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Happy new year to the whole community !
Guys here we go 2003 finish slowly. It's pouring rain here in West Cork,Ireland, but few drinks will warm our souls (and our bodys) very quickly.
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[dScribe] New article
I just finished a first version of a new article for dScribe (CMS project).
I am supposed to be in holidays( guess what does it means if you are married ;-))) but hey difficult to stay off a computer for 15 days, too much effort ;-)
So I just started a new article about an important phase of the dScribe project, where you can create and edit the Sections of your project. -
Book recommended for this Christmas
One book surely is the Da Vinci Code. Very good indeed, with all the conspiracies you can imagine, and all the mysteries around the Holy Grail.
Great reading, remind me Michael Crichton in some way. Dan Brown has apparently signed for a movie version.
I think about Gerard Depardieu for the French cop, and obviously Harrison Ford for the professor Langdon, but maybe it's too obvious. -
Methods for Active Directory Management
Here we provide several methods for managing your Active Directory database via ASP.Net code. We'll cover querying user information using System.DirectoryServices, changing user accounts, and group management.
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RDBMS Toolbox
This is a great idea ! An ISO file which contains some free RDBMS (available for Linux or Windows) including of course MySQL but some other more exotic.
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How to make a developer's brain busy ;-)
How to make a developer's brain busy ;-)
This post is really turning heads for a lot of people. At least more than 8000 people read this one and I still received some comments on ths one. Amazing !
If you know some puzzles like this one, let me know, I am a big fan (however they will not appears on the main feed I promise) -
XSLT and XPath Quick Reference
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Weblogs from a PocketPC?
My dream request for the end of this year would be to be able to blog from my XDA.
Sadly it's still not possible like last year. I tried different things(PocketBlog, PocketRSS) nothing works really.
Does somebody has a solution ? Internet Explorer version Windows Mobile 2003 doesn't seems to support well the stylesheets. -
Request for the main feed
After MSBlogger and Non-MSBloggers, Scott can you create a link/filter to InterscapeBlog
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Imagemap and CSS
The problem with Imagemap is not only about chopping images. Now a lot of graphic tools can do so.
No the issue is also the case where your user don't have the possibility to see the images (screen readers for example) and you wnt to have the links visible and clickable. -
New virus warning
It seems that Messagelabs report a new version of Sober going on.
I recommend this page because it shows you an updated graph of the latest virus threats. -
About the new .Netweblogs features
Roy I agree totally with you. But the point here is that I don't want to compete with Microsoft blokes.
Blogging for me has to be spontaneous, maybe a bit buggy, surely rough and sometime with a wrong grammar ;-) .
Of course if you publish a piece of code, you have to be responsible for this and you have to be sure that you are not talking about something untested.
But blogging is also a free expression of our own thoughts. And yes as you say Roy, .netWeblogs is not anymore a true independent community website. -
The longest queue and no it's not .for .Net ;-)
Japanese commitment and a lot of patience ;-)
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SQLLite
"SQLite is an embeddable SQL database engine which can perform upto two times faster than PostgreSQL and MySQL for many common operations. With a small memory footprint and support for databases upto 2 terabyte, its an ideal option for embedded and small to medium-scale deployments." Read More . . .
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Bitter message
An anonymous person(Is it you Charles ?) send me this note from Charles Carroll. I know that he is still upset by the lost of his community but there he show he don't forget easily.
Not sure I will like to use the same word hijacking. -
Community
Thanks to Scott for the update on .Text. One think I am not sure about, and maybe I am wrong on this.
The fact to split Microsoft bloggers and non microsoft bloggers will create a wall between us.
Why ? Because a lot of people now use a blog reader tool and will subscribe to one or other not both.
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MyIE new version
MyIE is always for me what Internet Explorer should be and it's again getiing better with the latest release 0.9.11 with a fix that Microsoft should already have done about the IE spoof vulnerability.
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ToDoList new version
Difficult to follow the releases for ToDo List, the tasks manager if you are like me a lonely developer with a huge amount of tasks to do for yesterday ;-)
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Windows 2000 family on the way to retirement
The retirement announcement comes eight months after the introduction of Windows Server 2003, the successor to Windows 2000 Server, and almost four years after the Windows 2000 Server launch on Feb. 17, 2000.
