They are blocking more and more web sites. I am willing not to see one of my own web site's blocked a day.
Read about how they are blocking and how to bypass it.
Archives
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Windows Forms controls... free !
Check this site ;-)
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Popup or not popup that is the question
I hate pop ups, so as surely many of you now, I installed the Google bar with the popup blocker.
But one issue is coming now. I have some web projects where after a login page, I need to open the main window full screen without the menu bar or any decorations.
I am puzzled now how I am going to fix my Javascript code because obviously my legitimate new window has been considered legitimately by Google bar as a popup !
So what I am supposed to do now ? Very annoying, because of course I can click on Ctrl to open my new window, but what's about the users ? It make things complicated.
Including the fact that this feature will be part of the next IE, and i believe activate by default. I would like to see a little bit of intelligence in the behavior of these pop up blockers. Like for example that if a window.open is called from the same site, it consider this as perfectly valid.
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SVG fun example
Well it's not really Picasso, but it is the proof you can make something with SVG other than pie-charts !
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[CMS] dScribe new version soon
The next version of dScribe will be release in few hours.
This version will be the first Beta (following the three alpha versions already released).
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Popup user control with Drag and Drop
UPDATE: now that Tomas has released a new version I suggest that you use his control Read more here ;-)
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Google creators blogs
This time it's not Google blogging but their creators Larry Page and Sergey Brin *.
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Dinoblog
No I don't talk about dinosaurs but Dino Esposito. He's blogging now in this weblog space.
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Reflector new version ?
I am getting lost with the versions, but I think this one is new for me (Version 3.4.4.0)
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Digger for your smartphone
Lutz Roeder, the excellent writer of Reflector, had written a game for smartphone, Digger:
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The Curse and Blessings of Dynamic SQL
An SQL text by Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP.
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Next MSDN Webcasts
Power ASP.NET Programming
December 1, 1:00 P.M. Pacific time
SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
December 2, 11:00 A.M. Pacific time
Visual Studio Tools for Office
December 2, 1:00 P.M. Pacific time
.NET Data Access Patterns and Best Practices
December 3, 11:00 A.M. Pacific time
p&p Live - Shadowfax Reference Application
December 4, 11:00 A.M. Pacific time
Understanding Win32 Support in the Pocket PC and Smartphone
December 5, 1:00 P.M. Pacific time
Architecture Evaluation: Methods and Experiences
December 8, 11:00 A.M. Pacific time
MSDN .NET Library, Powered by LogicLibrary Logidex
December 9, 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Pacific time
Biztalk Server 2004
December 9, 1:00 P.M. Pacific time
Mobility/Smart Devices and Related Development Options
December 10, 11:00 A.M. Pacific time
patterns & practices Testing Framework
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UK SQL Server User Community - SLogging
SqlServerFaq , home to the UK SQL Server User Community has launched new functionality to enable its members to write there own web diaries, we call it SLogging (SQL Logging).
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Free MSDN Magazine for MSDN subscribers (UK and Europe)
Finally something nice for europeans developers ;-)
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Freedom of Internet in Iran
In total support for Ali : -
Through the eye of a Mac browser. (v2.0)
Preview your site in Safari. NOTE: be patirnt when you submit your site, the author has too many requests at the moment, but hey it's an excellent idea.
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WYSIWYG Editor for ASP.net
Another one ! The list of these editor tools is impressive. This one is delivered with the source and an article.
Two nice icons: one for insering emoticons, and another one for pasting code.
Could be a good idea to have those two buttons in .Text.
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HTML to XHTML Conversion with SGMLReader
Excellent idea and article by Peter A. Bromberg. Good way to take your HTML code, clean up and produce a proper XHTML formatted document. Awesome !
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Five ASP.NET Controls You Might Be Craving
Good article from the master himself Dino Esposito
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PocketPC blogging tool
Finally something promising for PocketPC users who want to blog from their favourite PDA:
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How funny things can work well
It's an amazing experience: you post something like this and you find that you are right, people are mad ;-)
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Best Practices Analyzer 1.0 Beta
Microsoft SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer is a database management tool that lets you verify the implementation of common Best Practices on your servers.
