I was trying to bind an BitmapImage to WPF’s Image.Source property. Somehow the image kept not showing up so I added some WPF binding diagnostics: xmlns:trace=”clr-namespace:System.Diagnostics;assembly=WindowsBase” This how my Image control looked like at the end: <Image Source=”{Binding FrontImage, trace:PresentationTraceSources.TraceLevel=High}” Initialized=”imgFrontScan_Initialized” /> Looking at the Output window I saw Deactivate and Detach events for BindingExpression […]
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Unhandled Exception System.BadImageFormatException
By Martin Kulov in Programming 1 Comment

Today I tried to run a small .NET application, that I am using for more than 5 years already. It serves a small but very important purpose in my personal data management. I guess the author of this app, which I have great respect of, will be really surprised to find out anyone is still […]
TfsComProviderSvr has stopped working
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Some time ago I got this error on my machine: “TFS Power Tool Shell Extension (TfsComProviderSvr) has stopped working”. My first reaction to handle this problem would be to reinstall TFS Power Tools 2010 where the problem was obviously located. However I decided to leave the problem so I can write this blog post. It […]
TechEd North America 2011 Favorite Sessions
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Here is a list of my personal favorite sessions from TechEd North America 2011. I thought it may be useful to you also.The Future of Microsoft Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management<http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/FDN03> Twenty Windows Tools You Never Knew Existed<http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/WCL205> An Overview of the Microsoft Web Stack<http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/DEV349> Building Business Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch<http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/DEV211> Become a […]
Getting Started with F#
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F# is released with Visual Studio 2010. Below you can find FAQ about F# and get started at Microsoft F# Development Center. Reposted from Don Syme’s blog: Q: What is F#? F# is a productive functional and object-oriented programming language for .NET that enables users to write simple code to solve complex problems. Its succinct […]
The Value of Open Source
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I want to bring your attention to a Virtual Path Provider module we’ve built in Propeople. By default EPiServer stores all user uploaded images in a shared folder. Since our very first EPiServer project years ago, it was clear to me that we need to store these images in database. So we have built this […]
SharePoint 2010 Webcasts
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Check out the latest releases on SharePoint 2010: TechNet Webcast: TechNet Webcast: Migrating Public-Facing Web Sites to SharePoint 2010 (Level 200) Presenter: Rasool Rayani, Director, Metalogix MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010 (Part 1 of 8): What’s New for Developers (Level 100) Presenter: Paul Andrew, Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation MSDN Webcast: SharePoint Server 2010 […]
Speed up ASP.NET compilation
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If you do ASP.NET development on a daily basis, you know that any change in bin, App_Code folder as well global.asax invalidates all compiled assemblies and initiates a full recompile. This can be very tedious process, especially if you are changing these files a lot during development. Microsoft introduces a new web.config setting that prevents […]
PDC 2009 News
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Microsoft just announced a bunch of new codenames. It is really hard for me to go into every single one of them so I will provide the highlights as I see them: Azure will support virtual machines. You will be able to deploy and run a virtual machine that you have customized. I guess more […]
.NET Framework Programming Contest
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Wanted: Killer .NET Framework Apps! Reward: $12,000! Microsoft recently announced a software development contest using .NET Framework and Visual Studio, Windows 7, Windows Server, Windows Azure, SQL Server, or SharePoint. They are looking for interesting, powerful and unique solutions based on the latest Microsoft technologies. The winner gets a choice of a 12-day Galapagos Islands […]