For all of you who use TIBCO BusinessWorks in your day-to-day work, here's a tip.  Today I received a weird stack trace to the effect of "Invalid integer: NaN" on a Call Process activity (e.g CheckInventory in the picture below supplied by TIBCO).
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Here's a curious site that introduces Windows Vista presented by a Hollywood "celebrity".  So, if you want to see a guy who was famous for being killed by an alien present an overview of Windows Vista just follow the link!
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Quick tip.  If you're using the InfoPlus.21 Manager and you want to quickly run up an Engcon console to check something out, just hit CTRL-E.  It's not documented and it's not on any menu but that key combo still works from when it was.  Note that this won't work if you're using Terminal Services because Engcon doesn't work under Terminal Services ( Read more... )

I watched Serenity again this evening (relax, it's only the second time.  Don't be thinking I'm some kind of obsessive, k?)  If you haven't had the pleasure of watching this film then may I suggest that you close your browser, shut down your computer, leave the building (yes that means going outside) and going to your local video store.


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I found a very interesting article on Slashdot about working for Microsoft.  Forget reading the typically anti-Microsoft drivel one expects from the Slashdot crowd (I can only read Bill Gates
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There's been quite a bit of activity on the blogs about "calendaring", an awful abuse of the English language it may be, but it's also quite handy.  The hype is essentially about being able to manage everyone's time, everywhere.  It's just so simple!  You might have a calendar in your Outlook client (or whatever), and your wife/husband/girlfriend/ ( Read more... )

Ok for those of you who've had their heads in a rabbit hole for the last couple of years Micrsoft is bringing out a new Operating System called Windows Vista.  What's so great about Vista I hear you cry? (Unless you're a regular reader of Slashdot.org in which case you're probably already foaming at the mouth; one, two, three... and breathe.)  Well ( Read more... )

David Chappell has written a good introductory article to Microsoft's Windows Workflow Foundation (recently known as Windows Workflow Services and before that Windows Orchestration Engine or WinOE).  Expect to see this component used in everything from BizTalk to Office in the mid-future.


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I found a handy document on TIBCO's power website explaining all about their use of Multicast technology.  It's written from the standpoint of dispelling FUD but can also be useful to reassure IS groups who may not be in possession of all the facts.

You can find it in the TMG workroom in the document library.

There's a great piece on Microsoft's MSDN that describes the benefits of VB.NET 2005 for VB6 developers. Personally I think it's also a worthwhile read for VB.NET pre 2005 developers too.

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