After I got my computer rebuilt (due to Problems with Team Explorer after installed Visual Studio 2008 SP1 RTM) I did not reinstall IE8 Beta 1 as I knew that Beta 2 was soon to be available. Well, now it is: Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for Windows XP Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for Windows Server 2003 SP2 64-bit Edition or Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 for Windows...
Introduction
I recently starting fooling around with the new XML LinQ stuff in .Net, and it is very impressive. One thing that I found missing was the ability to serialize objects directly into XElements. However, Microsoft did provide the means to get me to hit the ground running and it took a couple of minutes for me to get it right.
Readers and Writers
One thing the classical .Net XML always lacked was an "XmlNodeWriter", a writer that basically allows you to create DOM XML nodes using a standard...
I was search for information on SAAS and ASP on goolge tonight and for some reason google thinks I'm a virus... I think they need to double check their logic.
Google
Error
We're sorry...
... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer...
After reading the comments on my previous post mentioning I liked C# regions and got the general concensus is that these are very bad and evil inventions. I typed "C# Regions" into google and sure enough the first result was titled "C# Regions Considered Harmful" So my next question was why can this little handy things be considered harmful.
I have come to a conclusion and answer is over use. A lingering voice tells me this might open a horrible debate about whether they should or should not be...
Website: http://www.charityfragathon.com/
Where? Microsoft
8300 Norman Center Dr, Suite 950
Bloomington, MN 55437
When? Wednesday September 24, 2008
Time? 6-10pm
The Twin Cities XNA User Group is throwing their first ever charity event! Admission to this event is $10 (ten bucks!!) and that covers entry into what just might be the biggest Halo 3 tournament you've ever seen. We'll also have a room set aside for Rock Band 2 and of course XNA games for anyone who wants to check out the new...
Wow, devLink this year was even better than last year. I thought it was odd having it in the Fall instead of the Spring but I liked it.
I think a 2 day convention is perfect. Enough time to get your brain sloshy, but not so much that it leaks out. Brian H. Prince http://brianhprince.blogspot.com was great retelling his career progression. He tricked us into agreeing to sign up for Twitter... which I have not completed yet.
Could it maybe be called something a little more aggressive than...
When using TFS within Visual Studio, if you undo pending changes on an ASPX file by right-clicking on that file in Solution Explorer and selecting "Undo Pending Changes", pay close attention to the dialog box about what files are going to have their changes undone. TFS will not only undo changes on the ASPX file you selected, but will also undo changes for the code-beside file. I have lost my work a couple of times with this feature. Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to change that behavior. If...
Go to the database instance that has the object and open a new query. Execute this system stored proc:
exec
The object will then be owned by dbo and will display as dbo.EmployeeContact
sp_changeobjectowner 'METRO\paula.EmployeeContact', 'dbo'...
Michael Washington with Desktop Instances in SilverlightDesktop, and Mike Snow scaling his entire app to the browser.
Bill Reiss reports that Silverlight Sports Game Contest Registration and Submission now live... and with the dollar value of the prizes, it looks like definitely a worthy goal!
From SilverlightCream.com: SilverlightDesktop 01.60.00 released. Now features "Desktop Instances" Michael Washington has been busy with his SilverlightDesktop project. This enhancement features Desktop...
I’ve always had excellent service from Amazon, and Amazon MP3 is no different. Last week I blogged about how I purchased the new Rehab album from Amazon MP3. It turns out I accidently bought the censored version, which is annoying to me. So given Amazon’s uniquely amazing customer service, I decided to email them and ask if I could download the explicit version of the album without having to re-purchase it. No more than 2 hours later I had a response: a refund is being issued for my mistaken...
Mark and have been friends for a few years. He (and his company, Dunn Training) is an active supporter of community events, a good guy and a true Southerner. Mark gets around a lot and I'm constantly running into him at conferences and code camps. He was kind enough to stop for a moment, catch a breath and answer these NINE Questions:
1. Where are you from?
I'm originally from a very small town north of Birmingham, Alabama called Blountsville. It's about halfway between Birmingham and Huntsville. ...
