How to run a XAP file from desktop

Here’s how to run a XAP file from Windows (desktop/laptop) without the access of Windows Phone. 1. Install Windows Phone SDK Download and install Windows Phone SDK. 2. Run “Application Deployment” After the SDK installation, we will get access to Application Deployment app from the program files menu. 3. Select a XAP file to simulate. Choose your XAP file and select Windows Phone Emulator to simulate. In case you have no access to a XAP file, you may download and try a simple app i developed here. 4. Click the Deploy button. After the deployment, you can normally find the app under and...

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Keep your facebook page updated using scheduling tools

[Update 16.June.2012: Facebook has add post scheduling feature for page admin. Refer comment below by Victor Stanescu] Running an engaging facebook page for a brand requires consistent postings and engagements (two way communications). While we can’t automate the interactivity part, but we can look into status/post scheduling tools to keep our page active. Below are two Facebook Post Scheduler that my company is using, we use it to plan and schedule our posts across the day and month. It helps us in planning and providing quality information to our followers and at the same time create a sound...

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Started a CSR project with a group of students – melaka3.com

Three months back, we started a project with a group of students. They were hired into the company to help setup and run a CSR (corporate social responsibility) project of my company – Melaka3.com Melaka3.com is a brain child of these students and me, we were challenged to kick start a CSR project with limited funding (from my company) and technical support from the staffs. We came out with a few ideas and decided to go with Melaka3.com project because we think that it’s a sustainable and achievable project to run given our limited resources. So, what Melaka3.com is all about? and why it’s a...

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JMC Excel Split – Split excel worksheets into separate workbooks.

This tool helps splitting multiple excel sheets and save each of them as an independent file. It was created following a feature request in another tool that I created - JMC Excel. If you have many excel sheets created in multiple excel files and wanted to save each of them separately as workbook (or independent .xlsx file), JMC Excel Split will come in very handy. Below is the download link to the trial version (which can split up to 5 files and 5 sheets each). JMC Excel Split Download Link     Want to thank me? Buy me a coffee. Paypal Donation of any amount is welcome.  Remove...

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How to update value of LINQ results using FOREACH loop

LINQ queries are lazy loading – that means execution of reading is delayed until it’s iterated. Once set in the LINQ Select statement, the value stored in the result are set as READ ONLY hence setting the value in a FOREACH loop will not really update its data. For example: !--Code highlighting produced by Actipro CodeHighlighter (freeware)http://www.CodeHighlighter.com/--> 1 var schedules = from roomRate in _entities.RoomRates 2 select new ScheduleViewModel 3 { 4 RoomTypeId = roomRate.RoomTypeId, 5 Rates = roomRate.Rates,...

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