October 2005 - Posts

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.NET 2.0 GridView for winforms... why is it so slow? by FransBouma

Is it just me, or is the .NET 2.0 gridview control for Winforms about the slowest grid-like control that has ever been released? I mean, the painting of it is so incredibly slow, it hurts the eye. In SqlServer 2005's management studio, open a table in...
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Placement of Solution Explorer in VS.NET by FransBouma

The first time I ran VS.NET 2005, I was asked to select a profile matching my developing needs. I selected the C# developer profile and expected to have the Solution Explorer docked to the left side of the IDE. Though, it was placed on the right side...
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SqlServer 2005's installer... Oracle Quality, at last! by FransBouma

SqlServer 2005's installer is a bit hopeless. It needs IE to get you started. Not a problem. I open the page in IE 6 on XP, I give it permission to run objects/activex and what have you. Then I click a link. "Error on page", IE says. So hunting through...
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VS.NET 2005/Sqlserver 2005 RTM and are available at MSDN by FransBouma

See: http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2005/10/27/485665.aspx Now, the MSDN subscriber download site seems to be hammered by a gazillion mad geeks looking for the bits as it seems, because downloading seems impossible at the moment, but I'm sure...
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LLBLGen Pro v1.0.2005.1 released! by FransBouma

Time flies when you're having fun, they say, and it's true . After 6 months of hard work, it's finally done: LLBLGen Pro v1.0.2005.1 is available. This release is a significant milestone, because it includes some key elements, like full inheritance and...
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Server problems solved by FransBouma

We're experiencing server problems at the moment at llblgen.com, our ISP is looking into the problem now, hopefully it's solved a.s.a.p. Problems were solved, but it's failing again. . Due to heavy traffic for our new version, the server burned down....
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Pro ADO.NET 2.0 by Sahil Malik, a review by FransBouma

My good friend Sahil Malik recently released his second book, called Pro ADO.NET 2.0 . The book is about .NET's API to work with databases: ADO.NET, and especially its newest incarnation: ADO.NET 2.0 for .NET 2.0. The vast majority of applications written...
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Back from the Summit by FransBouma

Summit was awesome! I think that word covers it. Had a great time, met a lot of great people and it was well worth it. Mr. Jetlag payed me a visit however with his little brother Johnny Cold so I'm not feeling very well, physically, at this moment, but...
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