Archives
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New Article: Extending the DataGrid using CodeDom
A new article that I wrote is published on the MSDN Belux site. It's about how to extend the DataGrid in the Windows.Forms namespace by adding a custom DataGridColumnStyle to it. Just creating the ColumnStyle is not that difficult, but when you want full design-time support for that column (e.g. listing it in the dropdown when adding ColumnStyles to a TableStyle), things get a little bit complicated. This article shows how to accomplish this and illustrates it with an example. The example is the ExtendedDataGrid that has a new ColumnStyle; the DataGridObjectColumn. This column can be used to evaluate expressions entered at design-time and displaying the results in the DataGrid. For example it's possible to have a column in your grid that evaluates price * (vat/100)without having to add another property to your collection or a calculated column to the your DataSet. The trick is to compile the expression that is stored as a string, using CodeDom. This technique is explained as well in the article.
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Enjoying PDC from Belgium: "Hey, Linux Penguins, here's the new thing to clone. Good luck.”
As you may have noticed I am not in LA, so I have rely on other sources to get all the news from PDC. Scott Hanselman did a great job commenting nearly real-time. Thanks a lot Scott! A live stream of the keynote would wonderful, but this kind of posts is awesome too.
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Enterprise Instrumentation Framework Downloadable again
Since my last post about EIF, the download magically disappeared. But now it can be downloaded again from this location. I don't know how long it will stay online this time, so better be fast... :-)
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Typical IT Project :-)
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Watching Technical Session on a Pocket PC
Recently I discovered (thx Faan) a great way to fill up some useless time, like driving to my work: listening to technical sessions on my Pocket PC. Today a lot of great resources are available that can be downloaded and saved on a Pocket PC to watch while you're on the road. Even sessions with video can be saved since large memory cards (+128 MB) are not that expensive. Here is a list of resources that I know, please let me know if you know others:
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Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework downloadable from MSDN Downloads
Since yesterday the Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) can be
downloaded from the MSDN Downloads sectiondownloaded from the MSDN Downloads section. Before yesterday EIF could be downloaded only from MSDN Subscription Downloads. So now it's for everyone! -
Belgian DevDays 2003 Draft Schedule
From MS Belux Forums by Gerd:
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New Article: Using Custom Attributes for Validation
Today my new article on MSDN Belux went online.
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Belgian blogger drink/dinner after MSDN Chapter/Technet Briefing in Brussels (Oct. 7th)
From Tom's Corner:
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Is anyone interested in Belgian blogger drink (or dinner for that matter) after the MSDN Chapter/TechNet Briefing in Kinepolis, Brussels on October 7th, 2003? Well, I would not want to limit the attendance to bloggers, so everyone who is interested can join us.