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Casting to a Specific Subclass at Runtime Based on the Value of an NHibernate Discriminator

So you have a class hierarchy, like this: Fruit Apple Orange Then, when loading persisted instances, your repository returns a Fruit. Fine. But in order to get your work done, you really need an Apple or an Orange. So you need to cast the returned Fruit to its actual type. Fine. Just add a simpl... [More]

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Posted on December 12, 2008 10:42 by adamjcooper
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Happy Birthday!

The day has finally come! Timothy Stephen Cooper was born on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 8:37 am, weighing in at 7 lbs. and 5.5 ounces. Mommy and baby are both healthy and doing well, for which we are very thankful. As with Lydia, Holly elected to give birth naturally (meaning without m... [More]

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Migrating to ASP.NET MVC Beta from Preview 5

Congratulations to the ASP.NET MVC team, the first official Beta is out. You can download it here. ScottGu offers an excellent guide to what has changed, and Scott Hanselman and Phil Haack also announce the Beta and summarize what's new. I'll let you read their blogs to get the new features list. I... [More]

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Posted on October 16, 2008 19:52 by adamjcooper
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Why I Abandoned Silverlight for ASP.NET MVC

I'm currently tasked with building a web-based tool that helps social event coordinators keep track of their invitees--who has been contacted, who has sent in an RSVP, who has paid, what particular activities a person will be participating in, etc. It's essentially a big contacts list with a lot of ... [More]

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Posted on October 11, 2008 17:13 by adamjcooper
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Visual Studio Power Commands Crashing Visual Studio When Opening a File

I finally found the source of a problem that's been plaguing me for a while: When working in Visual Studio I'll double-click on a file and, rather than opening the file, Visual Studio simply closes. No error message, no explanation, just a vanishing IDE. Typically a restart of Visual Studi... [More]

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Posted on September 25, 2008 17:52 by adamjcooper
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Improved Mouse Wheel Support for Silverlight 2 Beta 2 ScrollViewer

This is an update to a previous post, but everything you need to easily add mouse wheel support to a Silverlight 2 Beta 2 ScrollViewer is listed here. The Problem Silverlight 2 Beta 2's ScrollViewer control doesn't recognize the mouse scroll wheel, and implementing a workaround is di... [More]

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Posted on September 9, 2008 08:48 by adamjcooper
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Mouse Wheel Scrolling in Silverlight 2 Beta 2

UPDATE I've put together a much improved new version that includes support for associating the mouse wheel by simply hovering over a ScrollViewer, as well as live demos and a more complete download example. Consider this post and the download deprecated. Please see the new post. Intro... [More]

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Posted on September 8, 2008 19:59 by adamjcooper
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Getting WCF Services Running on IIS 6

Getting WCF services up and running on IIS 6 isn't hard if you know what to do. Here are the high points: Make sure ASP.NET is installed and registered with IIS on your web server Make sure WCF (.NET Framework 3.0/3.5) is installed Make sure that the .svc extension is mapped to the ... [More]

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Posted on August 29, 2008 03:36 by adamjcooper
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How to Quickly Connect and Disconnect from a VPN by Leveraging the Command Line

One of the things I dislike about Windows Vista is how many clicks it takes to connect to a VPN, and how I must wait for the connection to be completely established just to dismiss window when it is successful. I do most of my work remotely and connecting and disconnecting to and from a VPN is a p... [More]

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Posted on August 5, 2008 04:53 by adamjcooper
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Another Look at FireFox's Keyboard Shortcuts - A Lesson in How to Choose Your Shortcuts Wisely

When first learning keyboard shortcuts, I typically look for a English relationship between the letter of the shortcut and the function I need to accomplish. But for some shortcuts, the letter chosen seems to have no connection with a word that's related to what you're trying to do. That&#... [More]

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