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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Date: 05/03/2012
ReferenceTable & Table References on EDT
This post attempts to explain the behaviors of the ReferenceTable property and Table...
Date: 03/04/2012