Dave Kidder's Break-it-Down Blog

Breaking down different aspects of Visual Studio LightSwitch publishing...and whatever I learn along the way

AzureADSamples on GitHub - Unauthorized Error on Published App (NativeClient-DotNet Sample)

I've been working through some of the AzureAD samples that are out on GitHub to try to get...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 11/06/2014

Micro-blog: How to List Installed Nuget Packages from Visual Studio's Package Manager Console (and be able to read them)

If you are familiar with Visual Studio's Package Manager Console, then you probably already know...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 08/19/2014

Micro-blog: How to get LightSwitch to Honor the Default Client Property

So you probably know that if you have a multi-client LightSwitch project that you can set the...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 08/08/2014

How to Host Multiple Cloud Business Apps on the Same Azure Web Site

This post is in response to a recent forum post titled "How to Publish Multiple SharePoint-enabled...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 07/28/2014

How to Test a SQL Connection from any Windows Machine

Here are some quick steps you can take to test a SQL Connection from any Windows machine:...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 06/11/2014

Dave is Getting Upset: Episode 1–Trying to get my Windows Phone to Talk to my Locally Running .NET Backend Mobile Service

“Dave is Getting Upset” will be a series of posts from me as I go through the trials and...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 06/03/2014

Getting TypeScript to Work with a LightSwitch HTML Project (kind of)

Last week I saw a post on the LightSwitch forum that pointed out that steps outlined in a blog post...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 06/02/2014

Workaround for Publishing LightSwitch App to Azure Web Sites (Error: Web deployment task failed. (Modifying application pool properties is not supported by this server environment. #ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED))

Some customers recently came across an issue where publishing a LightSwitch application to an Azure...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 05/28/2014

Declaring LightSwitch Azure Tools Certificate Bankruptcy

We have seen some forum posts very recently where folks aren’t able to publish to Azure because of...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 10/21/2013

Micro-blog: How to get back to the “Start with data” page of a LightSwitch Project

When you first create a LightSwitch project, you are greeted with a screen that looks like this:...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 10/16/2013

Crank Up Your Visual Studio Build Output to 11

Sometimes when you build or deploy your project in Visual Studio, the output will say that there are...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 10/14/2013

Adding a Button to the Debug Toolbar in Visual Studio

Here’s how you can add a button to the Debug toolbar in VS: Attach to a process or run a project so...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 09/18/2013

Publish LightSwitch 2013 Preview Applications to Windows Azure Web Sites (without the Azure SDK)

We recently announced the preview release of Visual Studio 2013 and as we noted in the LightSwitch...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 07/19/2013

How to Run a LightSwitch App in Azure without HTTPS (V3 Apps Only)

IMPORTANT: We recommend that you use HTTPS for applications deployed in production and that the...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 03/29/2013

Avoid LightSwitch URI Casing Issue Using the URL Rewrite Module

Late last year, some customers on the LightSwitch forums started reporting an issue that certain...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 01/26/2013

Declaring LightSwitch Publish Wizard Bankruptcy

Sometimes if you attempt to publish the same LightSwitch project to different targets (e.g. first...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 12/05/2012

AX Window Management Tips

It’s pretty easy to get tons of AOT windows open during AX development and sometimes windows will...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 05/03/2012

ReferenceTable & Table References on EDT

  This post attempts to explain the behaviors of the ReferenceTable property and Table...

Author: grandmasterchuckwagon@hotmail.com Date: 03/04/2012