We use MSDeploy extensively for automating our deployments at work. We have even created custom MSBuild Targets in Nuget packages which mimic WebDeploy for handling non-Web application (Scheduled Tasks, Windows Services, etc) and SQL deployments, AppDeploy and SqlDeploy respectively. Most of these were created using MSDeploy version 2 and when version 3 was released just …
Weird Error In attempting to add and test background agents for one of my applications I came across the following error: BNS Error: The action’s start time has passed when trying to create/update the request The error raised immediately after calling the ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest method while debugging. I’m not sure what that means but the error …
So I woke up early (3am) to watch the day 1 keynote from Nokia World live and to sum it up briefly, it was uneventful. I know there was a lot of hype surrounding this event but there was really no new information announced, especially in regard to Windows Phone. There was speculation they would …
I had an issue on a WP 7.0 app the other day that I spent several hours working on after Bing offered no help. Its rare to find an exception that no one has blogged or posted about. So I’m going to share my learning. The scenario: I have a REST JSON service that I’m …
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This week I submitted my first beta app to the marketplace and wanted to share my experience with you all. The submission was nearly identical to a standard app submission. There is a field labeled “Distribute to” on the “upload” step of the app submission. By choosing “Private Beta Test” you will skip the standard …
I resolved a small bug in my Twitter OAuth code today that others might find useful. The bug was found on a phone with Nodo but didn’t exist on Mango phones. I’ve been using the Mango beta tools for a while now and haven’t really had any problems going back and forth between OS versions …
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Social media integration is a big part of any mobile app these days. So I was adding Facebook and Twitter sharing to a WP7 app I’m working on. This was my first experience using OAuth, so it didn’t go exactly smoothly but that’s for another post. After some work I had Facebook/Twitter authentication and posting …
Its been a while since I used IsolatedStorageSettings from scratch. I wrote a wrapper several months ago and its just worked since. So when I was working on a side project recently (very recently) I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why IsolatedStorageSettings didn’t appear to be working. I could add an …
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I had asked on Twitter the other day if there was a post comparing the Microsoft Advertising SDK with alternatives and didn’t really see anything. So I thought I would share a forum post I found on the subject. Its brief but I think its valuable to see multiple perspectives on the subject. Check it …
I spent several hours last night trying to find a good example of an extra wide, horizontally wrapping Panorama Item but couldn’t find one. Several of the built in hubs have this layout and I knew there were third parties who had done the same so it should be possible. I like how this layout …
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