http://andres.jaimes.net A MiscWorld Experience Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:30:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This project will teach you how to create a C# Desktop Application that uses a Web Service as its backend. You will need Visual Web Developer Express and Visual C# Express. Step 1: Creating the Web Service Open Visual Web Developer and go to File > New Project. Under Project Types select ... http://andres.jaimes.net/2010/02/09/how-to-access-a-web-service-from-a-c-desktop-application/ How to get the username in a web app Four steps to achieve it: Use the following code to get the username in your application: string user = User.Identity.Name.ToString(); Modify your web.config file to include the identity and the authentication tags: <system.web>                 <identity impersonate="true" /> <authentication mode="Windows"/> </system.web> In IIS ... http://andres.jaimes.net/2009/08/18/aspnet-tips-and-tricks/ what do you think? how many times we find ourselves trying to sell a good project that, because of its ugly look, ends in the garbage bin? Do you think an engineer should have some lessons on aesthetics? art? or leave that right minded work to the guy who used to be in ... http://andres.jaimes.net/2009/03/07/is-beauty-better-than-functional/ Have you read the information that shows up when you click the "new tab" button in IE? I think I did it once when I tried for the first time this tabbed IE, and never took a look at it again. Until yesterday. I just read it and surprised me because it contains a useful list of shortcuts ... http://andres.jaimes.net/2009/02/05/tabs-shortcuts-and-internet-explorer/ Hello all. Since November I have been using the Microsoft 2008 Express Suite. Nice suite, but a big change since these last months I was only on the Java side. C# is one of those languages you can easily fall in love with. Most of the applications I'm developing are for web, ... http://andres.jaimes.net/2009/01/12/year2009/ I love Dilbert! http://andres.jaimes.net/2008/10/17/dilbert/ I installed IIS on a reformatted computer and when trying to access the home page using Firefox I was asked for my username and password. After many tries and permission checkings (check this first!) I used IE and it worked… I googled a little bit and found this solution: 1. Open ... http://andres.jaimes.net/2008/08/24/firefox-cannot-load-localhost-while-ie-can/ Last sunday I upgraded my website software... phew!, It was a long task, but final result was very pleasant :-). Right now it's running on Wordpress 1.5. Very nice. One major change was the use of subdomains instead of subdirectories. I pretend to keep all blogs cleaner by putting each ... http://andres.jaimes.net/2008/05/26/server-upgrade/ This tree is in my garden... yummi, yummi http://andres.jaimes.net/2008/05/04/my-papaya-tree/ Two months ago I designed this logo for an internal company product contest. I didn't win, but I learned a lot. Xara made the work very simple, and well... hope you like it as much as I do... http://andres.jaimes.net/2008/05/04/a-logo-using-xara/