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New VSIBuilder Build by Jason N. Gaylord

I've released a new VSIBuilder build. This time, its not a click once install but rather an MSI file. To download it, visit the VSIBuilder page on my website at http://www.jasongaylord.com/projects/vsibuilder . The only downfall to deploying VSIBuilder...

Click-Once Frustrations by Jason N. Gaylord

Wow! I'm severly disappointed with click-once. I went to use it for a small app I released last week and I find it extremely disturbing that third-party dependencies aren't included in the package as either a dependency or an installable DLL....

Ready to build your XBox 360 Game? by Jason N. Gaylord

Wow! Microsoft is releasing an express version of the XNA Game Studio. For those of you not familiar with XNA, it's the gaming studio that Microsoft Studios uses to build games for Windows and the XBox. Previously, developers would have to pay a fee...

Background Printing PDFs by Jason N. Gaylord

A common task that developers attempt to do is print PDF files from code. Unfortunately, there is no simple and easy way of doing this. However, I found a work around using the Acrobat Type Library that can assist with this. It's by no means the best...

Setting the Default Printer in a Win App by Jason N. Gaylord

Sometimes you just can't get around using old API calls. One of the things (unless I've missed it) that is not found in the .NET Framework 2.0 is a Printers class that contains methods for enumerating printer objects, setting properties, etc. You can...

VS Express Editions For Free? Developing for LEGOs? by Jason N. Gaylord

All of the VS Express editions will now be free for life! In addition, MS Coding4Fun has released an SDK for developing intelligence for LEGOs....

What's With Crystal Reports? by Jason N. Gaylord

I have had many frustrations lately with Crystal Reports. Why can't BO create a version that works fine for the first time?...

Updating SBA causes issues while debugging Add-Ins by Jason N. Gaylord

You have to delete your debugging database, temporary files, and old copies of the dlls when you update SBA to SP1 and you use SBA to debug your add-ins. If you do not, then SBA will be "caught in limbo" and will not open 2006.0 or 2006.1 database files....

Snippet Editor for VB.NET 2005 by Jason N. Gaylord

Microsoft has released Code Snippet Editor for Visual Basic 2005...

Visual Studio and ASP.NET Beta 2 by Jason N. Gaylord

ASP.NET and Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 has been released with a Go-Live license....
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