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A basic MSMQ backed WCF server and client
After my recent post, MSMQ messages ending up in the "Transactional dead-letter messages" System Queue, I decided to build up my understanding of how MSMQ backed WCF services work by putting together …
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MSMQ messages ending up in the "Transactional dead-letter messages" System Queue
I've been working with a solution recently that uses MSMQ to, well, pass messages between components running on different machines. It's been implemented using WCF as the abstraction layer, so …
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The curious case of IIS that wouldn't serve content from a drive other than C:
In this case, it was with a Windows Server 2012 installation on a VMWare guest. The setup was quite unexciting:
Freshly installed Windows Server 2012 box
IIS installed
A second site configured …
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How to debug gulp tasks in Visual Studio Code - Gulp 4
I recently read an article about debugging gulp tasks in Visual Studio Code, which seemed like mana from heaven for me as I'm now working with nant, npm, gulp scripts, AngularJS and all the …
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Creating an X509Certificate2 under IIS throws 'The system cannot find the file specified'
This exception had me scratching my head for a good 30 minutes until the power of Bing (yes, Bing!) gave me the answer:
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: The system cannot find …