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Orbit
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Church signs ;-)
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More .NET Compact Framework Sample Code
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Microsoft Getting Into Moblogs?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmob...es/default.mspx
I was poking around the Windows Mobile website and found this little teaser:
"Get Ready for Moblogs - Turn an ordinary blog into a moblog by including pictures from your Pocket PC or Smartphone. Check back here in December to learn how to create yours."
For those unfamiliar with moblogs, here is an excerpt from an article at Editor & Publisher that explains the concept pretty well: "A moblog is typically a photo blog where an individual or group of people post images taken with photo phones, plus accompanying text (or even audio). The moblog concept has caught on in a big way since first introduced in 2002. Many individuals maintain moblogs, and new moblogging services like TextAmerica.com make it super easy to have a moblog; to publish an image, you simply use your photo phone to e-mail it to TextAmerica.com ."
I have no idea what this teaser on the Microsoft website means, but definitely look forward to finding out. Will they be releasing an app to make mobloging from Windows Mobile devices easier? Could they be starting a moblog hosting service? Or maybe it's just a step-by-step tutorial on how to moblog from Smartphone and Pocket PC devices... Let the speculation begin! What do you think they are going to announce? -
Next two versions of Microsoft's home-entertainment-hub version of Windows are already in the works
According to sources briefed by the company, the "Symphony," or Media Center 2005, release is expected to enter beta testing in the first quarter of next year. ("Harmony" was the code name for Windows Media Center 2004, which Microsoft unveiled in late September.) Based on past shipping history, Microsoft will likely release the 2005 version at the end of calendar 2004.
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Do you think this poll is objective ?
From Orbital mods:
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SmartScroller version 1.2
Seems to be a free nice control to keep the Datagrid position.
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Accessibility validation
Scott I intended to comment directly on your post but the Submit button didn't work. Strange.
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How to make a developer's brain busy ;-)
Well easy show him this picture, ask him to count the people before and after the shift,and yes I know it's very irritating.
Believe me you will spend all the day scratching your head on the solution or turn mad (yourself and your colleagues too)
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Pie menus
Last week I explored, via a post from Julia, a tool which provide an innovative way to navigate through hierarchical menus without using a dropdown menu, nor a tree view, but a pie menu.
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MobileRSS
If like me you like to read your RSS feeds on the move, this is a nice project:
mobilerss brings RSS (RDF Site Summary) Feeds to mobile users.
mobilerss enables you to view RSS News anywhere on any mobile device.
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Mozilla control
I tried to install Comparator, and getting errors, I discovered that I have to install Mozilla control.
So just in case the link provided by Vasanth Dharmaraj is wrong. You have a better verion at this address: -
Win a Tablet PC !
From November 17 to December 17, 2003, Microsoft is giving away Tablet PCs and Microsoft Office OneNote™ 2003 in the Tablet PC Instant Win Game.
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Power of htc
From Scott Galloway:
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NNTTP//RSS
Bridging the worlds of NNTP clients and RSS feeds, nntp//rss is an application that will enable you to use your existing favorite NNTP newsreader to read your information channels.
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Microsoft investigates possible Exchange 2003 flaw
Microsoft is investigating a potential security issue with Exchange Server 2003, which would be the first since the e-mail server was launched last month.
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Letter to Santa Claus no sorry to Mr Microsoft
I report this story as it is, an yes it's so real and so freaky to know that it's happening in our real world.
My wife report me that whatever you are doing Mr Microsoft, herself or people in her office are still clicking on any attachments they received by email.
Please help me on the matter, I am a poor soul searching for holy land, and i find here i only a desert with no guardians.
How can you make this e-world secure so that I will not spend my time explaining that you can't click on any .exe or .pif file without any consequences.
I wish to preach in a paradise where you, Mr Microsoft , you will protect us (and my wife) against the devil (the nasty virus, trojan, worms, etc...)
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ASP Insiders - Does the community need that ?
A lot of interesting comments are coming on the ASP Insiders story.
I think Rob Howard gave a good idea about what is it. So I am still not convinced , like Frans Bouma, Scott Galloway and others.
But this morning, G Andrew Duthie (also member of ASP Insider and person I respect a lot by the way) come back, and strangely with a different approach than Rob Howard (also memeber of the cult) !!?
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An Extensive Examination of Data Structures: Part 1
From Scott Mitchell, another great piece.
