ASP.NET Core: Where to place Connection String for Production

ASP.Net Core, using version 5.0.100, and I am trying to publish my web application to a hosting provider. I am trying to figure out where to place my connection string. As of right now I have it insid...

Can I make Json.net deserialize a C# 9 record type with the "primary" constructor, as if it had [JsonConstructor]?

Using C# 9 on .NET 5.0, I have a bunch of record types, like this: ``` public record SomethingHappenedEvent(Guid Id, object TheThing, string WhatHappened) { public SomethingHappenedEvent(object th...

19 Dec at 01:47

Cannot access a disposed context instance

My Application: .Net Core 3.1 Web application using Microservice architecture; Identity for Authorization & Authentication as separate Microservice API. I have extended the standard AspNetUsers and As...

C# convert certificate string into X509 certificate

I am receiving a string and want to convert that into a certificate using C#. I tried following code and got the error: > The input is not a valid Base-64 string as it contains a non-base 64 character...

Blazor can't find referenced component from other folder

I'm trying out Blazor WebAssembly, and wanted to create some new components on top of the pregenerated example project from Visual Studio. So, essentially what I ended up is the following folder st...

2 May at 08:15

Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings

I was trying to download a GUI, but the terminal kept giving me this error: > Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings > ...

28 Aug at 19:33

Use ModularStartup in testing project

My testing project has grown to include many AppHost classes and having to update them all when the project changes is duplicating work so I would prefer to use modular startup on them like I do with ...

17 Dec at 11:57

ServiceStack IOC. AutoWire(this) tries to inject public properties that are not registered in the Container

When using ServiceStack and its IoC/DI framework, I have the following problem: The DI framework injects null into a property, and that property type is not registered in the Container. ``` class Depe...

HTTP Error 500.31 - Failed to load ASP.NET Core runtime

I'm having issues deploying .NET Core applications to IIS on a Windows 10 machine. When I deploy to IIS and navigate to the site I recieve the message: ``` "HTTP Error 500.31 - Failed to load ASP.NET ...

16 Dec at 06:36

Entity Framework Core 5.0 Warning limiting operator ('Skip'/'Take') without an 'OrderBy' operator

I am writing a .net Core 3.1 application and have recently updated it to Entity Framework Core 5.0. Running the application has since started showing warnings as follows: > The query uses a row limiti...

Difference between "Windows Forms App" vs "Windows Forms App (.NET Framework)"

When creating a new project in Visual Studio 2019 there are two options to create a Windows Forms App: `Windows Forms App` and `Windows Forms App (.NET Framework)`. What is the difference between thes...

What does this tensorflow message mean? Any side effect? Was the installation successful?

I just installed tensorflow v2.3 on anaconda python. I tried to test out the installation using the python command below; ``` $ python -c "import tensorflow as tf; x = [[2.]]; print('tensorflow versio...

15 Dec at 00:5

Entity Framework Core - DefaultValue(true) attribute not working

What is the code-first approach to set the default value of a database column in entity framework core? Using the `DefaultValue` attribute on the model doesn't seem to work ``` [DefaultValue(true)] p...

Is .NET Core or .NET 5.0 supported by Pythonnet

I've been using Pythonnet for quite some time but always against .NET Framework 4.* With the recent release of .NET 5.0 I wanted to migrate my projects but I could not make it work for non-Framework v...

14 Dec at 01:25

Why is an explicit `this` constructor initializer required in records with a primary constructor?

In C# 9 we can create positional records causing them to get a constructor, which the spec draft calls a [primary constructor](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/propos...

13 Dec at 01:49

xlrd.biffh.XLRDError: Excel xlsx file; not supported

I am trying to read a macro-enabled Excel worksheet using `pandas.read_excel` with the xlrd library. It's running fine in local, but when I try to push the same into PCF, I am getting this error: ``` ...

8 Feb at 14:50

How can I use .NET Core in C# interactive?

How can I make the C# interactive console inside Visual Studio use .NET Core instead of .NET Framework? By default when it starts it shows that it is using .NET Framework in parenthesis in the title b...

c# 9.0 covariant return types and interfaces

I have two code examples: One compiles ``` class C { public virtual object Method2() => throw new NotImplementedException(); } class D : C { public override string Method2() =...

2 Mar at 10:34

System.Net.HttpStatusCode not generating on DTO

In several of my models I am storing the System.Net.HttpStatusCode like so: ``` public HttpStatusCode HttpStatusCode { get; set; } ``` When generating DTO file with SS typescript service, enums that ...

9 Dec at 17:49

JsonPropertyNameAttribute is not supported record from C#9?

I want to use record with JsonPropertyName attribute, but it caused an error. This is not supported? Any workaround? ``` public record QuoteResponse([JsonPropertyName("quotes")] IReadOnlyCollection<Qu...

9 Dec at 15:18

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: The project file cannot be opened. Unable to locate the .NET SDK

I just upgraded my visual studio to latest version and suddenly I am not able to load any C# project and getting the following error for all .NET core projects: > The project file cannot be opened. ...

ServiceStack (5.5.0) - When testing a ServiceStackController Gateway is null and throws an exception

Using ServiceStack (v 5.5.0) I read the recommended approach to calling services via a controller is by using the Gateway. Full example is found at [https://github.com/RhysWilliams647/ServiceStackCont...

8 Dec at 15:48

Issue with scaffolding a MySql database with EF Core - Method not found: Void Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalTypeMapping

I'm trying to scaffold a MySql Database code first using `MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore` and `Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore` on .NET Core 3.1 in Visual Studio 2019. However, I keep getting the follow...

.Net 5 Publish Single File - Produces exe and dlls

I am using VS 2019 and .Net 5 to build a simple console application. I wanted to share this app with a friend so I tried to publish it as a single file but I keep getting some extra DLLs that the exec...

6 Dec at 16:23

How to implement Authorization Code with PKCE for Spotify

Getting the authorization is code is working as expected, but the step of exchanging the authorization code for tokens is failing. I am trying to implement the authorization code with PKCE flow for au...

5 May at 12:46