Web Setup Projects Visual Studio 2008

I was having issues creating a Web Setup Project in VS 2008. I have created projects in the past using VS 2005 and the same methodology did not work. After a few hours of research and the error below, I was getting a little aggravated.




The solution came to me as I was digging into IIS. The dll for the app was in a 2nd level bin folder instead of the main bin folder.



So instead of copying the primary content from the web app folder to the bin folder, I left it where VS 2008 placed it.



The result is a properly working application with the dll's in the right folder.

iPhone Owners, You Are Screwed

Yes, you heard that right. Current iPhone owners got the shaft!

My wife and I was one of the fortunate individuals to be able to buy a iPhone last year when they came out. I had worked out a great deal with my wife and aunt to sell her my current iPhone so I could go by the 16BG - 3G iPhone. Yes! No!

I learned today on AT&T's website that I was not going to be eligible for the advertised price at WWDC. That's right, if you are a current owner and you want to upgrade, you have to pay $400 for the 8GB and $500 for the 16GB models.

When did Apple agree with AT&T to do the special pricing they do on every other phone.   Apparently when they had to find a way to meet their 10 Million units mark by the end of the year.  

And the saddest part is, Apple and AT&T knows that the early adopters will probably opt and pay the additional $200-$300 to have the latest and greatest.

So, I am now left with a challenge, my 1 year old iPhone battery is croaking.  My phone (with wi-fi off) could go up to 3 days without a charge and heavy usage.  It now struggles to make it 1 1/2 days.  I am left with a decision...pay $80 for a battery and phoneless (in the middle of campaign season) for several weeks or suck it up and by the 3G.

Scanning with the Samsung CLX-3175FN

Today I tried to use the scanner feature on the CLX-3175FN in WIN XP running on a virtual machine. The Samsung software does not appear to like this environment. The PC software has froze on scanning twice, on saving once and is not the most intuitive.

As for using the software on the OS X side, I have yet to figure that out. I will have to play with this more in another night or so, so much getting a copy of my opponents campaign mailers to the rest of my campaign team tonight.

Samsung CLX-3175FN on OS X 10.5

After spending 5 hours following the user guides instructions, I decided to go try some different settings to make the Samsung CLX-3175 print on OS X 10.5.

The user guide states to use the IP tab in the add printer settings. This does not work. I went to the default tab when adding a new printer, selected the Samsung printer that OS X had recognized on the network using Bonjour. I used the CLX-3170 Series driver in the Print using section and clicked add. I went to print test page and was finally successful.

Hope this will help you with your issues. I was unable to find any help.