Frequently we need to be able to mandate that a field is completed before a record can be saved. In this post, as the title perhaps eludes to, we are going to discuss essentially three methods of mandating user input (plus a variation on the third). We will look at the pros and cons where [...]

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Recently, I have been experimenting with other themes that will provide a more usable site for the displaying of my technical type posts. However, after receiving feedback I realised that I had rendered the site almost unusable in IE6 which was obviously unacceptable. Please accept my apologies for the unstable nature of the appearance of [...]

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The more I play with the Integration Engine that ships with Service Desk Express, the more excited I get about the possibilities of using it. By far the most exciting piece of functionality in it for me is the XML Initiator – essentially a method of accepting inbound pre formatted XML messages and inserting and/or [...]

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Recently I have been doing a lot of playing around with Integration Engine packages and have consequently, unfortunately, found the need to debug them. So I thought I would write a quick post (I know unusual as they are normally somewhat verbose!) describing one method of Debugging Integration Engine Packages. This post doesn’t explain how [...]

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