My most recent article is up on MSDN: An Extensive Examination of Data Structures: Part 1. This is the first in a proposed six-part series on data structures in the .NET Framework. From the article's summary: -
Update - Pop up control
Nothing really new there, but Tomáš Petrícek has accepted my modest idea to include a drag and drop feature in his pop up application.
Thanks Tomas for the great discussion we engaged through the forum and by emails ;-)
So expect next week (I hope so) a new version of the Pop Up control which received yesterday already another function, something to anchor a window.
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Multi-direction treeview
Sean Gerety come with a strange but cool idea of building a multi-direction treeview.
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ASP Insiders - Do we need that ?
OK I am surely going to be flame on this one but hey it's just my small opinion,and I like to debate ;-)
Do we really need another elite ?
I know it's history in our modern world to have the elite and the plebe.
Is .Net really need another group than MVPs ? The advantage is surely to be more Microsoft independent.
I know for sure that MVPs are really nominated for their expertise and it's easy to see why.
But ASP insiders !?!?
Probably I miss the point but it looks for me like the nth secte having their meeting in a obscure chamber of a gothic castle.
Some members (and no doubt in my mind that you have great names here !) are already MVP so what is reallty the goal.
Shouldn't we be more embracing a whole community, open our doors to every developer?
For example Weblog.asp.net,Dotnetjunkies and the others are surely contributing to make .Net something everybody talk in town.
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UPDATE - Creating Dynamic Themes and Skins in ASP.NET
From Russ, after some people found some bugs in his project.
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Dive Into Accessibility
This book answers two questions. The first question is "Why should I make my web site more accessible?" If you do not have a web site, this book is not for you. The second question is "How can I make my web site more accessible?" If you are not convinced by the first answer, you will not be interested in the second.
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Free fonts
If like me you design some websites check those fonts
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National Weather Service
National Weather Service alerts(US only) are available in RSS 2.0.
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New Microsoft Windows Security Threat Emerges
The appearance of "exploit code" for a flaw in two widely used versions of Windows makes attacks highly likely. Enterprises should immediately block the affected ports and patch the vulnerable systems.
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Validation Bookmarklets
Useful bookmarks to validate published web pages using the validation engines of various organizations.
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[CSS] Css hacks
CSS hacks are clever tricks which take advantage of browser bugs to perform such magic as "hiding" CSS from specific browsers or kicking browsers that don't follow the specs into line. There is a long running occasional debate over whether or not these hacks should be used, covered on ToHackOrNotToHack. Please keep such discussions off this page. The attributes of a good CSS hack are described on GoodCSSHack.
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XScope
If somebody know a tool like XScope for Windows XP let me know ;-)
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XHTML - how to do site to keep in your favorites
HTML Dog is all about how to make web pages in the best possible way with HTML and CSS, the most common technologies used in making them.
Great resources there !
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How to Save Web Accessibility from Itself
As is now quite widely known among indie developers and virtually unknown everywhere else, websites are properly created in accordance with published accessibility standards. The chief source for those standards is the set of “recommendations” by the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative (the W3C WAI). These Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0) were last officially updated in 1999.
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Creating Dynamic Themes and Skins in ASP.NET
From Russ Nemhauser, a session he organized recently:
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A .Net Developer's Guide to Windows Security
A free book-in-progress about Windows Security, complete with RSS feeds.
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Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas
Just published :
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Crypto in .Net
Everyday I learn something, and I like it ;-)
Some valid point on the data encryption post:
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Keep your data secure with AES
I just finish reading an article in the November issue of MSDN Magazine.
This month is focus on security.
Well I don't pretend to be a specialist, so I learned a lot from an article on encrypted data by James McCaffrey.
I already used hashing method, what is called one-way encryption.
I didn't know that you have also a two-way method, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) based on a 256 bit key.
To say the least, surely secure enough!
James's article includes also a C# implementation. I think using it for the case I store user passwords, and I need an admin to be able to retrieve and decrypt a lost password. -
Nine Reasons NOT To Use MS Access To Power A DB-Driven Website
Good points from ASP Emporium. The only problem is that many times we repeat the same, but for financial reason or for a very small project, SQL don't pass well.