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Windows XP SP2 beta-1 Out today ?!?
Looks like It's Windows service packs betas day. After Windows Server 2003 SP1 Interim release 1137, It's Windows XP SP2 beta-1 (version 5.1 ( build 2600 XP SP_2 Beta 1.031215-1745 ) Service Pack 2 .v. 2055) which was just made available to the selected testers at WindowsBeta. The testers are yet to receive an official announcement.
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Are you under pressure ?
Just a kind of survey.
Are you under pressure actually with your projects before Christmas ?
I like to know if you share the same, but I have my tasks list increasing dangerously and going toward the red rapidly !
Where this is coming from that we have to suffer from an important demand just before the Christmas holidays.
It's like nothing has to happen next year, the world will end or the global warming will finally have its payload.
Every year it's the same, deadlines are suddenly shortened, and whatever you say it has to be done before the 24th ;-) -
About the / question
I am still not convinced, and I am not the only one, by the answers I received on this post.
Does somebody from Microsoft Asp.Net team has a better and clever idea on the origin of this issue ?
I know this post sounds repetitive, but the users of the sites I develop are not all geniuses, and they can make mistakes
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Popup Blocker
Everybody knows now more on the next Windows XP Service Pack 2 including a new version of Internet Explorer.
The main new feature is the popup blocker. But do you know that this function will be disable by default, and turn on only at the first popup.
Silly no ? I know a lot of users who will click on the No button, and again having their popups coming all the time.
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Reporting Services for SQL Server 2000
Reporting Services for SQL Server 2000 will make its official debut on a January 27 Webcast, according to a Microsoft spokeswoman.
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[dScribe] some thoughts
Two things on dScribe. I am working on the next version, which will be more oriented on fixing the bugs. The main new function will be the Article type in the Content section.
Indeed I had this type in the actual version but it was not properly implemented like the two other (Link and Headline).
I surely need to write an explanation on how to use the Article type because it's obviously different from the other.
I continue also to debug a max on all I can find, but here I seriously need your help if you use dScribe.
Rick Ratayczak let me a note on the Bug tracker about missing the ProjectId field in some stored procedures. As I replied to him, I don't need this field in every sp. But yes maybe I missed one somewhere. I have more than 50 SPs now, so yes I do mistakes ;-)
So my request is that people let me know about bugs, and be explicit (e.g. condition on how they find the bug and the page where this happens).
The next update (Beta 1.1) will be for this Saturday.
Soon it's Christmas as you know well so I will not be able to update more until January.
My next steps will be to include all the form validators and start commenting the code ;-)) -
Google Print new service
What exactly is Google Print (BETA)?
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Microsoft Ireland
Proud to say that Microsoft Ireland did a great job this afternoon with a very nice lunch for their education partners.
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/ trailer my two cents
About my post this morning. I received some nice comments and advices, but the problem is that nobody get it.
I give as an example a link to a site I develop but this happens to every bleeping site ;-)
Try this one and compare with the original and this one and again compare with the original.
So you see by yourself !
I know that I am surrounded by windows developers but believe me in web development it's really a BAD idea to let something like this happening.
The only site who managed to retrieve this as a 404 error is ASPalliance. No idea how they did .
It really seems for me to be a bug. And finally to answer to somebody, it appears that the whole <head> section is screwed.
Classic example is when the page has a javascript declared in the head section.
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Strange behavior with IE or .Net ?
I found a strange thing happening this morning on the relationship between external stylesheets and aspx pages.
I am not sure how this thing occured but if I use a link using a slash at the end, no style sheet is apply at all: -
Microsoft party tomorrow
By the way surely no new post on my blog tomorrow. I am invited to a Microsoft party in Dublin tomorrow.
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[dScribe] Update 1.02
Following the launch of the Beta yesterday, I just fixed today some important bugs.
I also did a full test from scratch: writing the content to the pages deployment (the example is in the database) on a current project I have SAFT (Safety Internet for Schools) and everything works fine.