The customer agreed with me that the amount of time I've spent is plenty, and I've not heard anything back from anyone else getting more than 10 reams of blank paper inserted between two lines in a Crystal Reports PDF file... hmmm did Business Objects buy one of the printer paper distributorships??
I agree that producing a PDF file and then printing that PDF file produces a very nice output, primarily because there is no header/footer text on the printout and the paging is handled a little better...
With the RNC rapidly approaching, Minneapolis cops have gone nuts. So far there have been at least two reported incidents with cops jumping out of vans and seizing photographers and equipment, but not actually arresting them in at least one case.
Regardless of the ethical issues its not a matter of principal at this point. It's a matter of not getting your ass kicked over something stupid while everyone gets accused of being a would be terrorist. No need to turn a simple trespassing charge into...
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MSDN Unleashed Session 1: Demystifying WPF Today’s applications need to do more than simply work. They need to draw in the user, and provide a differentiated experience. This means moving beyond battleship gray forms, boxy UIs, and providing a positive user experience. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides powerful capabilities to develop a compelling user interface, the kind that makes an application stand out. In this session, we’ll examine the core concepts of WPF such as layout panels,...
Last week was the debut of MVP TV. The idea behind MVP TV is to use Live Meeting to allow for a lot of user interaction with the presenter and create a recording for others to view. The presenter last week was Team System MVP Steve Andrews. Steve covered Team Build 2008 and MSBuild 3.5. I lurked for a bit to get an idea since I think I am the next one to present. Check it out when you have a chance. Happy Coding...
I have a mental block on this so I'm making sure I don't forget it by putting it up here. If you want to copy/paste files from your desktop to the server your remoted into, you have to make sure you allow your local drives to be accessed by the remoting session. Once you do that copy/paste works as expected...
Why it is time to retire the old cast operator in C#: MyType t= (MyType)o
These days I am reading the book "Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to improve C#" by Scott Meyers. After using C# for many years, you get into the mindset: "I know everything already". But this book really inspires me to rethink the basics I am using every day and make a step forward in sharpening my C# skills.
The goal of these blog series is not to copy the book but write down my thoughts in a compressed way on certain...
The 10th Anniversary edition DVD of The Big Lebowski is coming out in about a week and a half. I normally wouldn't post about DVD's and such, but this is totally the coolest DVD case movie-tie-in ever. Here's a link. Or, here's a quick pic:...
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A buddy of mine pointed out this figurine of the Joker from the most recent Batman...was thinking I'd like it. Very, very cool....wonder if it comes with a pencil for the magic trick...
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Last month, an editor from Wrox book asked me if I was interested in writing a book on the new version of DotNetNuke which is still in beta. I really don't have the time to do a complete book (who does?) so I asked Darrell Hardy from Hardy Consulting, Tracy Wittenkeller from t-worx, and Microsoft MVP, Stan Schultes to help write some chapters. We all have signed contracts, gone to the photographer for our cover picture, and are diving into the new version of DotNetNuke to write our chapters. Our...
This post is a comment on JP's post on redability.
JP asks what the community thinks about the readability of this piece of code:
Run.the<wire_up_global_error_handling>() .then<initialize_the_container_for_the_user_interface>() .then<initialize_the_user_interface_registry>() .then<initialize_the_ui_images_registry>() .then<initialize_the_main_menus>() .execute();
My first feelings: only JP writes like this ;-)
After reading it with full attention,...
Calling a method on an instance of an object in WPF is not as easy to figure out, but with the help of this Internet thing I managed it. Say you have a DataTemplate that renders a WorkItemType as a button that is selectable: 1: <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type tfswitc:WorkItemType}">
2: <DockPanel>
3: <Image DockPanel.Dock="Left"
4: x:Name="wiImage"
5: Width="16"
6: ...
I have decided I will be attending DevConnections November 10 - 13th in Las Vegas, NV
DevConnections has a number of events running at the same time, with registration, you can attend any of these events
- ASP.NET Connections
- VS.NET Connections
- SharePoint Connections
- SQL Connections
- DNN Connections
- Exchange Connections
- Unified Connections
- Windows Connections
Some of the speakers include
Dino Esposito, Rick Strahl, Markus Egger, Robert Howard, Miguel Castro, John Papa,...
