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Creating and Using Silverlight app settings (Web.config Configuration Applicatioin Settings) to change WCF service address after deployment.

The Problem:
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A) WCF Address (EndPoint address value):
Have you ever wanted to change the WCF service address (endpoint address) in your silverlight application after deployment. Imagine that you built a silverlight application and deployed it on your test server. The application was tested and confirmed issues and bug free. Now you want to re-deploy the application [...]

Problems with Deploying WCF services on IIS 7.0 (or IIS 6, IIS) and other deployment options and scenarios (visual studio .NET and Windows Activation Services)

There are 3 main ways to deploy Windows Communication Foundation - WCF services to consume:
1- IIS
2- Windows Activation Service a.k.a WAS
3- Visual Studio .NET for development and dev testing purposes as part of a visual studio solution.
For full details about Windows Communciation Foundation deployment scenarios, categories and structure please refer to this MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512374.aspx
This [...]

Introduction to LLBLGenPro - All you need to know to get started with LLBLGen Pro - Hello World! LLBLGen Pro

In one of my latest projects, I found the client extensively using LLBL Gen Pro which I have never used before. After few hours of playing around with it, I managed to find my way round it just enough to the level that I need to get the basic functionality working.
Hence, for this reason, I [...]

Post code and Address lookup Using PAF for auto filling address details on websites

I was recently researching how to implement post code and address look-up on websites and on Microsoft Dynamic CRM. This feature is widely used in auto filling address details when a customer input their post code and sometimes the house number. This is also used in some desktop applications, plug-ins to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, in [...]

Setup .Net NopCommerce Shopping Basket on GoDaddy - Problems with SQL Server and Web.Config

Hey,
http://forums.nopcommerce.com/forums/default.aspx?g=posts&t=331
This post is a copy of the entry I posted on NopCommerce Forum. NopCommerce is an excellent FREE .NET shopping basket. I suggest any .NET developer/consultant to have a look at it even before going towards the commerce server route. The company I work for is a Microsoft Gold Partner so they are rather inclined [...]