Microsoft, .NET, and other stuff...
Thanks Matt.
Running in-process certainly IS a huge plus for SQL Everywhere and I will urge our clients to use/consider it where appropriate. But SQL Express will still have its place.
I design for firefox first, then make it compatible with IE. If the customer base for IE wasn't so overpowering I would never use IE. As it stands far too many sites are designed IE only because of their use of non-standards-based code and markup. The gecko DOM reference is one of my most valued tools for web development. The other main reference is the excellent library at msdn.microsoft.com/library/.
I can't find how to work with reportViewer at design time in C# Express. It won't show in design time on form canvas and neither at runtime.
I added references to Microsoft.ReportView.Winforms
and to Microsoft.ReportView.Common.
Any ideas?
thanx in advance
Fabio
Fabio,
This is from the documentation on my Teacher Starter Kit for VS 2005 and SQL Express 2005 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsse/html/sql2k5TecSAGde.asp)
The Visual Basic Express and C# Express versions of Visual Studio do not include the ReportViewer control. This means that if you are using Visual Basic Express or C# Express to develop an application based on the Teacher Starter Kit, you must first download and install the Report Viewer Redistributable onto your development computer in order to compile the starter kit. You must also download and install the Report Viewer Redistributable on any target machines onto which you are deploying your application.
thanks for answer. I already downoaded
all required software, as well as the Teacher Starter Kit, and all works well. My problem is that, even if the ReportViewer appears in the data controls, i can't get it draw on form canvas, but only just like e.g. a tableadapter.
I fixed my problem using the actual PreviewForm of Teacher SK in my project, and it displays well and, made the required code changes it works fine.
But still I can create a form like that.
BTW, the microsoft.ReportView.Design.dll is missing in redistributable ReportView Package
Thanks a lot
...and, the same code that works in the Teacher Preview form, doesn't work in a form made by myself, with the SAME settings and the same code...weird.
Ok, i found the problem! :)
The weird behavior is due to the fact that the auto-generate code doesn't add this code line:
this.Controls.Add(this.ReportViewer1);
added it manually and now it works!
Thanks for help
when i print my report the following message comes u "report processing has been cancelled" and then report appears on the screen
tell me something by which i can get the message out of my reports
when i print my report the following message comes "report processing has been cancelled" and then report appears on the screen
I am having the same problem. The report is however shown fine, but why is the user informed, that the report processing has been cancelled?
I came across this problem myself some time ago and there is a really important difference between the two. I've seen numerous bits of code using @@Identity instead of SCOPE_IDENTITY(). @@Identity is not thread safe.
You are way ahead of me. I downloaded the ReportViewer redistrib and it asked if I wanted to "Repair" it. Obviously and indication that it was already there, yet nowhere in VB Express does the control seem to reside. You certainly can't drag-and-drop it on form. What am I missing here?
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send me the database project in visual studio
The download file is corrupted.
When you run it you get an error:
...exe is not valid win32 application.
Just awful.
Downloaded fine here. What's awful is jumping at conclusions...
The download worked just fine for me and other developers in my office.
I LOVE the tabbed interface !
And I thought I was the only one who liked it...
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Andre Obelink, VBcentral
The link is not working...
Sorry about that - I've fixed it...
wow Thats a really impressive list to look at
My feedback:
http://dotmad.blogspot.com/2007/02/microsoft-developer-academy.html
No, language development is where it's at. Incredible gains can be made at the language level, far outstripping anything an IDE can offer.
Consider this: No IDE will ever make assembler programming simple.
There are already languages out there that make things like multithreading really, really simple. We can only wish that one day such a language will become popular.
Some of the things in the second part make we want to break into MS labs: "There's a lot of very interesting theory about using monads or monoids as the basis for query languages instead of relational algebra [the basis for SQL]."
Absolutely agree with Jackie. Languages played much bigger role in 80s and 90s. Now the platform and development environment are much more significant.
foobar [sic],
I would agree with you about multi-threading being something where langauge improvement would make a big difference.
RE: assembly language - I am not claiming langauges aren't important. We have made amazing advances in languages/productivity since assembly language. But looking forward, at least in the short/medium timeframe, I'd like to see MS focus more on tools and frameworks and less on more language innovations. As someone who develops applications for a living, that is where I see the most bang for the buck.
But in the long RUN these improvement in langauge which is more important. This about the features like generics, LINQ which were not there in the C#1.0. These improvements do a lot.
