Archive for July, 2010
MS Tag REST interface updated
Posted by suddenelfilio in MSTagLib, Web Services on 30/07/2010
Today I’ve updated the Microsoft Tag REST interface over at http://tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net/.
Since Microsoft released Tag I was a bit behind to update the interface to include the GetTagID functionality. This is now made up for and the service available for all to enjoy.
I also updated the documentation on how to use the REST interface to get a Tag’s id.
If you experience any problems please let me know using the address that you can find over at http://tag.ws.suddenelfilio.net/ or leave a comment on this page!
WpfToolkit + VisualStateManager + Visual studio .net 2008 = hotfix time
Posted by suddenelfilio in Visual Studio .Net, WPF on 05/07/2010
I got into playing a bit with WPF. I had to look at some reference samples that were created by some of my colleagues and I found that I had an issue opening any xaml file in the visual studio .net 2008 designer. The problem was the VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups that could not be resolved. Appareantly this is some that has been introduced in the WPFToolkit which is used by our development team.
After some Googling for the issue I discovered a Hotfix released by Microsoft that should resolve my issues. The thing about this hotfix was that you also neede to install another hotfix because the fix might break something else. You gotta love the irony in that!
Anyways the hotfixes I’m talking about can be found here:
- KB958017 – Rollup Hotfix for several issues in WPF designer Visual Studio 2008
- KB963035 – VS2008 SP1 sometimes hangs irretrievably after WPF Designer
After installing both hotfixes the problem was gone I can now open the xaml files that use VisualStateManager.
More information about the VisualStateManager itself can be found here: http://windowsclient.net/wpf/wpf35/wpf-35sp1-toolkit-visual-state-manager-overview.aspx