Brian Ritchie

I've posted a sample project for my blog entry on running web services locally.  It was built using VS.NET 2003 but could be easily compiled under .NET 1.0 or Mono.

Aug 2, 2004 Update: Download the sample project for this post.

I am currently working on a system that utilizes asmx-based SOAP methods for inter-server communication.  While it needs to work in a distributed environment, it also have needs to be installed on a single server.  In this configuration, the web services could be installed on the server under different virtual directories.  However, this adds overhead and addition setup requirements to the web application.  While I realize that remoting already support switching between local and remote objects, I need to do it in an asmx world.

Someone at the office passed me this great find. Distro is, essentially, a replacement for RegisterClientScriptBlock() and similar functions in ASP.Net.  Some of the problems it tries to solve are:

After posting a rave review on the Media Portal project, I figured I'd better get it setup with my entertainment center.  This weekend I installed it on an extra PC connected to my television. 

I've posted a new c# library called SharpRepositoryLib. It provides an abstract interface for accessing different source repository providers over a remote connection.

A new release of everyone's favorite zip compression library is out! (btw, it does GZip, BZip2 and Tar too!)  Thanks to John Reilly & Mike Krueger for providing this to the .NET community.  Download #ziplib 0.8 here.

XSLT is extremly powerful but limited in many important ways.  For example, it lacks basic date handling functions.  I recently ran into this problem when I was trying to format an RSS feed for my home page.  Luckily, eXSLT solves many of these problems.  Even better, there is a .NET implementation on GotDotNet Workspaces.

Well, I wasn't under a rock...just on vacation. :-)  Our family had a great time on a cruise to Alaska and visiting family in Oregon.