Its very important to improve the IDE but significant research should also go to the development of langauge
<q>
you should now have a more reasonable experience.
</q>
not at all-iis7 integration still requires iis6 management pack+admin rights to run.
Do you have a valid link for kim's post?
Sorry about that, Bil. It is a result of my blog cross-posting...
That's a major fallacy you make there. It's the people who designed the system that should get the kudos; .NET might have made their life easier, but that's all.
Peter -
You are obviosuly correct - didn't you notice my smiley after that sentence ?
I must have missed it :-)
especially the quality of the local maps is the biggest issue. From my home town googles resolution is 5 times better
That's the best excuse for a Simpsons video I've seen, well done :D
The word is out! The JavaScript compiler in Silverlight 1.1 as well as the upcoming VB10 compiler for
i didn't get the word VBx (VB 10).[
'X' is 10 in Roman numerals
It's a sign of the impending 'pocalypse!
Feww. And all this time I thought I was going to have to drop all my VB.NET knowledge and spend all my time learning C# instead. I feel better now.
Yes, you'll always have people who insist on towing their car with a bicycle.
Now i see why Adobe wasn't scared of silverlight.
I'm just messin with ya! A little love from the c# crowd on this achievement for you vb folks. Cherish this day ;)
As I have mentioned previously , I have recently been researching and playing with mashups and various
This is great news, CAB is really hard to understand & work with it.
This looks pretty nice.
Im am curious where and when this will be used in companies though.
Sjaak Laan.
Is this the same type of mashups like IBM's Many Eyes (services.alphaworks.ibm.com/.../app)?
Hi,
cool, can`t wait to dowload and play with it.
Will the final Acropolis be released with Visual Studio 2008?
Backlink: www.codebrothers.net/.../BlogEntry.aspx
Yes, Acropolis will support Winforms. I confirmed the official answer with Brad Abrams - you can see his response and some more details over at blogs.msdn.com/.../some-common-acroplis-questions.aspx
Unfortunately, Acropolis isn't planned to ship until sometime after VS 2008 :-(
Jackie, looks like a good time to try http://proagora.com :-)
Feel free to post your job offers there.
Do you interesting to hire the remote developer?
I mean do you want to try to use outsourcing at your company?
Dmitry,
Thanks for your interest, but as I mentioned in the original post, you must be onsite for these positions.
Produse Microsoft dezvoltate pe .NET Framework
Currently i am doing job in visual basic 6.0 from three years and now i have completed .net course from ssi delhi. now i wnat to work in .net plateform.
I wrote several posts on the subject:
dotmad.blogspot.com/.../job-interviews.html
dotmad.blogspot.com/.../how-to-rule-world-using-1000-gnomes.html
When you are a participant at a meeting and you are doing things are not related to it, then some one's time is probably being wasted; either yours because you are there or theirs because you are not paying attention.
I can't read the article, but I think a high level manager would be more likely to be present in meetings as an observer. In this situation, they might mostly work on something else, only paying attention when something catches their ear
I would say that in smaller meetings, no laptops should be allowed. Have a focused meeting. Make decisions quickly and let people get back to work. If anyone needs to communicate with someone outside the room, they should excuse themselves from the room and make the call or email.
* Generally, keep meetings as short as possible.
* Invite only those who will actively contribute.
* Stick to the time.
* Have a stand-up meeting to focus on the problem at hand.
I work in an engineering environment, and one of our directors just purchased a laptop for this reason.
He spends alot of time in long meetings in which he only participates in 10 minutes of discussion. Instead of wasting the 5 hours, he does some design work. Sounds like smart business to me!
I personally hate sitting next to individuals with laptops as the constant clacking at the keys breaks my concentration.
Well, I personally enjoy putting them on the spot. When they obviously haven't been paying attention its fun to say - "What did you think about what John just said?" - Its this kind of sadistic humour that makes work more enjoyable for me.
God, we need an economic recession to bring people back to their senses.
Yes, laptops at meetings is a bad idea. Meetings tend to corrupt the zen laptop experience. I'd say, just skip the meeting.
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I'm trying to load a HTML document using Visual Basic 6.0 so far I can't. What am I not doing.
What is the syntax in VB 6.0 to load a HTML program? Thanks
Is Apple the new Microsoft? No... Microsoft's great success didn't come from the fact that Windows was bundled with IE.
Apple makes some nice hardware, and an operating system that is like all the rest.
But Microsoft powers developers... and developers make the universe :)
(P.S. - Apple sucks!)
