Monthly Archives: August 2013

Creating a silent msi for Semantic Logging OUT-OF-PROCESS service using WiX

In a previous blog, the OUT-OF-PROCESS Semantic Logging service was installed from hand. (Power shell script and xml configuration). Enterprise Library 6, Semantic Logging, Part 2, OUT-OF-PROCESS A typical end user cannot be expected to do this. It would be better, if an msi could be created so that a fully pre-configured service can be […]

MVC real time Diagnosis using SignalR

UPDATED 2014.04.12: latest version of SignalR used and all other packages. The idea of this example is to create a simple SignalR service, so that all Log messages can be sent to a client browser in real time. In the example, EventSource classes are used to send the logs to the ETW. Semantic Logging OUT-OF-PROCESS […]

Windows 8 App with Semantic Logging

Windows 8 Pro or Windows 8 Enterprise offers the ability to use Semantic Logging so that a Window 8 App can log to a central database using the OUT-OF-PROCESS service from the Enterprise Library. (ETW with EventSource in the Windows App) Here’s a simple Howto: Step 1: Install the Enterprise Library Semantic Logging OUT-OF-PROCESS service. […]

Validation in MVC, Enterprise Library, Fluent Validation, Data Annotations, FoolProof

MVC Validation MVC has many possibilities for validation. Depending on the use case, the correct validation should be used. Here is a list of MVC validation possibilities: Server side Model-level validation Server side Property-level validation Client side Model-level validation Server side Property-level validation Server side custom validation When validating, a number of problems can exist […]