Category Archives: Programming

D365 OptionSet filtering

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Tim Golisch

In Dynamics365 (aka Microsoft CRM, aka PowerApps) most lookup fields (lists) are lookups to Entities, and there is plenty of code and great examples which show how to filter a lookup (dropdown) list, based on another form field (onChange). However, … Continue reading →

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CS0411 The type arguments for method … cannot be inferred from the usage

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Tim Golisch

Evil. I really hate vague error messages. Especially when you search goog, bing, stackover and you find dozens of people talking about it, but none of it is similar to your code, and just frustrates you as you search, and … Continue reading →

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Azure DevOps build agent’s frustrating install mess

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Tim Golisch

Sometimes I have to remind myself that I get paid pretty well to solve frustrating puzzles like this. “Go set up automated builds” they said. “It will save us lots of time” they said. I’ve done this before, so I … Continue reading →

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Would you like to be as bored as I am?

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Tim Golisch

Boy, that came out wrong. I mean, yeah, I’m an IT guy and a programmer. You don’t see any Tom Cruise movies about programming, y’know. Pretty unlikely that boredom will become the new hotness anytime soon. Maybe this is why … Continue reading →

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Steps for supporting a system (part 2)

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Tim Golisch

In the previous article, I talked about the fundamental resources that I need, to be able to support a system. In this part, I will break-down the individual steps of creating and applying a fix to a system. Summary – … Continue reading →

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Steps for supporting a system – Part 1

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Tim Golisch

For me, as a dev (technical) leader/manager, I am occasionally given a system to support.  Often, I have not been involved in the creation of that system and I don’t know the people who made it, etc.  I guess it … Continue reading →

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Installing SSRS – TLS hates you & will try to steal your joy

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Tim Golisch

I know a lot of folks who like to hate-on SSRS. I feel like it is mostly unfounded. Well um, except when you are setting up a new SSRS instance. It will try to steal your joy, but I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Cheap vs Good

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Tim Golisch

Disclaimer: This is not about my current project. It is about all projects, everywhere. Kernighan once said “debugging is inherently twice as difficult as writing code in the first place. Therefore, if you have written an app as cleverly as … Continue reading →

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Do you want it right, or do you want it right-now?

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Tim Golisch

Superior: I wanted this yesterday, and it isn’t done yet. So, when will it be done? Me: You can have it “right” or you can have it “right now”. I can give you either one. Maybe it sounds like I’m … Continue reading →

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BC30456 ‘ContainsKey’ is not a member of ‘JObject’

Posted on March 10, 2021 by Tim Golisch

I’m taking-over maintenance of a project. We got the source code (I think) but parts of it don’t seem to compile nicely right now. The code seems a little rusty in places (eg. dotnet 4.0). Right now I’m getting an … Continue reading →

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