Yes, I dont feel Apple is any way near Microsoft. It has just got a good success in ipod and Iphone. The problem with Iphone are already showing up. I dont think apple has what it takes to be Microsoft
Gee, and I thought this post would bring out all of the Microsoft bashers :-)
I certainly agree that it wasn't bundlign IE (or anything else) that made MS great. It was the functionality and value their products provide.
Use the WebBrowser control
I like Mike Elgan, and he's right about iTunes lock-in - it sucks. The software is awful, especially on Windows. I've tried all the alternative third party iPod manager apps though (including paying for a few commercial ones) and none of them are as seamless or have all the features. It's made especially worse by the fact Apple tries to port the "OSX" UI experience to their Windows apps.
At least the DRM is slowly disappearing from the ITMS catalog - this at least makes it much easier to back up your music, and/or shift it to another AAC compatible player that isn't an iPod.
The reason the iPod is so successful is because it's pretty much the best and most intuitive player out there. My gripe isn't with the hardware, only the software that Apple bundles.
I've already put down my money for an iPod Touch to replace my latest 2 month old iPod Nano. And I'll replace that too with an iPhone when they appear here in Europe later in the year - as long as it's fully unlocked.
I'm not buying a Mac though :)
Can anyone explain to me why I need iTunes to play Quicktime content?
A good article. Apple has always bundled their products more tightly together than Microsoft. Not only now, but starting back with their Mac OS and proprietary hardware.
I never understood why they got a "free pass" on that.
You don't need iTunes for Quicktime.
www.apple.com/.../download
Microsoft does empower developers, and I absolutely love the fact that I get to work with Visual Studio (with Resharper) every day.
Unfortunately, that's about all Microsoft does (they make an amazing game console too, but its focus is too narrow). The rest of the company is a disaster in the making devoid of any useful innovation or movement toward simple computers. Apple empowers consumers with stuff that "just works."
I would argue that Apple's success isn't because they're locking people into anything (remember, Linux cats make the same claims about Winblows). Apple is successful because they're making products that non-geeks can use and because they're stepping up get the things we want. In the cases where they do have an ecosystem, you're free not to enter it.
I noticed the PC World editorial proclaiming that Apple was the new Microsoft (via this blog ), and I
So, this New York Times article claims that mashups are about to go mainstream - do you agree ? Have
If you have never seen CodeRush in action you should check out the video in Jackie Goldstein’s blog post
A couple of weeks ago I did a presentation on how I use CodeRush and Refactor! Pro to improve my coding
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Back in February I blogged about some of my thoughts on the experimental languages Microsoft Research
This is great! Hopefully, Microsoft will be forthcoming with similar announcements for IronPython and IronRuby someday soon.
interesting
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Hi Jackie,
Feel free to post the positions on http://proagora.com
It's a website dedicated to .NET and Java jobs and professionals.
Fabrice
Well, spring is in the air, which for me means, among other things the renewal time for my Microsoft
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I recently (OK, 10 days ago) returned from my annual p ilgrimage to San Francisco, to speak at the main
I recently (OK, 10 days ago) returned from my annual pilgrimage to San Francisco, to speak at the main
Last week was the (now) semi-annual TechEd Israel conference. This was my sixth time participating in
I think VB "mindset" goes hand-in-hand with datasets. I bet you would find that the pro-dataset and anti- camps correlate quite a bit to language preference as well.
I just use www.SingingEels.com exclusively! j/k, I've used gimp in the past, I use trillian all the time, though I don't check the website :)... and I usually try to avoid experts exchange.
I've blocked experts exchange, it's very annoying to register and pay for reading posts.
you must be joking :-)
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Yeah, my technical blog www.crazysalsadancer.com got picked up on their site recently as well although I didn't get an email from them. I foun out by looking at my search results and seeing blogged.com as having content from my site. The site seems good. They have a pretty good collection of blogs on a lot of different topics.
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Are you guys hiring? ;)
I would agree that like most things in life, you get what you pay for, except when you don't! I have been in sittuations where the client paid loads of money to a domestic company and still end up with a piece of junk. So to me, the title of your post ought to read: "Software Development - you get what you pay for".
My thoughts on the subject can be found here
sendhil.spaces.live.com/.../cns!30862CF919BD131A!1268.entry
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Tom,
We are always looking for great (or potentially great) developers...
You're definitely right - there have been plenty of documented cases of companies getting burned goign the other way. Spending millions of dollars on a high-priced consulting firm, where all they get in the end is a mismanged group of inexperienced programmers.
