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Updates on Covid: Omicron could be gentle compared to predecessor variants

As we are seeing a great increase in Omicron cases across different countries, there is slight relief that Omicron could be more gentle than different variants. Check various statistics found on the CDC website with respect to different variants. Also check this out for more details. Details show that Omicron… Read more »

Xamarin: error CS0103: The name ‘PhoneCallManager’ does not exist in the current context

https://elearning.xamarin.com/forms/xam120/  Trying to follow the Tutorial mentioned :  XAML in Xamarin.Forms (XAM120) and getting this errorPhonewordPhonewordPhoneword.UWPPhoneDialer.UWP.cs(21,17,21,33): error CS0103: The name ‘PhoneCallManager’ does not exist in the current context Code Snippet: public Task DialAsync(string number)        {            if (ApiInformation.IsApiContractPresent(“Windows.ApplicationModel.Calls.CallsPhoneContract”, 1, 0))       … Read more »

Xamarin: Unable to Connect to Mac from Visual Studio on PC

Problem:    I followed the steps mentioned in the article   Xamarin: Connecting to Mac Troubleshooting:    a. Network discovery is On   b. Port 22 is open Inbound and Outbound Firewall In Visual Studio, try to enter Ip Address and try to connect ( sometimes auto-detected machine might not work although it… Read more »

MSBuild – Running in Parallel

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MSDN Article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb651793.aspx some way to use foreachhttp://www.differentpla.net/content/2010/08/msbuild-target-batching-each-simplified Using this concept and Running Targets in Parallelhttp://mikefourie.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/running-targets-in-parallel-in-msbuild/   This would somehow won’t produce the nice logging to read though.

TFS Lock: Detecting All Files Locked by Remote User

Detecting All Files Locked by Remote User     We know how to undo files checkout by other users:tf undo $/MyProject/packages/EntityFramework.5.0.0/tools/migrate.exe /workspace:”MyWorkspace;MyName” /server:http://TestTFS:8080/tfs/Project       In some cases, you are not sure how many files are locked by the User.       If User is unavailable, you can’t delete the workspace as well. If… Read more »

Getting the Computer Name, Domain, more using powershell

Getting the Computer Name, Domain, more using powershell a. gc env:Computername    $computer = get-content env:ComputerNameUse the WMI objects to get computer name and other details$Computer = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $computer -namespace “rootCIMV2”for Machine domain: $computer.Domain# Print Computer Name  “Computer Name is: {0}” -f $Computer.Name  If you want to get… Read more »