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Installing reporting services is easy if you do it at the same time as installing SQL Server, however, I have just installed it on a product server which already has SQL Server and other applications running. There were several hurdles I have had to...

I have found that on some projects I have worked on, that every time I change any aspx or html code in a .net 2.0 website project, and click refresh on the browser, I get an error message telling me the .dll can not be found. Compilation Error An error...

One common error Ihave found which took ages to fix was: Microsoft.CommerceServer.ServerFaultException: Table PurchaseOrders contains 26 columns, expected 25 columns according to mapping definition   The numbers might change depending on how...

To begin with I thought I would start this blog with a seamingly simple task of adding the BIDS template to visual studio 2005. It took me awhile to get this to work so if you dont have it in your project list, then try this: In MS Visual Studio (BIDS)...

Welcome Welcome to the new blog for Microsoft's Expression and Silverlight technologies. We might split this blog into the seperate parts at a later date but for now all topics relating to the rich media creation and playback using the following technologies...

To create a stored procedure in .net c# and run it in sqlserver 2005 you first need to open a SqlServer project in Visual Studio 2005. The stored proc can use SqlContext.pipe.Send to send messages back to the calling code. To enable the stoed proc to...

Once a purchase order has been created, it is sometimes useful to change the values of that purchase order, values on the lineitems or the shipping address for each lineitem.An example of this might be where the delivery address changes at the point of...

Adding product definitions to Commerce Server is easy through the business tools. You can then add products that fit the product definitions. For example, if you create a product definition for a pair of jeans, then the product will have properties such...

2.0      Introduction We have introduced accessibility in “Accessibility and the Web (part 1)”, and now we will look at the techniques and technologies involved in providing more accessible internet sites and web applications....

As a web project does not have a namespace that we can use in our code, loading page or user control classes at first seems impossible. However, there is a method called LoadControl that allows us to load the class in using its filename. For this to...

I was quite suprised to find that CS2007 does not support uploading images for products through the business tools. This is a basic requirement for all E-Commerce sites to display images of the products they are selling. I have thought about some possible...

We have been working on extending the profiles in CS 2007 to include some custom properties and have come across some interesting issues. I thought I'd add those here for anyone else who is extending the profile system. To add a custom profile property,...

Retrieving profiles from the database We are creating a profile system whereby each UserObject profile belongs to an Organisation Profile object. I wanted to return all UserObjects for a specific OrganisationId but have found that you can only search...

1.0 Introduction We are going to explore some of the issues surrounding web accessibility in a series of blogs, hopefully covering a wide yet detailed range of topics. Part 1 introduces web accessibility and how the industry and the law are tackling...

Having just set up .net membership, profiles etc using the standard .net 2.0 login controls, I thought I would highlight some of the problems here that I came across when implementing a pretty standard solution. Issues with implementing the standard...

A useful PUP viewer that works with CS2007 - see attachments.  ...

Please add any useful URLS that you find for Commerce Server as comments to this post....

------------------------ This is the list of steps that I took when installing commerce server, I have included the errors I got and how I overcame them. ----------------------- 1. install windows 2003 web server edition 1a. install service packs...

At the time of writing there are not many message boards or blogs about Commerce Server 2007 and other than the official documentation help can be hard to find. So we have created this blog which covers some of the problems I and other developers...

Following the successful launch of the system upgrades and customer portal for Delta Aviation’s website, Positive Change are pleased to announce that Delta Aviation has renewed its contract for further work. The work that was completed by Positive Change...

  Positive Change has won the contract to complete the work on some of VSO (Volunteer Services Overseas) core software systems.   These systems match, place and track volunteers all over the world and are a core part in the running of VSO....

Positive Change has expanded its operations to include London. The move comes after a very successful year and the need to broaden its client base beyond Cambridge. After appointing Richard Summers to manage operations and expand business in Cambridge,...

Positive change has completed a four month web project for the internet start up company Bright Property. Positive Change won the pitch in August last year and started preparations for the project in September. The website is aimed at buyers, sellers,...

After a very successful year, Positive Change Creations has taken on a new member of staff. Richard Summers is our new Senior Developer and will be running all web and desktop application projects. Richard has been an IT programmer for over 11...

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