NOTE: Read all the import instructions before restoring/importing a machine. If you mess this up you can be in big trouble (as it will only let you import once by default.) I use Hyper-V to host my TFS environment. As someone with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) subscription, I have access to […]
Archive for February, 2011
Getting a Digital ID for Outlook 2010
From time to time I need to send documents securely. While I’ve tried some other means in the past, one way is to use the Digital IDs in Outook. Since the certificate is for one year I have to run through this… once a year. That’s plenty of time for me to forget what I […]
MVC 3 Breaks Error Tracking in CodeSmith Insight
Friday, Feb 4th, 2011 by Karl | 2 Comments
Filed under: Technology | Tags: CodeSmith, Insight, Unit Testing
Filed under: Technology | Tags: CodeSmith, Insight, Unit Testing
I finally have the Crash Reports working again with CodeSmith’s Insight. The release of MVC 3 provided a new way to deal with errors using the HandleErrorAttribute. The changes to the Global.asax.cs file look something like this: Application_Start protected void Application_Start() { AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas(); // Added this when converting to MVC 3 RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters); RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes); […]
Unit Testing HandleErrorAttribute
Friday, Feb 4th, 2011 by Karl | 0 Comments
Filed under: Technology | Tags: ASP.NET, MVC, Unit Testing
Filed under: Technology | Tags: ASP.NET, MVC, Unit Testing
Code Analysis doesn’t like the former MVC pattern of using a catch for all errors when updating a model. I wanted to use the HandleError attribute to deal with errors, but how should I unit test it? There are several keys to having the HandleError attribute work: Must decorate the Action with [HandleError] Must have […]
SmtpClient.Dispose() Bummer
Friday, Feb 4th, 2011 by Karl | 1 Comments
Filed under: Technology | Tags: .NET 4.0, Code Analysis, Unit Testing
Filed under: Technology | Tags: .NET 4.0, Code Analysis, Unit Testing
Headline: You will need to put in some try/catch logic when you call dispose on the SmtpClient. I was working on getting rid of some of my code analysis warnings – “Warning 10 CA2000 : Microsoft.Reliability : In method ‘AccountMembershipService.SendActivationEmail(HttpContextBase, string, Guid, string, string)’, object ‘client’ is not disposed along all exception paths. Call System.IDisposable.Dispose […]
I was “Thinking” of venturing out… not now.
It doesn’t look that bad where I live, but I thought I should check the Houston Transtar Traffic Map. Glad I did – I’ve never seen this many little red exclamation points! Update: The first red ! I moused over were accidents. But when I went back, many were just “ice on roadway”… I think […]