I was simply writing/venting in the context of my recent experiences - being called in to help companies who got burned when they thought they were going to save a ton of money - which ended up costing them both time and money in the end.
hmmm sounds like someone because of outsourcing took your job or something... :)
Nawaz,
Not at all - just the opposite. We got a 6-month, 3-man project because the client's first attempt at outsourcing was so unsuccessful.
Agreed.
I'm in the same 'class' of help as you are (expensive, domestic, professional). I have to say, though, that the wording of your second paragraph really makes the whole post look like nothing more than a cheap attempt at shameless self-promotion.
" Beyond raw talent and a great environment, why do we always succeed where others seem to fail?" c'mon... *waaay* over the top. Even if it's true (I have no way of knowing), it comes across as boasting.
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Paul,
I certainly wasn't attempting cheap, shameless promotion, but... building a great team and providing them with a great environment takes time, effort, and money - and I am proud that I seemed to have succeeded at that.
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Greets! Really interesting. keep working!
this is just insane and marketing blah blah for your company... there are several respectable offshore development centers, that's why Egypt making 600,000,000 US$ out of outsourceing ..
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Pretty well done, but I still don't get the full message, maybe after a few more episodes...
P.S. Gates can act, who knew...
Yeah - subtle messaging, but it least it is entertaining and leaves us in anticipation of the next installment...
Jackie--
Great job at the conference. Are you post the PowerPoint slides?
Thanks,
Seth
Seth,
Thanks for the kind words - which session(s) did you catch?
The PPTs should be available on the conference web site.
Jackie
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The ADO.NET Entity Framework and Entity Data Model. I haven't seen the PPTs on the conference web site, have they been posted?
They should have been from the end of the conference...I'll check it out for you.
In the meantime, if you send me an email, I'll send them to you directly.
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I will not take somebody who uses Comic Sans seriously.
:)
One of the fun demos that I did in my session on the Windows Live SDK at VSLive Dallas earlier this month
I just put 20 pages of text on the screen and walk away for 15 minutes.
Is that not OK?
If it works, have them talk faster...
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Do any of these ring particularly true to you?
No.
Do any of them not seem to make sense to you?
Yes.
rrobins,
Can you elaborate why ?
Outsourcing Software Development to Iran in Recession
Outsourcing Software Development to Russia During a Recession
Never ever ever outsource your core competency or competitive advantage. A recession is a good time to invest in your company and in your people, not invest in another company's profit margin.
Buying products off the shelf and consulting to customize them, yes. Outsourcing to build a product which is not vitally important to your company's strategic goals and avoid opportunity costs for your most vital projects, yes.
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Software Technology Outsourcing company should be grounded firmly on the foundations of trust,teamwork and technology.
"Regards,
<a href=""www.sblsoftware.com/""> SBL - software development company</a>
http://www.sblsoftware.com"
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Soon after yesterday’s post with a link to our new case studies, I came across a very informative report
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At last, a report which states what I've been saying for years. Companies are too concerned with short-term financial gain when outsourcing, and often too late, become aware of the total cost of ownership.
I have worked in many outsourcing companies, where the emphasis was on giving the customer what he wanted as quickly and as cheaply as possible - some of the code I've been forced to maintain was absolutle scandalous.
PS. If you know of anyone who's looking for a strong C#/VB.Net developer proficient in .Net 3.5 and VSTS, please let me know! antony.gibbs@o2.co.uk
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Thanks.
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The official version of ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is now available for download here . I’ve already suggested that
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So what.That is nothing informative. You just wasted my and your times.
Phil - I found it to be an interesting experience and observation and thought that others might also. Sorry you weren't among them.
Jackie, thanks for the heads up. The download is there indeed, but Microsoft is keeping it realy low key - no official word that I could find. Even Scott Guthrie has got nothing on it.
They must be keeping it for MIX.
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You'll need to set a reference to the Outlook object library for your code to work. Here's a way to do it with late binding:
Dim OutlookApp As Object
Set OutlookApp = GetOutlookApp
If OutlookApp Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
And here's the GetOutlookApp function. It returns Nothing if the code is unable to get or start Outlook:
Function GetOutlookApp() As Object
On Error Resume Next
Set GetOutlookApp = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Set GetOutlookApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
I also like to set a global boolean flag if Outlook was started with CreateObject, so we can quit it when the code ends.
