Effective Project Management

Windows Phone Development - Windows Phone Emulator - How to Capture Screen Shot

2013-06-17T09:16:00.001-07:00

How to Take Screen Shot from Windows Phone Emulator without Print Screen

If you are submitting your App to +Windows Phone site you would require to publish screenshots of your App. These are the snapshots a prospective user might see even before she downloads your App. How to take a good snapshot then ..

Click the Double Right Arrow on right of the Emulator to bring the menu. Now take as many as possible.

See also:
How to Add/Load XAML Dynamically to RichTextBox Control - Windows Phone Development C#/VB.NET

BSNL WIFI Router - Forgot/Reset Admin Password / BSNL Broad Band

2013-06-04T05:53:00.002-07:00

How to Reset Forgot/Lost Admin Password - BSNL BroadBand WIFI Connection

IF you are not able to login the BSNL Admin Password through

http://192.168.1.1
Username : admin
password: admin

Try resetting the password using the Reset button shown below:

Else take the Modem to the nearest customer care / support center for BSNL. They will reset the password and provide you a new one

VBA Connect to Webservice 1- Office XP Web Services Toolkit

2013-05-08T21:14:00.002-07:00

How to Connect to Webservice from Excel / Word using VBA

The VBA Connect to Webservice 1- Office XP Web Services Toolkit can be downloaded and installed in the PC

To use the commands in VBA, Add reference to Microsoft Soap Type Library 3.0

VBA Connect to Webservice might give- SoapClient30 Error 429 - ActiveX component can't create object if it is not properly installed

Model View Controller (MVC) - Simply Explained!

2013-03-17T09:53:00.005-07:00

The Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern separates the modeling of the domain, the presentation, and the actions based on user input into three separate classes:

Model. The model manages the behavior and data of the application domain, responds to requests for information about its state (usually from the view), and responds to instructions to change state (usually from the controller). It maintains the state and notified observers/subscribers of change in information.

View. The view manages the display of information and also facilitates interaction with user. However, it does not act on user interaction (i.e., events) - that is the job of the controller

Controller. The controller interprets the mouse and keyboard inputs from the user, informing the model and/or the view to change as appropriate.

Model View Controller (MVC) Architecture Pattern

Model View Controller (MVC) Architecture Passive Pattern

The responsibilites can be split as follows (Top down approach)

View

Responsible for rendering of model - UI
User interaction

E.g., Renders Listbox Control, Facilitates selection

Controller

Responsible for responding to user input
Instructing the Model to respond to the user input

E.g., Handles Listbox Selection event, sends information to Model

Model

Responsible for storing and retrieving data
Maintenance of state
Notification of Observers of change in state

Understand Pan Card Numbering System

2012-04-21T04:22:00.001-07:00

Know your PAN Number

PAN explained.......

PAN is a 10 digit alpha numeric number, where the first 5 characters are letters, the next 4 numbers and the last one a letter again. These 10 characters can be divided in five parts as can be seen below. The meaning of each number has been explained further.
1. First three characters are alphabetic series running from AAA to ZZZ
2. Fourth character of PAN represents the status of the PAN holder.
• C — Company
• P — Person
• H — HUF(Hindu Undivided Family)
• F — Firm
• A — Association of Persons (AOP)
• T — AOP (Trust)
• B — Body of Individuals (BOI)
• L — Local Authority
• J — Artificial Juridical Person
• G — Government
3. Fifth character represents first character of the PAN holder’s last name/surname.
4. Next four characters are sequential number running from 0001 to 9999.
5. Last character in the PAN is an alphabetic check digit.

Nowadays, the DOI (Date of Issue) of PAN card is mentioned at the right (vertical) hand side of the photo on the PAN card.

How to Hide / Show Sub Tasks in Project 2010

2011-11-17T08:59:00.000-08:00

How to Show / Hide Specific Sub Levels in Microsoft Project 2010

A project has stages, tasks, sub-tasks and so on. Though the project plan has to be as granular as possible, having all the tasks listed on screen always will be bit confusing.