The situation get better (in UK) regarding the hosting price with SQL but a lot has to be done for some small organizations, charities or personal use. -
[CSS] Creating boxes
If you like to create tables without the tag <table>, check this site, it give you interesting ways of creating different layout by using floating boxes.
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Popup control + drag and drop feature
Tomáš Petrícek did an incredible good job with his popup control.
However It was frustrating to not having a drag and drop feature. I made some changes to the code, and because I respect the job he did I am going to suggest the modifications on the CodeProject forum.
By the way I am sure he's already working on this, but if this can save him some time, I will be happy ;-) -
Whidbey version
Thanks to Julia, Jason for their help on Whidbey.
I am puzzled nw by Scott Guthrie comment: -
Projects in Whidbey
Like many I am playing with Whidbey. I was not at the PDC, so my adventure in Whidbeyland is more difficult for me.
I don't get first the idea that when I install Whidbey, I have to chose a profile. -
Building the next new language
Something probably to fuel the debate on Stored procedures versus Dynamic SQL.
Ted Neward propose simply to implement some database relational functions in the language.
The idea of transacted code seems to be futuristic but why not ? -
FoodMovers: Building Distributed Applications using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
This document (about 200 pages) is surely going to be a reference for n-tier architecture with .Net !
Using a case study, you learn the architect role, the n-tier design with .Net tools.
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Microsoft has teamed up with Moreover
Microsoft is making strides is building a powerful rival to compete with Google. In an important step in that direction, Microsoft has teamed up with San Francisco-based Moreover Technologies to develop a continuously updating on the Web, according to the publisher of a newsletter about the search engine business.
"Moreover already has the ability to go out there and spider the Web and pull back news content, and understand how to deal with it," said Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineWatch.com. Even though Microsoft is in the midst of creating its own Web crawler, which could do the same thing, partnering with "somebody like may help more quickly move to having the search service they want." -
Build a Flyout Search Control
This article, written by Kathleen Dollard is based on a code for a windows project, but I think I should be able (or someone else) to adap this code for a web application.
I think it's a great idea to have a Search Panel to show an Advanced Search.
The thing is to get back the right values, this article show you how. -
CMS and accessibility
I am going to make some different projects compliant with accessibility issues, like Scoilnet for example.
Because I use dScribe as base for CMS, I think it will quite straightforward to read the content and apply a template. -
Virtual PC 2004, cool but...
... I can't have my keyboard working with this damn thing.
I am trying to install Windows XP with VS 2004, but something wrong happen, the keyboard is not recognized.
As you must know, you have to press Enter key in one of the early screen installing XP, but there, not a clue why VS don't accept any entry from my keyboard. -
Website To Country Tool
What is this good for? Maybe you want to know where your servers are physically located
with your hosting company. Also, some search engines (such as Google) have the ability to
filter search results based on their physical location. This could be used to determine why
your site is showing in a certain country. -
Unified Data Access for .NET
I certainly going to use this article in a next dScribe release.
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Microsoft Web Services
Do you know that Microsoft offer some Web Services available for developers.
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Asynchronous Wait State Pattern in ASP.NET
Putting a browser UI on business applications makes them easily accessible to users in remote locations, but it presents some challenges for the developer. One of those challenges is how best to construct it for a long-running process.
For example, when a user enters data into a Web Form and clicks the submit button, the page does not change and the UI is unresponsive until the server sends a new page to the browser. If the UI is unresponsive for more than a few seconds, users are inclined to press the submit button repeatedly. These multiple submissions can cause problems for the application, forcing the developer to write code to handle the repeats.
A cleaner approach would be to keep the user informed about the server process with updated messages and a progress bar in the browser. In this column, you will learn how to create an asynchronous ASP.NET wait page that does exactly that. Let's begin by creating a page that initiates a long-running process. (The samples in this article are written in C# unless otherwise noted.) -
Multilingual Web Site in .Net - A Tutorial
This is a Web Solution designed to teach all newcomers into the .Net field on how to incorporate Multi-language support into your Web Applications. You have to download the accompaning ZIP file.
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Creating a Custom .NET Web Control With Events
Excellent article by Seth Juarez
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A Data Driven Tab Strip User Control
Marc Clifton come with an excellent. Using the IE web control tabstrip, he transform the 'ugly' long HTML code to define the tabs as an XML tabstrip.
