen to external monitor/TV

windows key + C – Open a simplified “Start” menu and set the date and time.

windows key + Q – Open Search Apps

windows key + W – Open Search Settings pane

windows key + I – Open set

windows key + Spacebar – Switch input language and keyboard layout

windows key + Y – Temporarily peek at the desktop

windows key + O – Lock device orientation

windows key + V – Cycle through toasts

windows key + Shift + V – Cycle through toasts in reverse order

windows key + Enter – Launch Narrator

windows key + Pg Up – Move tiles to the left

windows key + Pg Down – Move tiles to the right

windows key + Shift + . – Move the split to the left

windows key + . – Move the split to the right

windows key + F – Open File Search App

windows key + I – Open Settings charm

windows key + K – Open Connect charm

windows key + H – Open Search App pane

windows key + Z – Open App Bar

windows key + D to show the desktop

Windows 8 Explorer Shortcuts (Hotkeys)

Alt + A – Open the “special features”

Alt + C + O – Copy the selected items.

Alt + C + P – copy the path to the file / folder.

Alt + C + F – Copy the folder (use the drop-down list)

Alt + D – Delete the selected.

Alt + E – Edit the selected files.

Alt + H – Show the history of file versions. I think the mechanism will be used by shadowing.

Alt + M – Move the files (using the drop-down list).

Alt + N – Create a new folder.

Alt + P + S – insert label

Alt + P + R – Open properties.

Alt + P E – Open With …, select the application again using a drop-down list.

Alt + S + A – Select all.

Alt + S + N – Deselect.

Alt + S + I – Invert the selection.

Alt + R – Rename a selected file (s).

Alt + T – Cut

Alt + V – Paste.

Alt + W – Create a new document; choose the template – using the drop-down list.

How to start and stop windows services using c#

Published by admin on August 17th, 2011 - in Technology, Uncategorized

Microsoft Windows services, formerly known as NT services, enable you to create long-running executable applications that run in their own Windows sessions. These services can be automatically started when the computer boots, can be paused and restarted, and do not show any user interface. These features make services ideal for use on a server or whenever you need long-running functionality that does not interfere with other users who are working on the same computer.

So it is sometimes handy to start and stop services from our own program.

To Start/Stop a Service:

//Code

ServiceController controller = new ServiceController();
controller.MachineName = “.”;
controller.ServiceName = name;
if (controller.Status.ToString().ToLower() == “running”) {
//Service is already started, no need to perform any action
}
else
controller.Start();//in case of stopping say controller.Stop();

IIS Transform Manager for encoding videos to smooth streaming

Published by admin on June 18th, 2011 - in Technology, Uncategorized

IIS

IIS Transform Manager 1.0 is an extensible media-transform engine that enables job submission, queuing, management, integrated media transcoding/transmuxing, and batch-encryption of on-demand audio and video files. Transform Manager supports a long-running, persistent job manager that integrates with a task scheduler to execute a job template on specified media file types as they arrive in specified folders (known as watch folders). The job template contains a customizable series of tasks that are run against the media assets in the watch folder. Developers can use IIS Transform Manager Task APIs to build custom tasks and integrate them with the Transform Manager job manager, logging, metadata, and task progress-reporting framework. The Task APIs provide a set of interface and class definitions that form the plug-in model for the IIS Transform Manager task engine (TaskEngine.exe), a wrapper executable that loads the custom-defined assemblies, looks for specific interfaces that are implemented by the Task API, and then uses a dependency-injection pattern to send required metadata, status callback, and logging interfaces to the custom task.

Integration is quite easy as it integrates the capability of Expression Encoder with IIS to perform high capability commercial use encoding . Main features include batch processing and advanced scheduling. For custom tasks you can implement the ITask interface provided by the Manager SDK.

Google GURU!!

Published by admin on May 4th, 2011 - in Uncategorized
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Google Guru

Google Guru is an experimental chat bot by Google which lets you query through your Gtalk or other chat clients. As of now the functionalities are limited to very basic queries but more advanced features are expected in the future. I ha e been using it for a week , but my system is addicted to the browser google and not Gtalk. So, basically hoping for more cool features in the future. Try it and let me know!!

Get started! Send a chat invitation to guru@googlelabs.com.

To start using Google Talk Guru:

1. Sign into a chat client that supports Google Talk
2. Send a chat invitation to guru@googlelabs.com or click the link “Sign in and invite myself to chat with Guru” at the bottom of this page.
3. Find guru in your contact list and send chat queries to guru using the examples below:

Sport scores: score arsenal
Weather: weather Nairobi
Calculate: 123 * 45
Currency: 120 KES to USD
Definition: define laptop
Translation: translate earth to French
Web result: web Mount Kenya
Help: help translate

Using C# as Powershell Scripts

Published by admin on May 3rd, 2011 - in Technology

Windows PowerShell is Microsoft’s task automation framework, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on top of, and integrated with the .NET Framework.

Scripting languages are famous because they enhance custom behavior and custom code.But what if you have to port from a well rehearsed language like  say C# to powershell scripts , with all your tools already written you wont want to rewrite them. Don’t worry you wont have to , Powershell Version 2 provides a way to achieve this using the Add-Type Cmdlet which allows to generate a new .NET assembly using the provided C# source code in memory which can then be used by powershell scripts executed in the same session.

Following is a template of sample1.ps1 which can be used to port your code.
/……………………………………………………………………………………../
$Assem = (
…add referenced assemblies here…
)

$Source = @”
…add C# source code here…
“@

Add-Type -ReferencedAssemblies $Assem -TypeDefinition $Source -Language CSharp
/……………………………………………………………………………………../

Let me Know..

A GoOgLe a day keeps the doctor away!!

Published by admin on April 15th, 2011 - in Uncategorized

A google a day

Are you really sure of your googling skills , well google has a game for you.

“A Google a Day” is a single question that the search engine says is hard enough that you won’t be able to simply “Google” the answer. The answers to the quiz are posted the next day on the “Google a Day” page . The questions get harder as the week goes on. Its something similar to the ‘Klueless’ competition held by IIM, but yes only one question a  day.Don’t let your guards down just as yet , as Google says you simply cannot Google this out. One of the most awesome thing is that it is totally social with connectivity to Facebook, Twitter and Buzz . You can view previous questions , but don’t try to Google them as they might be easily found because of the number of hits that those keywords would have got.

http://agoogleaday.com

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