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Crunchy numbers

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 28,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 6 Film Festivals

In 2012, there were 50 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 51 posts. There were 323 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 16 MB. That's about 6 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was November 28th with 323 views. The most popular post that day was Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. .

: Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (1/3)

: Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (2/3)

: Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (3/3)

: The workbook cannot be opened - Excel Services error on SharePoint 2010 (1/6)

: The workbook cannot be opened - Excel Services error on SharePoint 2010 (2/6)

: The workbook cannot be opened - Excel Services error on SharePoint 2010 (3/6)

: The workbook cannot be opened - Excel Services error on SharePoint 2010 (4/6)

: The workbook cannot be opened - Excel Services error on SharePoint 2010 (5/6)

: The workbook cannot be opened - Excel Services error on SharePoint 2010 (6/6)

: This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an Excel Services Application trusted location - SharePoint 2010 (1/6)

: This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an Excel Services Application trusted location - SharePoint 2010 (2/6)

: This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an Excel Services Application trusted location - SharePoint 2010 (3/6)

: This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an Excel Services Application trusted location - SharePoint 2010 (4/6)

: This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an Excel Services Application trusted location - SharePoint 2010 (5/6)

: This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an Excel Services Application trusted location - SharePoint 2010 (6/6)

: Deploy and Re-deploy a web part solution package (.wsp) using STSADM command. (1/6)

: Deploy and Re-deploy a web part solution package (.wsp) using STSADM command. (2/6)

: Deploy and Re-deploy a web part solution package (.wsp) using STSADM command. (3/6)

: Deploy and Re-deploy a web part solution package (.wsp) using STSADM command. (4/6)

: Deploy and Re-deploy a web part solution package (.wsp) using STSADM command. (5/6)

: Deploy and Re-deploy a web part solution package (.wsp) using STSADM command. (6/6)

: SSRS Error 2: The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. (1/6)

: SSRS Error 2: The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. (2/6)

: SSRS Error 2: The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. (3/6)

: SSRS Error 2: The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. (4/6)

: SSRS Error 2: The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. (5/6)

: SSRS Error 2: The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. (6/6)

: "The .Net Framework installed on this machine does not meet the minimum required version: 4.5.50709" Visual Studio 2012

: Access is denied: 'xxx.dll' - Manually add an assembly (.dll) to the GAC on Windows Server 2008 R2 (1/6)

: Access is denied: 'xxx.dll' - Manually add an assembly (.dll) to the GAC on Windows Server 2008 R2 (2/6)

: Access is denied: 'xxx.dll' - Manually add an assembly (.dll) to the GAC on Windows Server 2008 R2 (3/6)

: Access is denied: 'xxx.dll' - Manually add an assembly (.dll) to the GAC on Windows Server 2008 R2 (4/6)

: Access is denied: 'xxx.dll' - Manually add an assembly (.dll) to the GAC on Windows Server 2008 R2 (5/6)

: Access is denied: 'xxx.dll' - Manually add an assembly (.dll) to the GAC on Windows Server 2008 R2 (6/6)

: System.NullReferenceException in Silverlight application designer in Visual Studio 2010 (1/6)

: System.NullReferenceException in Silverlight application designer in Visual Studio 2010 (2/6)

: System.NullReferenceException in Silverlight application designer in Visual Studio 2010 (3/6)

: System.NullReferenceException in Silverlight application designer in Visual Studio 2010 (4/6)

: System.NullReferenceException in Silverlight application designer in Visual Studio 2010 (5/6)

: System.NullReferenceException in Silverlight application designer in Visual Studio 2010 (6/6)

: Getting started with Silverlight - Visual Studio 2010 (1/6)

: Getting started with Silverlight - Visual Studio 2010 (2/6)

: Getting started with Silverlight - Visual Studio 2010 (3/6)

: Getting started with Silverlight - Visual Studio 2010 (4/6)

: Getting started with Silverlight - Visual Studio 2010 (5/6)

: Getting started with Silverlight - Visual Studio 2010 (6/6)

: Getting started with Windows 8 Metro Style Application using C# - Visual Studio 2012 (1/6)

: Getting started with Windows 8 Metro Style Application using C# - Visual Studio 2012 (2/6)

: Getting started with Windows 8 Metro Style Application using C# - Visual Studio 2012 (3/6)

: Getting started with Windows 8 Metro Style Application using C# - Visual Studio 2012 (4/6)

: Getting started with Windows 8 Metro Style Application using C# - Visual Studio 2012 (5/6)

: Getting started with Windows 8 Metro Style Application using C# - Visual Studio 2012 (6/6)

: Turn on detailed error messages in SharePoint 2007 /2010 (1/4)

: Turn on detailed error messages in SharePoint 2007 /2010 (2/4)

: Turn on detailed error messages in SharePoint 2007 /2010 (3/4)

: Turn on detailed error messages in SharePoint 2007 /2010 (4/4)

Attractions in 2012

These are the posts that got the most views on Step Bi Step in 2012.

1 Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, Version=10.5.3700.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. 2 comments May 2012
2 The workbook cannot be opened - Excel Services error on SharePoint 2010 4 comments June 2012
3 This workbook cannot be opened because it is not stored in an Excel Services Application trusted location - SharePoint 2010 1 comment June 2012
4 Deploy and Re-deploy a web part solution package (.wsp) using STSADM command. 2 comments June 2012
5 SSRS Error 2: The attempt to connect to the report server failed. Check your connection information and that the report server is a compatible version. 0 comments February 2012

How did they find this blog?

The top referring sites in 2012 were:

Some visitors came searching, mostly for the .net framework installed on this machine does not meet the minimum required version: 4.5.50709..

Where did they come from?

That's 158 countries in all!
Most visitors came from The United States. India & Canada were not far behind.

Who were they?

The most commented on post in 2012 was System.NullReferenceException in Silverlight application designer in Visual Studio 2010

These were the 5 most active commenters on this blog:

1 Leonard Marks 3 comments
2 Michael 2 comments
3 therealpils 1 comment
4 Adam Preston 1 comment
5 onetidbit 1 comment

See you in 2013

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