Hence you can show till a certain level from the View Tab on Ribbon and selectiong the outline feature

How to Remove a Task from Timeline in Project 2010

2011-11-15T09:28:00.000-08:00

To remove a task from Timeline, just select the task and click Add to Timeline. This button is a Toggles

How to view timeline in Microsoft Project 2010

2011-11-15T09:26:00.000-08:00

Click View Tab in Project 201o Ribbon and Select the Timeline Checkbox

Timeline is useful for easy tracking

iPOD Touch Hangs and Battery Drain Completely

2011-11-06T02:38:00.000-08:00

Have you updated the OS of your iPODTouch recently? Has the problem started after that? If yes you need to revert to older version of OS to solve the issue.

Apple has 'created' this Hardware 'glitch' to sell newer versions of their phones?

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Which is better PMP or ITIL?

2011-09-14T00:24:00.000-07:00

Which is more valuable of the two - PMP or ITIL? PMP versus ITIL. these are the common confusions around the world today for any project managers.

IS PMP and ITIL country specific? Is PMP valid only in US and ITIL in UK and Europe?

versus

Here are few links that might be useful to answer the question

http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/news/pmp-or-itil-certification-advantages-benefits-pros-and-cons.aspx

http://itsm.is.wfu.edu/node/152

I have seen many professionals doing both. Well let your views as comments for this post to help others...

How to Add/Edit Album Name, Artist information etc in iTunes

2011-08-29T21:43:00.000-07:00

How to Add/Edit Album Name, Artist information etc for MP3 files in Windows 7

Having Artist, Album and other information is handy on iPOD, iPhone etc. If you don't have this information you can add/edit this

Navigate to the folder where the songs are stored.

Click on the song you want to edit to highlight it. RIGHT click the properties.

The properties box will open. Summary tab, Advanced.

Make your changes. Pick the field you wish to change. It should be highlighted in blue. Simply start typing what you want to put in the field. If there is anything already listed you don't want, delete it.
Click apply to save the changes.

Steps in SDLC and Documents associated with it

2011-07-31T10:27:00.000-07:00

SDLC Stage-wise Documents

Here is a list of SDLC Stages and documents

For example, Analysis (Entry: BRD; Exit: SRS)
Design (Entry SRS; Exit: Design Documents)
Coding (Entry: Design Doc; Exit: Code)

List of Software Methodologies used

2011-06-14T18:58:00.000-07:00

The following are(were) the most commonly used Methodologies for developing software. Most Software projects implement a mix of methodologies taking the best from each - However, there will be one master methodology that will be predominatly spoken - For example, Waterfall, Scrum etc

Accelerated Implementation Methodology (AIM)
Adaptive Software Development
Agile Software Development
ASAP
Crystal Clear
Dynamic Systems Development Model (DSDM)
Extreme Programming (XP)
Feature Driven Development (FDD)
Joint Application Development (JAD)
Lean Development (LD)
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
Scrum
Spiral
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Test Driven Development
V-Model
Waterfall or the Traditional Method

Windows 7 - "This 64-bit product may not be installed with Microsoft Office Click-to-Run" Error message when you try to install a 64-bit version of Office 2010

2011-05-15T00:27:00.000-07:00

If you are facing the above error while installing Microsoft Office for Windows 7 - x64, you need to uninstall Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 from your machine

Microsoft Office Click-to-Run 2010 - Uninstall

If prompted for restart - save your work and press 'Yes'

How to enable Function Keys in DELL Laptop / How to enable Multimedia Keys in DELL Laptop

2011-05-15T00:22:00.000-07:00

How to toggle Function and Multimedia keys in DELL Laptops

Function/Multimedia keys can be enabled/disabled from Windows Mobility Center. It can be launched from the Program menu or by Pressing Windows and 'X' simultaneously.

Under the function key row select the appropriate action:

Please post if there are any simliar methods to resolve this

Free Windows Azure - No Credit Card Required

2011-05-04T18:50:00.001-07:00

Windows Azure Free Coupon - if we can call it like that is available @ https://windowsazurepass.com/. This is a 30 day trial version with no credit card required

Software to assist re-imaging Laptop etc

2011-02-21T18:35:00.000-08:00

If you want to delete primary partition, create into single partition etc you can try the following:

Acronis Disk Director Suite

it has good features and easy to use

Future version of Silverlight

2010-05-05T19:07:00.001-07:00

Team Silverlight always keep listening to your feedback,comments continuously over period of time, Now be a part of future version of Silverlight by giving unique suggestions,More over here :

http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2010/05/03/ways-to-give-feedback-on-silverlight.aspx

Also, Happy to announce the brand new templates for Silverlight 4, More over here :

http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2010/05/03/new-silverlight-4-themes-available-for-download.aspx

Also have a look at http://pendsevikram.blogspot.com

Internet Explorer 9 - Beta

2010-05-05T19:04:00.001-07:00

The Second Internet Explorer Platform Preview is out here (via Tim Sneath) with more JS performance, HTML5 stuff and CSS 3 improvements, Do check it out :

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

McAfee Update Causing Windows XP Machines to Shut Down

2010-04-26T19:31:00.001-07:00

What is the purpose of this alert?