That's not mean the job is finish, not at all ;-)
I would like to know if you find some other bugs in this new version Beta 1.02, so that I can continue to improve dScribe for the next version.
Now I have great hopes to have a full version 1.0 ready for January, not bad for a project started mid-October).
I am not a technical writer, so I try to improve my writing skills on the last articles by reading the recent articles posted by some gurus like Dino for example.
Oh ! I forgot to mention that the next version will include a full Setup procedures and a clean demo installation.
Some people asked me if I have a demo somewhere. Not yet but yes it's a good idea, and maybe sometime after the launch of the version 1. -
Unix and Windows culture
Joel has an interesting post on the differences between Unix and Windows programmers.
He base his post on Eric S. Raymond book called The Art of UNIX Programming .
I agree with Joel on the monoculture aspect of some Unix programmer. It's true you can say the same about Windows too.
But I am not sure that calling a valid business client Aunt Marge will help breaking the barriers ;-) -
Utilizing Google’s Spell Check APIs on the Client and Server
Donny Mack come with an excellent article about implementing Google spell checker API.
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Davechart library
DaveChart is a free .NET charting library.
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URL spoofing flaw could be used in bank scams
This seems to be a serious flaw in IE, discovered by a graphic designer, and it's very simple to implement.
Check this page to have a demo on the effect in IE. So scary !
So by typing http://www.microsoft.com @zapthedingbat.com/security/ex01/vun2.htm Internet Explorer show only the first part before the @ and display in the address bar http://www.microsoft.com .
Why? Note the special non printing character included before the @.
Imagine a spammer who want to redirect some gullible users to a fictuous bank, something like asking account details !
Easy, the scam can go very far as duplicating website. I think MSFT should release a very quick answer to this. Remind me the 'old' $Data flaw in IIS 4 few years ago. -
SQL articles
Informit has a really good collection of articles on SQL Server.
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Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter Update: KB832333
Download in various languages here
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Conference XP
It's absolutly incredible what you can find in Microsoft Research !
Those guys are like the Software branch of MIT ;-)
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Reinventing Email
The daily flood of e-mail messages is like a baby's cry — insistent but mysterious. You genuinely want to understand the meaning, but you can't always grasp the language.
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Microsoft rejigs Windows division
Microsoft on Monday confirmed plans to reshuffle its Windows unit, shifting executives and creating a new division more tightly focused on development efforts.
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Keyboard oddities...
From Chris Anderson :
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New Wiki One: DottextWiki
From Scott Watermasysk:
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Google battle
Google Battle measures which of two terms has a higher Google rating by searching for term1 OR term2 and then counting the hits of either in the returned top 10.
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Is Infinity countable ?
Mark has an interesting post on infinity:
Imagine a hotel with an infinite number of rooms, numbered 1, 2, 3, and so on forever. All the rooms are full. A man comes in and asks the desk manager whether any rooms are available, and the desk manager replies, "All our rooms are full, but I’d be happy to accommodate you." How does he do it? -
Sites running on Mono
It seems that Mono is more and more view as a serious platform.
http://www.mo8il.com/ is a site running on Mono.
I am waiting for an Apple G5 top notch this week, so I will probably try some Mono and Rotor soon. -
Google News Map
From Douwe Osinga, cool app (Douwe has some talent to play with maps and graphics ;-):
A new project. Google News Map projects the headlines of Google News on a map, so you see where news is happening. -
Connection Strings Bible
Everything you want to know about connection strings (OLE DB, Providers, ODBC, etc...)
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[dScribe] Front End control
I realised I forgot the front end control tool for dScribe yesterday in the different files required.
Done now and you can download it here.
The main change is on the selection from the database of the records matching a specific project and the current server.
I do so using Principal to retrieve the domain name from the current context: -
.Net Temporary files
My rant of the day ;-)
Can we expect from .Net 2.0 (I hope it could be fix before !) a better management of the temporary files in .Net.
I have to deal a lot of times in my development process with the so infamous General Network Error.
And for my knowledge, it's sounds more like .Net says to me 'I don't know what to do, help, help ! No help so I just press the panic button !'.
The cause of this error seems to be difficult to identify.
