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Nicola Delfino's blog
How to set ImageView ScaleType to TOPCROP
Yesterday I have had the need to align TopCrop an image inside an Android ImageView. Unfortunally...
Date: 07/02/2018
OAUTH 2.0 protocol support level for ADFS 2012R2 vs ADFS 2016
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) is a software component developed by Microsoft that can...
Date: 03/23/2018
#HOWTO - Continuous delivery from GitHub to Azure AppService
Few months ago I have spent a couple of evening in implementing an AppService able to delivery...
Date: 03/12/2018
#CasualFriday - From Visual Studio Online to Lametric time® smart clock
The number of new smart devices to play with grows day after day. The baseline to work with them is...
Date: 10/13/2017
Engineering Caledos Runner - Code Reuse Metrics
This post is the first of a series with the objective to share the experience on multiplatform...
Date: 07/27/2017
Read heart rate from BLE device using Xamarin on Android
in this sample I use the library found in xamarin-bluetooth-le to read heart rate and battery level...
Date: 10/24/2016
Demo Xamarin PebbleSport integration app
If you are looking for a Xamarin Android sample that show how to manage the Pebble Sport app from a...
Date: 10/10/2016
How to remove Android partition from a Teclast x98 PRO “dual boot” - K9C6
The Teclast X98 Pro (a good review here) is the third iteration of the popular Teclast X98 series of...
Date: 12/15/2015
Analyze User Behavior in Your Windows/Windows Phone App with Google Analytics
My article on MSDN Magazine is out! “App development is by definition an iterative process,...
Date: 07/14/2015
NicolTIP#031: Toggle Internet Explorer proxy via powershell
The following powershell script toggles the Internet Explorer proxy status between the following...
Date: 11/14/2013
NicolTIP#030: How to disable Direct Access via Powershell
in order to disable Direct Access on Windows 8.1, you can run the following powershell script (as...
Date: 11/14/2013
Comparing Canon EOS 7D and Lumia 920
I like to take photos and I love my reflex. When I bought my new mobile phone and I choosed a Lumia...
Date: 07/17/2013
A logging solution for Windows Phone 8 / Windows 8 app developers
I have developed various applications, on both Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8, and many times,...
Date: 01/25/2013
The cool-est thing of the day:-)
To realize that Windows Phone 8 emulators are just virtual machines running in Hyper-V is definitely...
Date: 10/31/2012
NicolTIP#031: How to count number of lines of code in a c# project via powershell?
(dir -include .cs -recurse | select-string "^(\s)//" -notMatch | select-string...
Date: 06/06/2012
NicolTIP#029: Word Control code to use for Find/Replace New Line and Carriage Return
Character String ^11 New Line ^13 Carriage Return The complete list is available here:...
Date: 05/16/2012
NicolTIP#028: What is the “Claim” equivalent for AD “All authenticated users” group?
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Date: 03/26/2012
NicolTIP#027: How to update the UI from a worker thread on Windows Phone 7?
Use “Deployment.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke”. sample:...
Date: 08/21/2011
GURU MEDITATION
After more than 18 years since I sold my last Amiga I have had again the pleasure of a GURU...
Date: 06/22/2011
NicolTIP#026: How to fix poor network performance connecting with windows 2008/R2 in Remote Desktop and File Share
Remote Desktop 6.0 leverages a new feature called auto-tuning for the TCP/IP receive window that...
Date: 05/26/2011
NicolTIP#025–How to keep up to date your local copy of SysInternals tools
Even if http:\live.sysinternals.com is great when you’re not on your pc, I usually prefer to have...
Date: 05/23/2011
NicolTIP#024: How to reorder virtual machine list in virtualbox
Just select one machine and reposition it using CTRL + up/down arrows.
Date: 05/09/2011
SharePoint Warm Up Script comparision
Useful blog post to bookmark....
Date: 05/09/2011
NicolTIP#023: How to view Sharepoint ULS Log Files with a free tool
SharePoint ULS Log Viewer is a windows application for viewing SharePoint ULS log files more easily....
Date: 05/04/2011
NicolTIP#022: How to remove Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 backup Files…
…created during service pack 1 (SP1) installation via PowerShell. Run Powershell in elevated mode...
Date: 03/22/2011
Scalable and robust smooth streaming architecture
if you need to wok on this, I think that the following post is a must to have read:...
