Archives
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Sql Server 2000 Reporting Services
After months of developing reports with the various Beta's, its nice to finally see the official product launch.
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Win32 to .NET API Map
Those of us coming from a background in ASP and Visual Basic have been hamstrung a bit with the .NET Framework because most of us don't have much experience with the Win32 API, and therefore didnt understand what functions each class or namespace was wrapping within the OS. Its one of the reasons I believe that many C++ programmers (esp. MFC) have seemed to have a leg-up on the rest of us.
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Rant: Patents on Software
This SlashDot article "Parens on Patents" really struck a chord with me, and brought back alot of anger I have repressed for some time. (yes, I am seeking professional help now :p )
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THE END IS NEAR!!!
If this article is true its time to get religion and prepare for the final days before the apocolypse, because there can be no other explanation for the headline “Sun machines to run Windows”!!!
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internal research Xen : X#, C# { // The Future?? }
Many of us have heard the occasional rumors and comments about Microsoft working on a new XML-based programming language.
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Export IE Favorites To OPML file!
Lastnight while working on some new RSS-related projects, I created a simple app to Export your entire list of IE Favorites to OPML (XML).
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"VS.NET 2003 Build Here" bug-fix...
I just posted an update to the utility to fix a bug that left the /bin folder empty after a build.
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"VisualStudio.NET 2003 Build Here" Explorer Extension
Have you ever wanted to build a project or solution without opening up Visual Studio.NET?
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Unit Testing in .NET
TheServerSide.NET has an excellent article on Unit Testing in .NET. Having used NUnit for some time, I found alot of statements I agree with, and even a few techniques and philosophies I hadnt explored.
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Free WinForm Tree Control
in the latest MSDN Flash newsletter, there is an offer from Infragistics for a FREE CD-Key for their UltraWinTree control.
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MS Research "Demos & Downloads"
Quite a fun page to dig through!!
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The return of "Archon"!!
Although this isnt new, I just discovered that one of my all-time favorite games for the Commodore 64 (C64), Archon, is being Re-released with new graphics, audio, and Network play!! Woohoo!
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Bill Gates @ CES
Bill Gates' Keynote address at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show(CES) is now available.
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FREE eBooks & Whitepapers
This is a repository for all the links to FREE eBooks, MS Word Documents, and Whitepapers I discover from time to time. Please notify me if any of these links are broken.
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Request for Whibey Team
I occasionally add code to my projects for testing purposes only. In most cases, I just bracket such code with preprocessor directives such as #if DEBUG .... #endif
However, in some cases, this code references another assembly, and this is where the problem begins. If the only purpose of the assembly is for this code, it's really annoying, since you have to constantly remove the reference to avoid having to deploy this depenency.
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Another MS PM Blog...
I recently started reading Srinath Vasireddy's blog after seeing him respond a few times on a GDN messageboard.