Comprehensive Resource on Threading in .NET - Joseph Albahari

This is by far the most comprehensive resource on threading in .NET that I have seen. There's a PDF available too!

http://www.albahari.com/threading/

DYNAMIC_DOWNCAST is My Hero Today

http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=Visual_C_PlusPlus&seqNum=37

QuickColor.swf

Don't remember where I got this but it is pretty cool and I have used it several times.

Flash Generated Image

This was an image I created back in February of 2002 using Flash MX. Just found it today.

Setting Owner ID Programmatically - CRM 2011

An excellent piece of information from a client pertaining to setting ownerid programmatically:

myAccount[“ownerid”]…does not work.

myAccount.Attributes.Add("ownerid",newEntityReference(….))

Thanks LMK!

CRM Tools

http://mscrmtools.blogspot.com/

Silverlight and Localized Strings Issue

When binding XAML elements to strings in a resource file you may notice that you get a runtime error. Try going into the resource designer cs file and making the class, its constructor, and the static string properties to public(instead of internal). This solved my problem.

Silverlight SOAP Create Reference - CRM 2011

Just a good reference for sending a request via SOAP, from Silverlight to CRM 2011:

http://mileyja.blogspot.com/2011/06/create-entity-in-microsoft-dynamics-crm.html

Mike Belie

Software Engineer

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