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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:03 PM

Have you also forgotten the SUBST command by any chance?

I have been busy debugging and implementing workarounds for a toothache I experienced with Visual Studio and had to create a few directories on the D drive ... which I do not have on my laptop. Being pragmatic, I attached my external drive and created the directories ... fortunately Philip Kelley dusted off a few of my spider webs by saying " It’s easier to use the subst command ". In case you have also forgotten this useful command, let me demonstrate its use: Assume you need a path...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:40 PM

Vista - Run As Other User

We are currently battling with our Vista based laptops, as our remote assistance and remote access has been disabled after the last batch of hot fixes, and literally grayed out ... we cannot enable. We are raising a support incident as we cannot find a resolution and as the issue is quite frustrating. We will report back on this gremlin. Another frustrating Vista issue is the lack of the "Run As Other User" feature. Once again SysInternals comes to the rescue with the ShellRunas utility...
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Friday, February 29, 2008 9:42 AM

Technology Readiness Session - A peek into one of our events

The following picture is a peek into one of our technology readiness (TR) sessions and associated interactive technology discussions, which is probably also one of the first sessions transmitted live via LiveMeeting. For those familiar with our developer readiness program, the TR's are a derivation from the information dump sessions, typically lasting 45-60min and presenting and/or discussing a technology topic. We are hoping to soon share all technology readiness sessions as LiveMeeting and...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:58 PM

Define Right-Click Command Prompt for Explorer

I forgot how to do this trick and before I forget, here is a quick "tips and tricks" post that enables your command prompt as shown: To add the Command Prompt command to the shortcut menu: Create a file, i.e. Command.reg containing: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd] @="Command Prompt" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell\cmd\Command] @="cmd.exe /k cd %L" Double-click the .reg file to add the registry entries. ... and "Cowabunga"...
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Friday, July 13, 2007 5:22 PM

Software Engineers on their way to Pluto ... we have a liftoff!

COWABUNGA! We have just received the green lights to wrapup and print our third book, titled " Software Engineers on their way to Pluto ". If you are in for an exciting journey to Pluto, while investigating 4 typical software development lifecycle environments and watching software engineers build their own spacecraft, then give us a shout and book your copy. Extract from the back cover: This book continues the discussion and sharing of best practices we introduced with the books "...
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Monday, May 21, 2007 3:22 PM

Book 3 - Software Engineers on their way to Pluto: We need your comment(s)!

We need your feedback in terms of our third book, which has gone into final revision. A "DRAFT" extract, including the first few chapter s and the chapter on the Lightweight Scrum Process Template, can be found as a download at http://www.drp.co.za/Media/Books/tabid/67/Default.aspx under the item "Software Engineers on their way to Pluto" at the bottom. Your comments would be appreciated in terms of the following queries ... please add comment to this post, whereby comments will...
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Friday, November 10, 2006 10:18 AM

Book 2 goes public and book 3 gets a mention ...

Just spotted http://www.itweb.co.za/office/bbd/0610240808.htm which highlights the release of our second book "Interoperebility for the Connoisseur" and a mention of book 3. Geoff and I are having immense fun with book 3 and we believe that anyone with a slight interest in space and/or scifi will really enjoy the book "Software Engineers on their way to Pluto> Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 2:52 AM

Errata: .NET Enterprise Solutions … Interoperability for the Connoisseur

Our second book is finally available and shipping. Packed with a wealth of information covering interoperability it is also littered with TLAs. For those that hate TLAs (three lettered acronyms) as much as I do, we extend an apology for undocumented TLAs within the book. Here are two of the TLAs and their actual meaning: POX – P lain O ld X ml describing basic XML. WXS - W 3C X ML S chema, used to express shared vocabularies, allowing machines to carry out rules defined by humanoids. Share...
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Saturday, September 02, 2006 11:56 AM

Microsoft ... when will you give us one IDE?

I am not one for complaints, but the INTEGRATED development environment is very DISINTEGRATED at the moment. If you have the joy of being in the early technology adoption teams you will be forced to run your production environment and a number of separate CTP/BETA bits and pieces, forcing most of us to resort to separate machines or polluting our precious hard drive and memory space with Virtual instances of separate environments. CTP/BETA implies that one has a thick skin and an understanding that...
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Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:44 AM

archWorkshop starting on September 7th, with focus on Enterprise Solutions Architect

We are hosting the kick-off archWorkshop meeting on September 7, 2006 at BB&D. We will be linking up with saArchitect Cape Town and snacks/drinks will be served. The intention is to listen to architects from the field, understand their role, their issues and what makes them tick. The result will be a whitepaper I am planning to publish at the end of the year for saArchitect. At this stage the agenda looks as follows: September Peter Scheffel to present his role as Enterprise Solutions Architect...
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Monday, July 24, 2006 8:09 PM

Apologies for low profile and plans for August+

Firstly I wish to apologize to everyone for having such a low profile, however, production projects and the imminent release of our book “.NET Enterprise Solutions … Interoperability for the Connoisseur” is creating a rather hectic schedule for our team. This post is intended to reassure that we are still around and to give you a summary of what is planned for August 2006 and beyond. August 2006 www.drp.co.za … will soon get a facelift, whereby we are planning to deliver better developer readiness...
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Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:46 PM

Developer Readiness Schedule Is Finally Posted

http://www.drp.co.za/default.asp?id=training/content_training finally lists the forthcoming developer readiness events for the next few months. Appologies if you get "Service Unavailable" error when accessing this link ... we are seriously struggling with bandwidth as there is currently huge, yet welcome, traffic on our drp site. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:16 PM

A Sneak Peek at CSF - The Connected Services Framework

Ernst is finally dusting off the Connected Services Framework and will present CSF as outlined in http://www.saarchitect.net/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=278 . Please attend and assist us in growing the saArchitect community from stremgth to strength. How does the magical tablecloth (as described by Geoff on saARchitect.net) of EDRA, CSF and WinCF (Indigo) overlap or complement each other? For this question and more, please join us at the saArchitect community event. 30-3-2006 Share this post: email it!...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 5:00 PM

www.drp.co.za recovered and back alive!

We experienced immense problems over the past two days with our www.drp.co.za , whereby links were broken and therefore snippets and posters unavailable. We have recovered the site and at a first glance everything looks back to normal ... please report any problems to drpsupport@bbd.co.za or myself immediately. We have also noted that FireFox users are battling with the site and will address the issue at the next opportunity. The recommended browser for the site is IE5, 6 or 7. We appologise for...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:07 AM

www.drp.co.za problems ... please be patient.

We are experiencing serious problems with our www.drp.co.za site, whereby most links to posters and snippets are broken. We are investigating and will advise when the material is available for download again. We applogise for the inconvenience! Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it!
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