Comments for Bill Lodin

Comment on Configuration Files and Windows Azure by Arjan Einbu

Arjan Einbu — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:12:22 +0000

Problem solved: The class is no longer called RoleManager. I’ve found the requirede functionality in the RoleEnvironment class (in the Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime namespace and assembly)

RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSetting(key) and RoleEnvironment.IsAvailable;

Comment on Configuration Files and Windows Azure by Arjan Einbu

Arjan Einbu — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:07:06 +0000

Where do I find this RoleManager class?

Comment on Configuration Files and Windows Azure by Srinath Patil

Srinath Patil — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:46:03 +0000

Can you please enlighten me on the way to access the Azure log. As I believe the rolemanager class does not work and we will have to use System.Diagnostics.Trace and System.Diagnostics.Debug for the logs. Please let me know if I am wrong or if you have a application. can you please share it with me

Comment on Migrating Web Applications to Windows Azure by bill

bill — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:55:48 +0000

Hi Conrad,
I am still hoping to spend some time exploring other migration scenarios, but unfortunately I’ve had to focus on some non-Azure topics lately (WPF 4, Silverlight 4, Windows 7, etc – you’ll notice recent posts about new videos on these topics!)
Thanks for the reminder, though!

Comment on Migrating Web Applications to Windows Azure by Conrad Rowlands

Conrad Rowlands — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:06:22 +0000

When exactly will you be “posting some short articles on how to deal with these various scenarios ( data storage, services)” It has been some time since this article was written. Or have I missed it out in the ether….

Comment on Migrating Web Applications to Windows Azure by Cory 'SyntaxC4' Fowler

Cory 'SyntaxC4' Fowler — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:04:21 +0000

Microsoft.ServiceHosting.ServiceRuntime has been changed to Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ServiceRuntime

Comment on More WPF 4 Web Seminars by bill

bill — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:11:24 +0000

Hi Karl-Heinz,
Good question re: using designer to add the new controls… You’re right, I certainly could have used the designer to drag-and-drop the new controls into each TabItem. But in order to support WYSIWYG layout, when you drag a control onto the design surface, the designer sets certain properties (Horizontal/VerticalAlignment, Margin, Width, Height)… Sure you could remove these properties but I find I’m often more productive by coding in XAML from the start. My goal with the source code is to make it easy to grasp, and sometimes the extra layout properties get in the way of clarity (at least it seems like that to me). As far as performance on XP, I think WPF does perfectly well so long as you don’t overdo the “glitz” factor (animations/opacity/etc). Cheers!

Comment on More WPF 4 Web Seminars by Reng-EDV

Reng-EDV — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:08:36 +0000

Hello Bill,
well I have viewed some of your WPF 4.0 Presentation Videos. Well, nice work, but, why you don´t use the designer in Video 1, where you introduce the new controls (is it so time “consuming”)
I ithink, this is the problem with the WPF. If you want to start a BIG PROJECT, well, …..
And, if you have customers, who use this unknown OS Windows XP, how nice and how quick are these applications there.
Don´t copy the Apple stuff on Windows.
Regards
Karl-Heinz Reng

Comment on Azure Virtual Lab Changes by bill

bill — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:46:02 +0000

Hi Cory,
You’ll find the Globals class in the “VirtualLabResources.zip” file that you can download at the virtual lab site. It’s in the “Solution Items” directory, and it just defines a few string variables (specifically, it allows for defining the names of blob containers and queues in one place.)
HTH!
Bill

Comment on Azure Virtual Lab Changes by Cory 'SyntaxC4' Fowler

Cory 'SyntaxC4' Fowler — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:30:28 +0000

Hi Bill,

I’m taking a look at your AzureStorageClient class, there is a reference to a Globals class within the file. I can’t seem to find the namespace it belongs to. Could you point me in the right Direction?

Thanks,

Cory