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I want a PC looking like that ;-)
I know it's not .Net but please Mr Dell, HP or Compaq I want a PC looking like the new Apple Imac 20" screen !
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GAP - Global Attention Profile
The map above shows what countries Google News is paying the most attention to today. Countries in deep red are experiencing the most attention, yielding more than 3.2% of the stories detected by GAP scrapers. As the red fades and blues deepen, countries are experiencing less and less media attention. Reload this page to see the media attention profile of another news media outlet. To examine detailed data per country, this data is also presented in a table.
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UltraGrid for Avalon – Technology Demo
UltraGrid for Avalon is a functional grid control that supports hierarchical data, column sizing, multi-column sorting and ‘Outlook Group-by’. It was written by Infragistics, at the request of Microsoft, to showcase at the PDC 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 1 month’s time by 2 Infragistic’s 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. In fact the base class for all visual elements is called UIElement in both the Avalon Framework and our PLF. Since Infragistics has had over 3 years experience designing and building components based on UIElements we were uniquely positioned to leverage the power of Avalon.
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Internet Explorer in Longhorn
I just want to ask a question.
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New class ClientScript
Thanks Roy for the link to Brad Adams about 'Dirty unofficial list of classes to be removed in Whidbey'.
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Yukon Demo: AdventureWorks Contacts
I don't have the chance to have a Beta of Yukon, but curious as I am, I found this demo interesting.
Because this can give a good idea about the basics in Yukon, T-SQL or CLR. -
A Custom ASP.NET Server Control for Displaying RSS Feeds
Nice RSS Control done by Scott Mitchell
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Office 2003 critical update
Not sure if guys you saw this update, so just in case:
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Comparator
Do you instantly want to see how websites look in the two most used web browsers? I mean IE and Mozilla... Vasanth Dharmaraj has posted his new tool to do that: Comparator -
SP and DSQL
OK I think I am misunderstood. So I rewrite this post to be sure that my thoughts are not badly interpreted ;-)
IMHO, I love the discussion about Stored Procedures against Dynamic SQL.
Yes it's a good discussion, but if everybody start to copy and paste everybody's post and comment on top of that, that's going to be very messy to understand and follow the debate.
James, I didn't started the Scrolling Grid thing, I was just trying to give alternative comments and solutions, when somebody was trying to explain that he has the only solution. Also scrolling grid is also a good technical debate. No subject is more and less interesting, depends about your interest ;-)
But I think we (and I am also guilty for not doing it too often) use the feedback feature to discuss. -
Busy desk !
Roy and others published their desk picture recently. I think it's cool idea.
This is mine today with a new laptop (Dell D800) freshly installed today. -
Microsoft Research blog...
Well not yet exactly but Lili gave Scoble this information:
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Matrisoft
Microsoft Matrix spoof . Just one picture, if somebody has the movie link, thanks ;-)
Blue Pill or Redmond one ? -
.Net popup control
Cool, I was looking for a small popup snippet for a webpage and then I found this control:
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Is XAML well formed XML ?
Rob Relyea answer to this question
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IsNot in Whidbey
Wow, Paul has a great way of delivering the good word on Whidbey ;-)
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Microsoft's search entry could restart browser war
Not sure this is good news or not, but it's sure that Microsoft with Longhorn will have a better desktop search engine, and surely it will give them some predominance. But as usual journalists see all the time devil in this company, and forget that Google can be also strong enough to provide their own browser.
Well it's on the way with the launch recently of their desktop search bar. -
New MSN newsbot
Cool, Google has a competitor now for news:
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Microsoft Announces Availability of Open and Royalty-Free License For Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas
Good news for enterprise applications:
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Make a Progress Indicator For Slow-Loading Pages
Cool idea by Brad McCabe !
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Floating articles
No I am not talking about sailing, but about Float elements in CSS. 2 great articles:
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Problems With Microsoft's Latest Patches
The Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer, which addresses numerous security flaws in Internet Explorer 6, introduces bugs involving the scrollbar. After the patch is applied, the page scrolls up or down twice when the user clicks once in the empty areas of the scrollbar. Clicking on the scrollbar arrows or dragging the scrollbar thumb works correctly.
