July 2003 - Posts

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Whidbey's smart docking feature by Tim Marman

I knew there was one feature they showed yesterday that I forgot to mention in my previous post . If you've ever struggled trying to guess where a window was going to end up when you docked in VS.NET, Whidbey promises a very nice docking feature. Basically...
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Language divergence: real or perceived? by Tim Marman

Eric writes : Lots of people are blogging about the updated information available in the .NET Roadmap . Am I the only one concerned that the Edit and Continue features specifically mentioned for VB.NET will not make it into C# as well?? Maybe the performance...
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Geeks with Drinks by Tim Marman

Rob and Sean beat me to it, but a bunch of us got together after the VSLive! / NYC .NET Developer's group meeting. It was a good time. Let's do it again sometime.
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VSLive! Keynote thoughts by Tim Marman

Saw the VSLive! keynote this morning. A lot of marketing, of course, but a few useful takeaways and things I didn't already know. VSIP expanded: the Visual Studio SDK is available for free through the Affiliate program. Details here . CLR Stored Procedures...
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I'll Say It Again by Tim Marman

Scott Mace : The thought of having to rip out the RSS infrastructure now in place is unpleasant to me, and the forces aligned with (Not)Atom have done a poor job of engaging the ordinary RSS-using public (people like me). What RSS infrastructure? The...
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Enums in DropDownList by Tim Marman

I was talking to someone who had to do this today, and couldn't find any code to do it. Here's some old code I had lying around, maybe it's of interest to others. Binding an enum type: control.DataSource = Enum.GetNames( typeof (YourEnumType) ); Getting...
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Same great taste... by Tim Marman

Seeing as there's already a Loosely Coupled , I've decided to change the name of my blog to eliminate any confusion, especially since the other Loosely has been around longer! So... what do you think of the new name? Any suggestions?
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Special NYC .NET Developer's Group meeting @ VSLive! by Tim Marman

Special VSLive NYC Meeting: Billy Hollis on Advanced Windows Forms Techniques Subject : The capabilities built into .NET allow Windows Forms to easily perform functions that are difficult or impossible in VB6. This session covers many of those capabilities...
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It's all about XML, stupid! by Tim Marman

Gary Santoro commented on my last post . Echo is a poorly conceived syndication format. You obviously don't see the potential for abuse, but that doesn't mean the potential for abuse isn't there. To many of us, it's pretty obvious. As I've written elsewhere...
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Tablet software by Tim Marman

So now that I've raved about the hardware and form factor of the Tablet PC, it's fine time to start considering what makes the platform really useful: software. I like Windows Journal for writing better than One Note. I think it just feels more natural...
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