If you ever need to create a custom GUID, VisualStudio actually comes with one (guidgen.exe): C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools You can create the GUID in several formats, and it has a copy feature so you can paste into your source code. // {FA502476-DB91-4a16-A6B2-ADC1C1B70F9F...

Ouch.  This error has bothered me for a couple of days now, and I finally found a solution.  I kept getting this error when I was building a depolyment project. First, you should try Microsoft's Knowledge Base article on the problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329214/EN-US/ . Didn't work...

Argh Argh.  I’m precompiling a website (msbuild) and then building an installer for deploying it.  For the build, I’m use WDP.  However; for whatever silly reason Visual Studio ignores file types of .lic   So I have a license file that won’t get built, and to be honest I don...

Argh. What a silly error this is. There are a couple of things that need to happen for this to happen in .net. 1. You precompiled your app (2.0) 2. You publish your site as ‘updateable’ 3. You named a page that is the same as a Class in .net Most developers call their login page: Login.aspx. When you...

Follow these 2 simple steps and you will be debugging JavaScript with ease. 1.    Clear the “disable script debugging” checkbox in Internet Explorer’s advanced properties. 2.    Add the keyword “debugger” somewhere within your JavaScript. When you run the web page from Visual...