JP -
(1) I generally prefer to use early binding
(2) Your GetOutlookApp() function is certainly the way to go for a general purpose method. My code was really meant for my specific needs, where I already have Outlook open and execute the function from within Outlook.
Thanks, Jackie. I got the Macro to work fine, but was a little frustrated with the messages in the Outbox. After the attachment is made, the messages are no longer designated to be sent. This is remedied by clicking on each individual message in the Outbox and selecting send. However, this defeats much of the automation process. Any solutions?
SK,
THANK YOU! I line of code seems to have fallen off when I pasted the code into the post. After the line Item.Save there is a line Item.Send
I have updated the code in the original post.
Thanks for the code .. really helped me.
1) To get rid of the annoying Oks, if you are running this from outlook, you can use
Set olNS = ThisOutlookSession.GetNamespace("MAPI") instead of getting the app.
2) You could add some person in CC by using Item.CC = "x@x.com"
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Tony,
Great tip - thanks!
I'm rather unexperienced with macros. How do I change the reference to Outlook? I see you wrote the code, but how do I use it?
Excellent interview
When I try using this--or the code that inspired it (from word.mvps.org/.../MergeWithAttachments.htm), the VBE throws an error: "Compile Error: user-defined type not defined" at the line:
Dim OutlookApp As Outlook.Application
And so it doesn't work. I'm using Office 2007 apps, currently patched (SP2). I'd be grateful for any insight. I'm not VB trained.
Thanks!
Robert,
Make sure you have a Reference set to the Outlook Object Library. In the VB Editor, go to Tool | References and make sure to check Microsoft Outlook 12.0 Object Library.
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This is really awesome stuff. Although I would prefer to say step, step, rather than step over, step over... :)
But, very good stuff... Now not only will developers want to avoid poses which give ergonomic problems, but they will also need to avoid doing things that can give them a sore throat :D
Excellent! Any way of trying it out for ourselves?
Yes, interesting. Definitely much slower than typing, but I've sometimes wondered what I would do if I were injured and could no longer keyboard efficiently.
I could see this being helpful to someone who is, say, on an hours-long drive and wanting to get some work done, maybe if stricken with a coding bug. That got me thinking about a feedback mechanism so you'd know that the input was accepted, which in turn made me realize that this would also be essential for the visually impaired.
Perhaps the machine could immediately read back added code (optionally, of course), read out intellisense options, narrowed by spoken letters, etc. Allowing completely screen-free editing would also allow more battery life from notebooks, and it would allow me to code even as a vehicle passenger, whereas reading always makes me carsick.
Additionally, it would be great to be able to say "repeat" instead of repeating the same sometimes-lengthy command two or more times, to "begin[/end] recording" to create small temporary macros.
Cool idea!
Although could get annoying in an open plan office...
Nice job.
When the user will be fluent with this he can just "wirte" a program by talking in to a dictaphone (recording tool) and play it fast back to the computer, and there you go a program made on the Beach or anywhere else :)
and yes Build command wood be nice (with sound conformation) and undo command also :)
keep up the good work.
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This is sweet! I would definitely buy it once it had a little polishing!
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Priceless
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somewhat true
to Jackie Goldstein:
But often software vendors think they are all that but when push come to shove, they lied and/or over exaggerate what there product can do.
And that is even more true so both sides are at fault this time, but my opinion would be that the software vendor are more at fault.
It is a fact the many programmers are lazy and don't follow good guide lines or ever tries to find out if there code follow the rules, how about reading the documentations ( if there are any *coff* msdn library - microsoft failed *coff* ).
I have seen and heard many promises about what they think there great product can do BUT doesn't.
Is honest so hard ?
Is doing the right thing so hard ?
Why waste the clients time like that ?
To what end ?
If you have a hard time, then it is time to fire your PR people and let the programmer do the talking, since he's the one that should know what the product.
I don't have pr people and you know what ?
my clients are happy and paying, no need for negotiating tactics and no time wasted trying to be "flexible" and "creative".
microsoft should read this post too, it will help them a lot.
"PR people don't know what they are talking about most of the time, even telling them what to say seems to be troubling for them" - unknown (don't remember)
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I just wish some of these tips actually linked to the instruction on how to do them, like boot from VHD to save time. Other than that, it was a good list.
Jeff -
Did you click through to Scott Hanselman's blog post? I mentioned in my post that you should go there for more details.
By doing so..you might risk exposing your technical know how to the third party.& secondly their might be issues related to intellectual property.
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