Date: 03/18/2011
NicolTIP#021: hot to restart printer spooler service via PowerShell
Open your powershell “as administrator” then type: restart-service -Name Spooler -Force
Date: 02/05/2011
NicolTIP#020: Why VisualStudio 2010 is not able to connect with my WP7 device? (timeout)
Today without any reason VisualStudio was not able to connect with the WP7 device. When I selected...
Date: 01/04/2011
NicolTIP#019: How to recursively delete (hidden) SVN Folders in PowerShell 2.0
Super easy script from The Pursuite of Life Blog, that I ‘m copying here in order to keep it in my...
Date: 12/27/2010
NicolTIP#018: How use ION acceleration with XBMC 10.0 and Windows 7
Starting from version 10.0 XBMC can use hardware acceleration to render video (DXVA 2 support for...
Date: 12/25/2010
NicolTIP#017: How to automate the build process (of WP7 apps and more:) with powershell
I developed for fun a couple a WP7 apps and I needed to automate (just a little bit:-) the release...
Date: 11/29/2010
NicolTIP#016: How to Set/Reset the revision number in a Word 2010 document
When I work for a customer, can happen that I use a document as “template” to build a new one (copy...
Date: 06/23/2010
NicolTIP#015: How to configure a Development Environment website to allow SSL connections on Windows 2008 R2
The following steps assume that in your development environment you have a web site configured on...
Date: 06/03/2010
NicolTIP#014: How to download a Powershell quick reference guide for free:-)
If you are starting to use powershell, the sheet you can download from the following link is...
Date: 05/25/2010
NicolTIP#013: How to clone a VHD for VirtualBox and avoid “duplicate UUID” error
from command line: VBoxManage.exe clonehd source.vhd destination.vhd easy as 1-2-3 :-)
Date: 05/04/2010
NicolTIP#012: How to associate a macro to a keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
In Visual Studio 2005: In Visual Studio 2008: (Menu –> Tools –> Options)
Date: 02/11/2010
NicolTIP#011: Boot Windows Server 2008 R2 from VHD within Windows 7
Bare in mind that I already have Windows 7 installed. Physical disk that will hold VHD file must be...
Date: 02/04/2010
NicolTIP#010: How to rename and manage file names of your video (and audio?) library with powershell on Windows 7:-)
This week end I encoded some my old DVD in wmv file because I’m destroying my old DVD player and I...
Date: 01/20/2010
NicolTIP#009: How to Sysprep a machine with Windows 2003, Windows 2008 / 2008R2, Windows 7
I’m writing here because every time I need to set up a bunch of virtual machines, I have to go...
Date: 01/19/2010
NicolTIP#008: Windows 7 God mode
God Mode is a secret Windows 7 Feature (If you can call so!!), which provides you an extended...
Date: 01/07/2010
How to remove attachments from outlook (2007) emails easily
I receive often emails with big attachment that fill my inbox space very quickly. On the other side,...
Date: 10/22/2009
NicolTIP#007: What to do when you no longer can run macros in Outlook 2007
I am quoting information from...
Date: 06/09/2009
NicolTIP#006: how to show previous and next item using LINQ
I had a table on SQL 2005 I am accessing it via LINQ. I had to select an item via a “where”...
Date: 06/03/2009
NicolTIP#005: How to show the same content in two ore more positions using master page in ASP.NET
To write a web site and give to the entire site a coherent “look” with ASP.NET and master pages is...
Date: 03/08/2009
NicolTIP#004: seven new keyboard shortcuts for Window 7
I love keyboard shortcuts and W7 add some new really cool… Managing Your Windows. Windows 7...
Date: 02/26/2009
NicolTIP#003: How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools - Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2 on Windows Vista
If you try to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools - Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version...
Date: 02/17/2009
NicolTIP#002: Create a manifest.xml extracting content type(s) and columns from a site using Sharepoint Designer
Step to extract a content type and columns to CAML (XML) Create you content type and columns in the...
Date: 02/15/2009
NicolTIP#001: edit easily your machine's HOST file
Edit the HOST file in Vista is difficult than ever, thanks to UAC. If you’re a geek that changes...
Date: 02/11/2009
Chrome OS?
Yesterday evening I had the opportunity to read in detail the document that describe Google Chrome...
Date: 09/25/2008
Polipo Matico
PolipoMatico is a Windows Vista sidebar gadget that allows to retrieve and show italia traffic infos...
Date: 08/27/2008