I know about the Index Server problem, where you have to be careful to not indexing the .Net temporary files, but it seems that's not only the problem. -
Biggest Databases in the world !
Top ten world databases. Make mine feel very small, something like 200Gb ;-)
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[dScribe] New version
Finally, better late than never, I have now completed (partially) the final steps for dScribe, the Content Management Project.
So now the application is available as Beta 1.01. What can I say about the numerous changes from the alpha version?
Well, everything is almost new, so difficult to find a starting point.
I was asked by ny company to make dScribe multi-projects, thing done now, and believe me not so easy to achieve.
I also now have the full CMS life cycle from the content to the full deployment.
I included also a multitude of new tables, like the Servers to store the details on the different machines a web administrator can manage, basically at least 2 machines, test and production, but of course dScribe let you adding more servers if you want.
Of course, I still have a huge amount of work to do, like to finish a setup page, or some admin tasks.
I will also shortly publish a new article about Editing the Sections, follow by another one on the Deployment, follow by the Multiproject version.
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MSDN Library January 2004
Well for MSDN subscribers impatient to have their hands on the next library, it's now on MSDN subscribers download.
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Brailledisplay Control
BrailleDisplay is a web control to translate text into Grade 1 Braille. It is very easy to use and even translates punctuation.
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Design request for the next Visual Studio
When you work in Design mode in Visual Studio, and you want to do some images placement in a user control (.ASCX file), you can't see your images at all if they refer to a path like /images/myimage.gif.
This sound logical but it's really annoying. The not-so-good solution will be to have absolute links, but no I want to keep my relative links.
This unfortunatly make the Design mode useless for me. Most of the time, I prefer the HTML view, but at the end of a project, it's possible that I have to tidy up some graphic details.
Of course it's not a bug, the main page will render correctly the control, but I would like to know if something is planned in the next VS version to solve this. -
Fuzzy Logic
Basic but interesting idea. Surely I could ind an application in business logic.
But not fuzzy enough. At the end who decide about the fuzziness of the fuzzy code ;-) -
Using XML to Share Constants Across Projects
Rachael Schoenbaum in this article show how to use an XML file to store your constants instead of a config file.
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Avoiding 'deep linking'
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Homepod
I couldn't resist I ordered this gizmo for my MP3 collection ;-)
Exactly what I was looking for (wireless, compact, and transportable).
It's realatively cheap so I didn't have to burn too much my Visa card ! -
What about other .Net languages ?
We are all gathering around C# and Vb.Net in this community, but what about other languages ?
I would like to know more from developers who embrace Cobol.Net, Fortran.Net, Forth.Net, Eiffel.Net.
Interesting to know which application they can develop and also their experience on .Net. Maybe it's a marketing stunt from Microsoft but I don't really believe it. -
Finally Europe(well UK !) is existing for Redmond
Yahooo ! Someone from MSFT UK must read my thoughts. Now Microsoft start to bring here the US offers.
Cool ! First to start the good old offer for a Free Viewsonic. -
No monthly patches for December
It seems that we are not going to see a monthly security patch for December.
It has to be confirmed, but maybe the folks there are to busy with... Santa ;-) -
Microsoft patent HTML applications
Can this new patent be an answer to some requests ? I'd like the idea to have some small applications running locally from the user's machine. I imagine the kind of applet I can run using .hta files.
It sounds like an answer to the infamous Java applet ?
The downside is surely the security loopholes.
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Excellent tip to parse some controls in a Datagrid
I think this is an excellent tip from Scott Hanselman so I just pass on ! This just works too with some other controls.
Recently I needed to have a DataGrid that had multiple checkboxes to activate and deactivate something. So, you could check a whole slew of checkboxes in a big grid, and depending on the NEW state of the checkbox (checked or not), cause an operation on a theorectical back end. -
Masked C# TextBox Control
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Next one in music business is... Coca-Cola
Apparently music download services like iTunes seems to be a lucrative business attracting everybody.
Now it's the bubbling company ready to launch their service in UK for January MycokeMusic.com (funny weird name ;-). -
DataBase Code Conversion Tool
Interesting online tool if you want to convert some SQL provider code to any OleDb type or vice versa.
