Fixing "UnexpectedEvent" when uploading documents in Sage CRM
I recently had an issue in Sage CRM where documents would fail to upload and show an "UnexpectedEvent" error when using certain document types...
Fixing "Class not registered" error in Sage CRM .NET pages
You might have been unfortunate enough to have run into this obscure error in a Sage CRM instance. According to the Sage CRM forum, this error is caused
Fixing CredSSP encryption oracle remediation in RDP
CredSSP (Credential Security Support Provider) protocol is the protocol which ensures that your credentials for a target server are sent securely...
Sage CRM .NET Templates Visual Studio Extension
When developing for Sage CRM, we have a choice of using ASP or .NET. In the spirit of writing code that is both reusable and readable we do almost all of our development for Sage CRM in .NET (Visual C# more specifically).
Using SQL Server Cursors
I have recently found myself using cursors for quite a few processing tasks in SQL Server such as data takeons and cleanups. While there are packages...
Converting between different virtual drive formats
I often use virtual machines for large projects so that I can create an isolated environment for them. They also make it easy for me to run many...
Using Reflection to execute assemblies at runtime in C#
I recently was tasked with integrating some external DLL assemblies into Sage CRM. These external assemblies were generated by a Word plugin that lets you insert SQL fields directly into the Word document.
Creating Custom Configuration Sections in App.config
I recently started a new job as a Software Developer working on extending Sage software functionality. Much of this development is done in Visual C#. Through the projects I have been given, there have been a few concepts I have learnt that...
Python Virtual Environments in Visual Studio
The power and extensibility of Visual Studio makes it my favourite IDE. While it originally only officially supported .NET languages, it has grown to support many different platforms including Node.js and Python.
Python List and Dictionary Comprehensions
Python is one of my favourite languages when it comes to producing a solution to some programming problem quickly and in a relatively neat manner. One of the tools that Python provides to help create neat solutions is Comprehensions, more specifically List and Dictionary Comprehensions.