Author Archives: Adam Salvo

Visual Studio 11 Beta, Code Contracts and Strong Naming

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Adam Salvo

There is a bug in the Visual Studio 11 beta installer which incorrectly sets the path to the Strong Name tool (sn.exe) in the code contracts targets file. When building an application with Code Contracts enabled, and the assembly is … Continue reading →

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DevExpress Report Designer Exception

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Adam Salvo

Tonight I was greeted with an obscure exception being thrown from the Visual Studio designer when I tried to open a DevExpress report. The application and report worked fine when it was compiled and executed. The stack trace given by … Continue reading →

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1 Year Flying Anniversary

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Adam Salvo

Yesterday, October 9th marked my one year anniversary for flying, and it just so happened that I got to go up flying, although I didn’t realize the significance of the day at the time. In the last year I have … Continue reading →

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Setting up a Symbol Server in Team Build

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Adam Salvo

With the advances coming in the Visual Studio 2011 tooling around Intellitrace, we decided it was time to start publishing symbols as part of our automated build process. A symbol server is nothing more then a windows share that contains … Continue reading →

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IFR Training: Lesson 1-3

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Adam Salvo

Last weekend I started my IFR (instrument) flight training, as well as the checkout process in the club’s Cessna 182. Since I have less then 100 hours total time, I need 10 hours of dual instruction in the 182 before … Continue reading →

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