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Solving a Mystery About 'BC30205: End of statement expected'
A reader of my book ran into the strangest problem that had me going around in circles. He was working through one of the ASP.NET 3.5 examples in Visual Web Developer 2008 and was getting weird errors like these: error BC30205: End of statement expected...
Posted 27 November 2008 12:28 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 4 comment(s)
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Using the Silverlight Server Control in ASP.NET Pages
Microsoft makes available server controls that help you insert rich media such as Silverlight into your ASP.NET pages. If you’re confused about where to find the latest version of these controls, you’re in good company! Pre-release versions have appeared...
Posted 27 August 2008 01:02 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | with no comments
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Caught Up In a Language War
Alas, C#/VB language bigotry rears its ugly head again. My book, ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies got its first negative review from a purchaser on Amazon.com solely because I used VB instead of C# in the examples. As I stated in the book's introduction, I chose...
Posted 25 July 2008 04:00 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 8 comment(s)
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My Book Excerpts at the Beginner Developer Learning Centre
Hey folks, Microsoft has licensed four chapters of my book, ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies ! You can browse the chapters at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/cc409659.aspx in the Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions Beginner Developer Learning Centre...
Posted 14 July 2008 10:36 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 1 comment(s)
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Soma, Scottgu, and I Are on the Same Page!
Ah yes, S. Somasegar, Scott Guthrie and Ken Cox. What an influential trio! It's kind of a geeky rat pack. We definitely run in the same circles... the MSDN Home page where my MVP profile is part of the current random display cycle. Just in case I disappear...
Posted 22 June 2008 09:51 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 1 comment(s)
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Set a Validator's Display to 'None' for the ValidatorCalloutExtender
If you look at Figure 15-1 in ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies , you'll notice that there's an almost-hidden question mark (?) behind the AJAX Control Kit's ValidatorCallout control. The arrow in the picture points to the mistake (bug) in the book. At the time...
Posted 11 June 2008 04:56 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 2 comment(s)
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Compliments for ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies
I'm still trying to get www.asp.net to include ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies in their Starter Books section. Not sure what's going on there. They list other Dummies books, so it can't be an anti-Dummies thing. In the meantime, here are a couple of kind reader...
Posted 25 March 2008 09:37 AM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 5 comment(s)
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ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies Published
I hope you'll forgive a bit of self-promotion. I haven't blogged much about my book ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies because it's a beginner's book. Most readers here are ASP.NET experts who could (and do) write advanced books and articles on ASP.NET. That said...
Posted 09 February 2008 12:50 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 4 comment(s)
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LINQing Up at the Victoria Code Camp
I'll be speaking on the topic "LINQ: Simplifying Data Handling in ASP.NET" at the Victoria .NET CodeCamp on January 26th. It's going to be a great (free!) day with expert presenters that include Beth Massi and Richard Campbell . Here's the abstract...
Posted 03 January 2008 05:57 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 2 comment(s)
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Is 'Thingy' Okay When Talking LINQ?
Hey gang, I need some support here. I'm in the author review phase of ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies . In a chapter on LINQ, an editor wants me to change 'Thingy' to "a more concrete noun". Here's an example heading: Narrowing the thingys with a Select...
Posted 21 November 2007 12:34 PM by Ken Cox [MVP] | 13 comment(s)
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