Development
SQL Server Queries – Stripping Extra Characters from the End of a String
Yesterday while implementing a particularly difficult SQL report query, I came across the following question: Given a String ‘This is a test, this is a ...
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Announcing Rectangle Red’s First iOS App
Here it is – we’ve finished the app we’d been working on in our spare time; a melodeon simulator for the iPad and iPhone! What’s ...
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Monotouch – Calling the App Store Review Page
A quick tip today for Monotouch developers wanting to invoke the App Store’s review page from within their app; UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl (new NSUrl ("itms-apps://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?type=Purple+Software&id=609326726")); And that’s ...
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Monotouch and Testing iOS Apps in Testflight
When developing iOS apps in monotouch, you can distribute beta versions to your testers. They get installed on your user’s iOS devices over the air, ...
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Installing Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 7
If you have a legacy application written in Visual Basic 6.0, you will find it difficult to install Visual Basic 6.0 on recent versions of ...
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Tech Tip: Error “405 Method Not Allowed” when performing a PUT on IIS7
Todays thought is a spectacularly obscure “feature” in Microsoft’s IIS 7.0 web server. Credit to the Mindtouch Developer portal team for this one. To fix ...
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