I ran across an interesting problem this week. I was trying to call a method on a BizTalk web service from my own web service on another server. I was able to generate a proxy with VS2010. But, I couldn’t successfully make a method call to it. I kept getting this error. "An error occurred while loading attribute 'XmlSerializerFormatAttribute' on method"… I wrote a test app and ran it from my machine and everything worked fine. It turns out that the proxy that VS2010 generates requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. Which my machine had, but the server with my web service did not have. Once I installed SP1 on the server, everything was hunckie dorie (I have no idea how to spell that). This web site finally clued me in. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/wcf/thread/7d2b9c3b-61ff-443b-bee7-38d28f54c466 Scott H.

Scott H.

A strategy at one company that I worked for was to give each employee a small orange cone. When an employee was immersed deep in a project, under a tight deadline, or just having a really bad day, they would display the cone at the entrance to their cube. That won't solve the problem you're having. But, along with some of these other suggestions, it might help. The best solution: Train someone to back you up. Then you can then take turns (weekly) with support. This will reduce your Bus factor too. (If you get hit by a bus, there won't be ANY support.) A good manager should see the value of reducing the bus factor and freeing up your time to produce good work. This has worked well for us at this company. Though we could certainly be better at it. Scott

Scott H.

I like the idea of simple challenges. The fun part of these simple tasks is to solve the problem in a unique way. Other people's solutions are often instructive and informative. Participants could be acclaimed for their unique solutions. Least number of lines of code. Most elegant solution. Fastest performance. Easiest to understand and modify. Most innovative approach. Anytime a solution really stands out, for whatever reason, recognize that. Fun idea.

Scott H.

What you say is true. I like the kind of control repository Code Project maintains. The articles (generally) are educational and practical. My suggestion was to have a repository similar to the control repository. Upon reflection however, the educational aspect may quickly be exhausted. OK. I retract my suggestion.

I love Code Project articles, samples, and controls. How about a Snippet repository? Scott H.