Head in the Cloud

A lot of ground was covered in connecting our TellerUI to the database. We implemented FinderMethods in our Customer class that return an IList back to the UI to be bound to the results grid. We also implemented an App.config file to store our connection string. While we did get the code working, it was not as expected. We originally implemented it to use the same connection for all operations throughout the find and load process, so we we're not opening and closing connections over and over; a very costly operation. However, this caused a runtime error. The connection would not allow multiple data readers to be open at a time. Our stop gap solution to get the app working was to simple use a new connection for every call to the database. I spent some time debugging the original design. The solution was a setting in the connection string-- MultipleActiveResultSets=True --which allows us to have multiple resultsets open at a time in SQL Server 2005 and 2008. The new connectio...

ISSUE: Installing TimeTTracker MX2 on a UT Starcom X5800 smartphone Operating systems: Windows Vista Business 64-bit Windows Mobile 6.0 Here's some background... I've been using TimeTTracker MX2 by R&F Consulting, Inc. ( http://www.rfcons.com ) for quite some time now, and love it. If you're a consultant, you have to take a look at their product. If you are in a profession that requires you keep accurate record of your time and expenses, especially while on the go, then you also know the pain when such a tool suddenly stops working. I'm using Windows Vista Business 64-bit on my laptop, and at one point had upgraded to WMDC 6.1. My last mobile device was the UT Starcom XV6700 (Verizon Wireless version) running Windows Mobile 5.0. TimeTTracker MX2 installed and sync'd flawlessly in this configuration. Having some performance issues with the XV6700 itself, and unhappy with it's bulky size, I downsized to the UT Starcom X5800 (Verizon Wireless SMT5800), runn...