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Entries for September 2010

Deploying Web Parts in SharePoint 2010

Recently, I was working on a suite of web parts for a client. Everything was proceeding fantastically until I needed to deploy my farm solution (containing many web parts) from my development server to another SharePoint server for demonstration purp...


Multithreading and Delegates in C# and Handling a Parameter Mismatch Exception

Recently I was working on a project using several threads in C#. I had four threads; one for the Main UI, one for serial communication with some force sensors, one operating a motion controller, and the final one used to perform user defined scripts....


Why Choose Silverlight for Application Development

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) To help explain why one would choose Silverlight for application development, I think it’s important to have a basic understanding of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Silverlight is one of a small handful ...


SharePoint Web Part Development - Solutions for 2 Common "Gotcha's"

SharePoint and Web Parts : An Introduction Microsoft SharePoint is clearly the current top-dog in corporate information sharing, document management, and workflow management. What many companies are now discovering is how SharePoint can be an effe...


Working at DMC Videos - & a Blooper Reel

On August 13, 2010, DMC had an all day offsite company meeting. We boated up the Chicago River to Ping Tom Park in China Town & recorded a bunch of videos - trying to capture some of the experience of what it's like to work at DMC & what ...


Employee Spotlight: Dan Freve

Dan Freve, Project Engineer Dan, you are obviously a sophisticated software developer.  Is this a prerequisite for engineers at DMC? Yes, we are all quite pompous and sophisticated. So what have you learned from working in such an ex...


Geek Challenge: Mind-Swapping

Several TV shows vie for the title "Geekiest."  Our nominees are the original Star Trek, Dr. Who, and Battlestar Galactica.  Among animated series none are as admired by geeks as Futurama, and the new season doesn't disappoint...


SharePoint 2010 Feature Highlights

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, DMC has access to exclusive training and online content which allows us to better serve our clients. Important Details Users Need to Know about SharePoint 2010 is a recent webcast that Microsoft is allowing DMC ...


DMC's Recruiting Schedule - Fall 2010

The start of a new school year signals recruiting time at DMC.  Every year we recruit the best and brightest at some of the country's most prestigious universities.  DMC is expanding and looking for exceptionally talented and re...


DMC Continues to Expand

I am very proud to announce two new members have recently joined the DMC Team - William Mortl & Jason Mayes.  Both of them are stellar additions to our team and both were educated in Indiana, putting the DMC Hoosier Quoti...