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XForms
XForms recently reached the W3C's Candidate Recommendation status—and you need to know about it—because XForms isn't a form description language, it's a language for describing applications in a platform-independent way. Best of all, it integrates easily with technologies you already know, such as XHTML, XPath, SVG, and CSS.If you want to know more about XForms, Devx has a great article on this new language.
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Yahoo toolbar
After Google, you have now Yahoo with a tool called Companion. A new version is planned for this week with like Google, a popup blocker.
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Tablet PC 2004
Gates confirmed at the Comdex that a new version of Tablet PC will be launched next year.
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Imagine Cup 2004
The Image Cup 2003 is now behind and the 2004 version is on the strating blocks.
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[Article] dScribe - Templates Editor
I just finished another article for the project dScribe. This time I am talking about the Templates Editor.
How to define the structure to accept our content, and also the requirements for the code.
I have now a new version of dScribe in GotDotnet space. For the moment, because some readers asked me a Database with some examples, and because I don't have a lot of free time, I am going to publish the current database I use as a working base.
You need to attach the database using SQL 2000 and Enterprise Manager to attach the dScribe database.
As usual I need your comments, and your help to make this tool a successful adventure ! -
New Winter Fun Pack for Windows XP
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Datetime issue
UPDATE: Thanks for the comments, it gave me some directions. Well It's working now with this little test:
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FlintFon
I know my boss has a great sense of humor, but there he proved it ;-)))
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PDC dvds arrived ! Yahoo
Just received the PDC Dvds. Cool !
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Comment on comments :-(
Hey folks calm down.
I accused in my recent posts ABSOLUTLY anybody. So it's your choice to think thet Robert is a genius, but please read carefully before jumping to some hazrdous conclusion. -
Scrollable Area : the Commercial component option
Make it Scroll has also a commercial component to create a scrollable datagrid. A thing I like there is that they can also freeze any number of columns. Cool ;-)
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Scrollable Area the Dino method
Finally I found the reference to the article Dino Esposito wrote recently.
It's in the last issue of ASPNet.Pro (november). Sadly the article online named Freeze the Header, Scroll the Grid
require a subscription, so I hope that Dino will be authorize to publish it in MSDN soon.Without the permission to say more (copyright issues), it's about creating on the fly with a placeholder a table (the header) over the Datagrid.
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Dino Esposito articles on Datagrid
Marcie is too busy for the moment, so I post this link to some very nice articles posted by Dino Esposito (surely a Datagrid Boy ;-)).
Well how to know everything about Datagrid. -
Scrollable Area : the HTC option
Just for info I give back the HTC code (only for IE) originally written by the Microsoft Web Team, and I am sure it's possible to adapt this code to work with other browsers.
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When option in Try...Catch
Paul Vick explain how you can use the option When in a Try...Catch to execute some action when you have an exception (like logging the exception)
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The Scrollable Area Problem
The Scrollable Area Problem by Robert Mc Laws.
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dScribe and XML
Frans Bouma send a very valid comment on the dScribe Template Editor:
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Single-pixel gifs
File to have, 218dots.zip is a collection of 216 single-pixel gif using HTML colors, plus the balck and the transparent one.
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“could not load the assembly or one of its dependencies” errors
I don't know for yourself, but I have recently a lot of “could not load the assembly or one of its dependencies” errors in different projects.
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Bye bye Insert key
Marc Miller report about the changes happening in the last Microsoft keyboard (The Wireless Optical Desktop Pro):
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The Tweakomatic Util
The Tweakomatic is a nifty new utility that writes scripts that allow you to retrieve and/or configure Windows and Internet Explorer settings. So what, you might ask. Well, think about it. Because these are WMI scripts, they can be used to configure settings on remote computers. Need to change something on a remote machine? Then haul out the Tweakomatic. And think about this: because the Tweakomatic writes scripts, you could do something like run these scripts as logon or logoff scripts. In other words, you could quickly, easily, and automatically configure settings on any or all the computers in your organization.
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dScribe - Template Editor
So if you have read my last article on dScribe Editing the Content, now I already started the next one regarding the Template Editor.
This is really the core of the tool, and I created for this a kind of pseudo-language(very very basic !) to create the place holders for the content. -
TTW WYSIWYG Editors
TTW meaning 'Through The Web'. I was looking since a long time to do an exhaustive list of all Text Editors using a webpage.
