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WIC metadata in .NET: Getting around "Property cannot be found" / System.ArgumentException /"Exception from HRESULT: 0x88982F40"

16November2008GeekTieGuy4 CommentsSoftware development, WPF

Here’s a bit of an obscure error message I’ve run into while working with WIC (Windows Imaging Component) on .NET/WPF, trying to write XMP metadata into an image: So far, a search on Google has yielded few usable results. I hope this post will change

Steven Sinofsky’s Vista UAC discussion at PDC 2008

14November2008GeekTieGuyOpinion, Software, Vista

One thing I haven’t written about yet is my impression of a few moments in Steven Sinofsky’s PDC 2008 keynote. It was when he talked about User Account Control. UAC was not well received when it was put in Vista, to put it mildly. At around 45 minutes in the keynote, Steven mentions UAC and,

HP TouchSmart application development guidelines: download them now

29October2008GeekTieGuyWork in general

I just noticed that the development guidelines for how to write an application that works with the HP TouchSmart software has been made available for download. Go get it at http://www.touchsmartcommunity.com/download/60/HP-TouchSmart-Software-Developer-Guidelines/ There’s a license agreement you need to read and agree to before you download. Please read it carefully. The document is not what I

PDC 2008, Day 2 – HP TouchSmart front and center

28October2008GeekTieGuy2 CommentsMicrosoft

The PDC keynote this morning was amazing to me. It felt like the HP TouchSmart PC was utilized for about half of the entire keynote by Steven Sinofski and Julie Larson Green. Four machines on stage, front and center. Since the HP TouchSmart doesn’t have VGA out, there was a camera guy up on stage