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Why and Where to use Delegate in C#

I am going to explain why and where we need to use delegates in C#. Let’s suppose we have an investment application, which takes investment from customers and then calculates profit on the basis of investment. We have some rules … Read More

Difference between Action and Func in C#

Difference between Func<T> and Action<T> in C# and where to use them. Let’s suppose we have small program which returns a number using a delegate  static void Main(string[] args){MyCalculations del = MyCalculationsMethod;int value = del.Invoke(5); Console.WriteLine(“Result is: ” +value);}public static … Read More

crm 2011 A webresource with the same name already exists. Use a different name.

Keep getting error below after deleting a web resource file from VS>Organization>Web Resources>Data(XML) I had to delete one of the resource file as it was not deploying updated version. After deletion and on deployment I kept getting above error… Checked … Read More

How to run Asynchronous task and override it

We need to run Asynchronous task due to some requirements but we want that to be override able, unfortunately that is not possible however we can create Asynchronous method but then call that method inside of Synchronous method and make … Read More

CRM Linq The ‘select’ and ‘orderBy’ calls may only reference a single common entity type

When using Linq query in CRM you might come across error below.. “The ‘select’ and ‘orderBy’ calls may only reference a single common entity type” Above error usually comes up if you are joing multiple entites  and returning a value … Read More

How to install and uninstall a window service created in C#

First make sure you have all files you need to install a Windows Service (dll, sql, anything else needed) To install a Windows service use the command below installutil MyWindowService.exe First open Developer Command Prompt for Visual Studio andthen navigate … Read More

How to debug a Windows Service in Visual Stdio once it is installed

To debug a Windows Service once it has been installed followthe steps below 1)Copy the pdb files in the same folder where restof the dlls are for Windows Service 2)Go to visual studio and Tools>Attach toProcess 3)Look for something with … Read More

How to run a task asynchronously using Windows Service C#

How to run a task asynchronously using Windows Service C# If you need to run something, let’s say every 10 minutes or hours we can use C# to develop a Windows Service in Visual Studio and that will do the … Read More

Windows Service: Command Text property has not been initialized

Windows Service: Command Text property has not been initialized When calling a SQL query in Windows service might throw an error Command Text property has not been initialized Usually this error is that Windows Service can’t find SQL query code. … Read More

How to install a Window Service on server without visual studio tools

If need to install a window service on a server where Visual Studio is not installed or you don’t have Visual Studio tools then follow the steps below 1) You can find InstallUtil.exe at following directoryC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319 (depending on system it could … Read More