Microsoft has been made aware of an issue with a McAfee DAT file update - released Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - that has been causing stability issues on Windows XP client systems. The symptom is caused by a false-positive detection on a core Windows file (svchost.exe). Once the file is quarantined by McAfee, the system may encounter one of the following symptoms:

The computer shuts down when a DCOM error or a RPC error occurs

The computer continues to run without network connectivity.

The computer triggers a Bugcheck (Blue Screen).

The DAT file version that that caused the problem is McAfee DAT 5958. This file was propagated to client machines that conduct automatic updates of definition files. McAfee updated the DAT file soon after the problem was identified with a new version that does not cause the problem.

Resolution Steps

Please review the following KB Articles for specific steps to resolve the issue on systems that are affected.

McAfee KB Article:

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB68780

Microsoft KB Article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2025695

Recommendations

We recommend customers affected by this symptom first review the McAfee KB Article referenced above. For further assistance, customers should contact McAfee. Customers who are unable to resolve the issue through these means can contact Microsoft for technical support using resources found on this Web page: http://support.microsoft.com/.

Regarding Information Consistency

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Microsoft to Pay $850 for NetSuite dumpers

2010-04-20T19:34:00.001-07:00

Microsoft announced that it would pay $850 to every U.S.-based NetSuite user that switched to one of its Dynamics ERP products, which include Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV, Dynamics AX and Dynamics SL. The new promotion is available until June 25.

Free collaboration tools available

2010-04-06T18:55:00.000-07:00

Here are some tools to collaborate with friends (sharing files, meeting workspace, notes, etc).

http://www.axerosolutions.com/

http://www.zimbra.com/products/product_editions.html

Microsoft Groove

Office Live

Windows 7 - Security or firewall settings might be blocking the connection

2010-03-29T18:50:00.000-07:00

Windows 7 Unable to browse Internet / Windows 7 Automatic Updates are disabled

If you have upgraded from XP/Vista and getting the following error, it might be due to your Antivirus firewall. Disable the firewall temporarily and try. If that doesn't work out then try to uninstall and re-install the Win7 version of your antivirus program

The problem occurs with Windows 7 - ESET antivirus and Windows 7 - Norton Internet security.

I tried uninstalling the AV and then re-install - it worked out!

Solution for HP Laptop Black Screen - HP 6500 Series and above

2010-02-07T18:50:00.000-08:00

One probable solution for HP Laptop Black Screen is :

Remove the Power Cord
Remove the Battery
Leave the battery idle for sixty minutes
Place the battery back
Restart the Laptop

Bing Maps Silverlight Control SDK launced

2010-01-18T18:44:00.000-08:00

Silverlight MVP Vikram Pendse (http://pendsevikram.blogspot.com) shared the following

Team Silverlight announced availability of Bing Maps Silverlight Control, More here :
http://team.silverlight.net/announcement/announcing-the-bing-maps-silverlight-control/

Its free and worth trying, I tried out this on my Silverlight app and working very smoothly, Even now one can Add Images or Videos and do Overlays on Maps with just few lines of code. This looks much much better than third party Map controls which you might have seen in past for Silverlight by different vendors.

Highlighted features :

· Silverlight 3 including support for Out of Browser

· Road and Aerial (with/without Labels) Map Modes featuring Deep Zoom with the Silverlight MultiScaleImage control

· Position Silverlight UIElements on Map including images, video, pushpins, polylines, & polygons with a few lines of XAML

· Data Binding with the MapItemsControl

· Use Bing Maps Web Services with the control for advanced Search, Geocoding, and Routing functionality

· Design-time integration with Expression Blend

· Scripting interface for coding with JavaScript

· Embed Silverlight Maps with a single URL in a web page

· Online Interactive SDK with demos and sample code showing how to use the control