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New security patch tonight
I was thinking that patches were quite rare since few days. Maybe Microsoft guys were too busy with the PDC, but tonight the Patches episode 38785 is back again.
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Another shot of Wallop
Seriously Lili we need to play with this. Now on this shot look at Wallop in Longhorn.
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WWMX project
The World-Wide Media eXchange (WWMX) is a centralized index of digital photos, where photos are tagged by the geographic location where they were shot. It's an experimental research project run by the Interactive Visual Media Group at Microsoft Research.
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WinFS Sync and Backup
Julia Lerman reports the question: in the world of WinFS “How the heck is the average user going to know how to backup their files?”
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WinFs blogger
Mike Deem works on WinFS and is now blogging about it.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbot
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New policy for patches and updates
Industry sources anticipate the disclosure of multiple vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system. The company announced its shift to a monthly patching cycle as a part of a new security initiative unveiled at its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans last month. Microsoft said it is introducing the new schedule to ease the burden on systems administrators struggling with the frequency of security updates.
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Good news for MSDN subscribers
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dScribe Editing Content - New Article
Sorry folks if it's not Matrix related (sometime I really wonder if it's weblogs.matrix or .Net;-)) but I just finished a new article on dScribe.
If you still don't know what the heck is dScribe or if you were living on Mars for the last three months read more here.
To give a sense of sitemap in my articles series, this is what I have already published and what still to be done to have a fully first beta version.
This diagram represent the workflow and I use this as a pattern to be sure I am not losing the plot ;-) And the links send you to the named article -
Microsoft Clarifies Its Virtual PC Positioning
Microsoft released to manufacturing Virtual PC 2004, one piece of the Connectix product line the Redmond software vendor acquired back in February. The extent to which Microsoft will support non-Windows operating systems with the product has been a source of confusion. It seems Microsoft will allow customers to run Linux, OS/2 and "almost any other" X86-based "guest" operating systems, but not support those non-Microsoft guests. At least that's our reading of Microsoft's latest attempt to explain what they're doing. But first and foremost,Microsoft is positioning Virtual PC as a way for its own customer base to migrate to the latest version of Windows.
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dScribe update
dScribe (the DIY CMS) is going well. So I have some update almost done, and 2 new articles (Editing and Approving Content and Editing and Approving Sections).
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Is Wallop the new blog hype ?
Wallop was presented at the PDC, but now you can read more and see more screenshots.
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Windows XP Game Advisor
Just launched by Microsoft. cool tool to help and make sure games running well on selected PC.
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Nuclear Weapons Lab Loses 12 Keys !
Officials at a national nuclear weapons laboratory in California have lost a dozen keys to the facility, according to a report released yesterday by the Energy Department's inspector general.
The problem is the cost for this lost: $1.7 Million to replace the others 100 000 in 526 buildings ! And of course who going to pay, guess. -
Google from Visual Studio .NET
I missed to mention the article link written by John Robbins.
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Filtering HTTP Requests with .NET
Nice article by Ben Lowery
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FormBuilder .Net
Great Idea ! A form builder using IE6, and making forms creation more easy.
The only thing is the cost: $349 ! And I didn't found a link for a trial version. -
BinaryIntellect Database Helper Component Ver. 2.0
Seems to be an extension of the Microsoft Datablock application.
The classes, methods are the same.
They extended however the concept to more data connections: -
Windows Update 5 Prepped for XP SP2, New IE
Microsoft has put pen to paper in outlining its vision for Windows Update. Even though version 4 is still in use by beta testers, Microsoft has drawn up its roadmap for the service's next generation, which includes SP2 for Windows XP and an updated release of Internet Explorer.
Windows Update 5.0 is set to enter into testing before the end of this year and extends patching capabilities to the full monty of Microsoft products including Office, SQL Server, Exchange, as well as Windows.
The update will be completed in time to coincide with the launch of Windows XP Service Pack 2, arguably the first major revision to Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system. Beta testers on the Windows Update roster were notified this week that they will test the new service pack.
Service Pack 2 is slated to modify numerous security settings in Windows XP, such as enabling Internet Connection Firewall by default and disabling the Messenger service that has plagued users with unwanted spam. The automatic download of critical patches will be enabled to ensure users systems' are protected from the latest malicious code to spawn from the depths of the Internet.
