Archive for June, 2007

Debug .NET Portlets in Real Time

Development on June 12th, 2007 No Comments

We talked about trace.axd as a debugging solution, but often it’s even easier to step through your code as it runs. When doing regular .NET application development, the browser connects directly to the .NET application and allows you to step through the code in real time, watching variables, etc. The problem is, when you’re doing [...]

Debug .NET Portlets with trace.axd

Development on June 9th, 2007 No Comments

There are lots of ways to debug .NET applications, from tunneling tools to stepping through code. Another neat way to keep track of requests to your application is to use Application-Level Trace Logging. Once turned on, you can view a list of requests and other trace information by going to the URL http://iisserver/webservicepath/Trace.axd, and getting [...]

Keep the time on your portal servers synch’ed

Operating Systems on June 6th, 2007 1 Comment

We mentioned some problems with the WS Server after database restarts a little while ago, and have another tip for you from our friends Sri Potharaju and Omoruyi Evbuoma, who we’ve worked with on a joint project. For those of you that develop using the PRC, you no doubt have used the login token sent [...]

Portlet customization with style sheets

Portal Server on June 4th, 2007 No Comments

You’re probably aware that you can customize the portal appearance via style sheets, but perhaps you haven’t looked into it too much. Or maybe you think that you can’t get the level of customization you need with just style sheets. Whatever the situation, this post gives you a quick CSS summary and shows a couple [...]

ALUI Portal Memory Debug Page

Portal Server on June 1st, 2007 No Comments

Here’s an interesting and little known Activity Space: The Memory Debug page. You need to be an administrator to get to it, but go to /portal/server.pt?space=MemoryDebug in your portal, and you’ll see a bunch of interesting (albeit not incredibly useful for actual debugging) information. If you’re building an app that uses reloadable var packs, though, [...]