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AOP Add-in for VS
Probably you've heard of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) , it's a new programming technique that enables you to write code that is easy to understand, maintain, reuse and evolve.
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Miss World website gets 100 million hits on (IIS5)
"Microsoft has just released figures that show that the Miss World website www.missworld.tv is the largest website in the world receiving 100 million hits per day," they said.
Microsoft was not immediately available for comment.
In addition, the swimsuit competition and personality pictures both made Yahoo!'s most viewed slide shows, organisers said.
Miss Ireland, Rosanna Davison, daughter of "Lady in Red" singer Chris de Burgh, was judged best in a swimsuit, while Miss Bolivia Helen Aponte Saucedo was named most personable.
A picture of some of the girls in swimwear was also Yahoo!'s most emailed image.
China is for the first time holding the Miss World beauty pageant, in southern Hainan province.
And to celebrate the 1000th post, Miss World is Miss Ireland !! ;-)
Wow ! You see Irish are not only good in pubs and riverdance, they can also have the most beautiful girl in the world !
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Microsoft Project Aura
We are interested to study emergent individual and group behaviors associated with the ability to digital tag objects and places. In our system, a user can associate text, threaded conversations, audio, images, video or other data with a specific tag. Users can review the tags they have encountered and annotated in a custom web portal. Optionally, they can opt to have their comments be posted onto newsgroups. This allows search engines to index and essentially publish the association to other users. Physical annotations can be shared with other users and be rated by the users’ reputation statistics.
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Microsoft Codenames
What do you know about Microsoft Codenames ;-)
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Transparent Gifs with GDI+ / System.Drawing
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A rollover image user control
Done by Chris Garrett
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MSDN Managed Newsgroups
This is really a good idea ! Thanks for that ;-)
From MSDN:
MSDN Subscriptions includes newsgroup support for all Universal, Enterprise, Professional and Operating System Subscribers. MSDN Subscribers can post .NET product and technology questions in over 220 managed newsgroups and receive a response from either another professional in the community or from a Microsoft Support Professional within two business days. The Managed Newsgroups are constantly being reviewed by Microsoft Professionals for quality responses. To make life even easier, we are able to notify you, via e-mail, when a post has been made to your issue. -
Infragistics Offers .NET Developers First UIElement for Avalon Framework
Written by Infragistics at the request of Microsoft, UltraGrid for Avalon was showcased at the PDC. The technology demonstration is an example of what could be done in a very short period of time by leveraging the Avalon framework. The control was written from scratch in less than one month's time by two Infragistics developers who had no prior exposure to Avalon. This was made possible by the fact that the Avalon's framework and Infragistics' Presentation Layer Framework (PLF) are remarkably similar - both are based on UIElements and visual trees.
To download the UltraGrid for Avalon Technology Demo visit: www.infragistics.com/presscenter/news/avalongrid.asp.
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Microsoft Offers Grants for Rotor Work
The deadline for this round of grants is January 15, so hurry on over to http://research.microsoft.com/Collaboration/University/Europe/RFP/Rotor2/RFP2.aspx to get the details. You can see the list of grants that were awarded in the first batch at http://research.microsoft.com/collaboration/university/europe/rfp/rotor/rotorProjects.aspx.
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Few thoughts on debugging
Maybe this will help somebody now or in the future.
I was working on some dynamic dropdown lists (3 exactly) interacting together and some databinding.
You know you choose a menu and the other ones populate in function of the first one.
Easy? Yes and no.
I had some bugs coming randomly about the fact my code was trying to select multiple elements in one of the dropdown.
My point here is that whatever I could do, Try..Catch was not able to trap the error.
Apparently the problem come because the dropdown is render by .Net only at the end (HTMLTextwriter). So of course you have no idea which line in your code create the wrong statement.
Annoying because I had no way to identify the issue.
So my modest advice if this happens to you, transform your dropdown as listboxes object.
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About posting and code
Just to avoid the long posts (interesting anyway) and the long code listings (like some today ;-) , can we all be agree to use the Articles features we have on this blog ?
