Derik Whittaker

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• WPF Gotcha: Cannot locate Resource "FileName.xaml"

  Today I was working with a WPF project and when I went to run the application I got the following error 'Cannot locate resource 'FileName.xaml'. Note, this is NOT a compiler error, this is a runtime error. When I opened up the App.xaml file, the StartupUri... Posted Aug 05 2007, 09:56 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: .Net, UI, WPF, HowTo

• Lets hurry and get to QA so we can get our Requirements...:(

  I was chatting with a buddy last week and he told me that during a recent meeting, one of the consultants he was working made this statement. 'We need to hurry up and get to QA so we can get the requirements for this release'. If that one sentence does... Posted Jul 18 2007, 08:15 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Humor, WPF

• Rant: Sharepoint SDK Installation

  Today I needed to install the sharepoint SDK because I need to write some code to access it. So I installed the OfficeServerSDK.exe setup which contains all the SDK stuff. After it is installed I had to ‘find’ where on my drive it was placed. After some... Posted Jul 13 2007, 10:22 AM by Derik Whittaker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: WPF

• Learning 'bad coding practices' while studying for a Certification :(

  Ok, I will admit, maybe I am being a little nit picky here. However, it is driving me crazy. As I have posted in prior post ( here and here ), I am in the middle of studying for the MCTS exam #70-536. As I am reading though the book, looking over the... Posted Jul 02 2007, 07:25 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: .Net, WPF

• Bad Data Grid, Bad... Don't swallow your Excpetions

  The other day I was working on hunting down an issue in the application at my new company. It appeared to be pretty straight forward find. It was the standard 'Object not set to instance of an object' message. After getting some guidance as to how to... Posted Jun 16 2007, 06:54 PM by Derik Whittaker with | with no comments Filed under: Development, WPF