I think , and it's just my opinion, the main feed should show only short posts, announcements, and eventually some links to a more explicit article.
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The XHTML Way
Introduction
If you're starting a new Web project or enhancing an existing Web site, you face the same dilemma: Which version of HTML should I use? Many developers shy away from the latest Web standards because they think it's an either/or choice and aren't ready to commit 100% to the new standards. This article will give you the background you need to make an informed decision and show you how you can gradually transition to the latest Web standards by successfully combining HTML 4 with the latest XHTML.
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ToDoList 1.81
A simple yet effective way to keep track of your current programming tasks. Very cool tool, when you have to manage many projects and want to remember the tasks to do
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Irish .Net Bloggers
Just reading the post from Jan Tielens about the Belgian .Net bloggers and this give me an idea.
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Code Library
I use Code Library since few days now, and it's really a must-have tool for all developers, .Net or not
Now I discovered that I can almost store anything in the SQL database, so I am actually starting to implement my browser favorites.
Just because Code Library has an integrated browser, and a node system to let me organize better than ever my best pages.
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Selectutorial - CSS selectors
Selectors are one of the most important aspects of CSS as they are used to "select" elements on an HTML page so that they can be styled.
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Great resources page
Keep this in your favourites.
I am testing Code Library and I just found a great resources page on their site (.Net, DHTML, XML, Database, Forums, etc...).
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Coco/R for C#
I told you many times that C# is a very serious language ;-)
Coco/R is a compiler generator which takes a compiler description in the form of an LL(1) attributed grammar and generates the scanner and the parser of the described parser. This paper describes Coco/R for C#. There are also implementations of Coco/R for Java, for C and Modula-2 as well as for Oberon. For other projects with C# refer to dotnet.jku.at.
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FreeImage 3.04
FreeImage is an Open Source library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today's multimedia applications. The library comes in two versions: a binary distribution that can be linked against any 32-bit C/C++ compiler and a source distribution. Workspace files for Microsoft Visual C++ 6 are provided, as well as makefiles for Linux.
From january 2000 to july 2002, FreeImage was designed and mainly developed by Floris van den Berg. FreeImage is now maintained by Hervé Drolon. -
More tools for Net
It seems this is relatively new (for me). A series of tools for VS.Net (Freewares)
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Crystal Reports free ebook
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What should I do if the Internet goes down ?
Excellent question and advices by The Torque.
I think the 10 is an extreme solution but I will surely choose the 9.
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Who's the most powerful computer mogul on this planet ?
Well just finished watching the BBC2 show and Alvin Hall choice is .... Bill Gates.
Steve Jobs is coming very closed, though.
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Full Text search articles
Check them here
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Cross-browser DHTML widgets toolkit
ActiveUI is really an awesome piece of job!
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Just a dinosaur chat ;-)
Comment from Robert Scoble
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Visualize the Internet
Opte is a cool project to map graphically a view of the Internet. The code source will be release soon.
This project was created to make a visual representation of a space that is very much one-dimensional, a metaphysical universe. The data represented and collected here serves a multitude of purposes: Modeling the Internet, analyzing wasted IP space, IP space distribution, detecting the result of natural disasters, weather, war, and esthetics/art. This project is free and represents a lot of donated time, please enjoy. -
Steve and Bill the moguls
On BBC 2 tonight at 9.50 (Ireland - UK time). Remind me this excellent novel 'War of the buttons', where at the end the kids, after a childish war, finally become friends. Hey you never know ;-)
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Javascript tree
dTree is a free JavaScript tree menu.
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GDI+ Faq
Bob Powell has a great FAQ on GDI+
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Design and Implementation Guidelines for Web Clients
This page provides an overview of Design and Implementation Guidelines for Web Clients. This guide provides advice on how best to implement logic in the presentation layer of a distributed application. This guide is designed to accompany the User Interface Process Application Block; this application block provides a template implementation for user interface process components.
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Project Hurricane
Corey Gouker, Mark Johnston and Dominic Hopton launch Project Hurricane. Nice job ! You can also download the source if you want to setup an Hurricane community.
Welcome to the Hurricane Developer Portal. Project Hurricane is an online community portal built using the .NET Framework. It is an easily deployable skinnable community aimed at students. -
Play games with Office
No limit in the imagination of some developers.
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Matrix-soft spoof is there ;-)
Come on take the red pill ;-)
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How to use a windows dialog in your webpage
When you want to upload a file to the dnj site or the .text blog admin, a real Windows file open dialog pops. Quite cool and a piece of functionality I wanted for one of my own apps. Getting that done was, thanks to COM, easier than I had anticipated. So let me share this with you.
Source Peter Gekko
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[CMS] dScribe it's coming
Just to thanks some readers who asked me on more dScribe update. Yes it's coming, just a little bit more patience.
This will be the first Beta version, after a lot of code and improvements on the Alpha 2.
The numbers of stored procedures has increase regardly to the new multi project aspect of this CMS.
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Quickcode.Net
I found this very cool utility.
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Apply for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2 Beta
The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework product team is kicking off a beta program for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2, and is inviting developers to participate. This invitation was posted at MSDN Newsgroups. If you are interested give it a shot...
The Microsoft .NET Compact Framework Product Team would like to invite you to participate in their upcoming beta program for .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2. We are specifically looking for feedback as to whether existing application functionality is preserved when running against SP2 bits (no regressions).
Our goal is to have a well targeted group of testers willing to actively participate and provide useful feedback to our development team. Please carefully consider your willingness and ability to test .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP2. Your feedback will be critical to the success of our product. Regular and consistent participation throughout the program is expected.
If you are interested in participating, please use this special Guest Account below to access a nomination survey on http://www.BetaPlace.com.
Guest Access Account
Guest Beta ID: netcfbeta
You will only be contacted once your nomination has been processed.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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Microsoft Test Drives Another Blogging Tool
The latest Microsoft-sponsored blogging site is called "The Spoke." It is a project of Microsoft's academic developer group and seems to be targeted primarily at university students.
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Microsoft Opens Security Beta for Older Windows Versions as a CD
This is an excellent idea !
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A couple ASP.NET lessons learned
I'm in the middle of the laborous process of writing an article (or, more likely, a series of articles) for my web site about ASP.NET Tips and Tricks.
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How about a little puzzle
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Pirates sell Microsoft's next Windows system LOL ;-))
JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's brazen software pirates are hawking the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system years before it is supposed to be on sale.Underscoring the scale of U.S. companies' copyright problems in Asia, CDs containing software Microsoft has code named "Longhorn" are on sale for six ringgit (92 pence) in southern Malaysia. Microsoft's current version of Windows, XP, sells for upwards of $100 (58 pounds) in the United States.
The software is an early version of Longhorn demonstrated and distributed at a conference for Microsoft programmers in Los Angeles in October, Microsoft Corporate Attorney Jonathan Selvasegaram told Reuters.
"It's not a ready product," he said from Malaysia. "Even if it works for a while, I think it's very risky," to install on a home computer, he said.
Chairman Bill Gates has said Longhorn, which is not expected to be released before 2005, would rank as Microsoft's largest software launch this decade.
The software is on sale in the largest shopping complex in Johor Bahru, the Malaysian city bordering Singapore, alongside thousands of pirated programs, music CDs and DVDs.
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How to pass the popup blocker
Thanks to all the comments I received in this post. Of course I give all my support to the popup blockers, but as I said, I would like to use a popup window in some specific cases, without bothering my users with some shortcuts like the Ctrl key.
Well I finally found the solution, and it works pretty well. What I tested is to use in the Login page a link button instead of a normal button.
In the click event, after the user name and password is validated, I register a client side script to open the window.
In Javascript, the trick here is to declare the window, not just open it.
It seems that a Link button fire a slightly different Click event than a Button so it is not considered as a possible popup by Google, so that's why it works here.
That I suppose is an explanation, but if you know better ;-) -
Popup control
Well hat off to Tomas ! He did it again ;-)
A brand new version of his popup control (1.2) is now available in CodeProject.
Great job, with drag and drop trigger, and few bugs fixed. The only thing remember that this popup window never goes over a dropdown list (IE bug)