Windows will also receive a new version of Internet Explorer, expected to number 6.05. "SP2 will include an update to IE that adds pop-up blocking," a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to BetaNews. "The current plan is to include this in SP2, and we are taking customer feedback that will be considered for the final decision."
Beyond IE, Microsoft said it was too soon to speculate on changes that Windows Update 5.0 would bring in the future.
"Microsoft is continuously seeking feedback on how to make the tool even more valuable to its customers. Until we begin to get a clear sense of the feedback from testers and the testing process is further along, it is too early to say exactly what changes might be in store or when V5 might be ready for public release," said a spokesperson.
However, the way Microsoft products will be serviced is set to drastically change. As previously reported by BetaNews, Microsoft is endeavoring to improve the patching process in Windows from start to finish. The Windows Installer Program 3.0 and Software Update Services 2.0 are also currently undergoing development and testing. -
Don't think just Google
Well that's going to happen soon. After the toolbar the desktop bar, now google in ... VS.Net !
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Microsoft employees are rich I knew it ;-)
The dot-com bubble never burst on the Microsoft campus, judging from the items for sale on a website for company employees.
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Steve Jobs thoughts on Longhorn
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Yes a damn lot of users are still working with Windows ... 98 !
Ashutosh Nilkanth mention an article about Longhorn, and yes it's going to be a long road, maybe the trip of our lives.
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disclaimer on dScribe
Looking at the good comments I received on dScribe, I decided in case to add this disclaimer (copy from Christian Weyer ) in case somebody would find that my code is not documented.
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Multipart Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
This table should be useful if you code with Content-Type in your pages
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dScribe require FreeTextbox
Just in case as a reminder that I use the excellent FreeTextBox in dScribe.
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dScribe installation
Thanks for the users of dScribe who noticed some problems with the SQL scripts.
Also maybe because I was to excited to deliver something some of the procedures were the wrong ones.
Come back to GotdotNet in few minutes and you should see the correct Scripts (named this time Scripts SQL 0.1) -
Browsers stats
It seems on few stats examples I checked regularly (blog, Scoilnet, etc...) that the browser repartition is not anymore like a block between Internet Explorer and Netscape.
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dScribe GUI - A lot of improvements
Thanks to all who gave me some advice on the best practices for a complex GUI like the one below.
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Good fun ;-)
I really love this blog stuff.
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Toilet ringtones ;-)
New York commuters were less concerned about cellphone-number portability than cellphone pot-ability Wednesday. Edward Gallard, 41, was on a train out of Grand Central, went into the bathroom to make a call, dropped his phone into the toilet, reached in to grab it and got stuck, Reuters reported.
Rail workers couldn't help him, so they stopped the train and called in firefighters, who spent 90 minutes extricating the guy using their Jaws of Life equipment. Meanwhile, thousands of commuters were held up during the evening rush hour.
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Microsoft Gives Mobile Devices a New Voice
Source: PressPass
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ASP.NET 1.1 June 2003 Hotfix Rollup Package
Somebody just remind me about a post from August where I was talking about a list of patches in a Rollup package provide on Microsoft KB.
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Handwritten flaw
Always wonder why your project doen't work ? Check out the flowchart ;-))
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Wallop is up
My Wallop, created by Microsoft Research is online !
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GotDotnet workspace opened
I just setup a workspace in Gotdotnet for dScribe (CMS project).
Alias : http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/dscribe
I would like to say thanks to everybody for the nice encouragements I received ;-)
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dScribe live
I hope my trip in the CMS world would interest somebody.
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dScribe - new article ready
OK folks, for who want to start their CMS, I have now the third chapter of my Content Management tool saga in my blogspace.
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Project dScribe - Content Management Tool - A new article
dScribe is still alive. I was working hard since few months to create my own Content Management Tool.
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Another Rich Text Editor... and (totally) free
Rich text editors seem to be a good subject for developers actually. So many !
Now you can add also to your list this new one. Look a bit poor compare to Freetext but should be ok to use for some projects. -
PDC Bloggers is still alive...
New logo for PDC Bloggers. good idea ;-)
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LongHorn Architecture diagram
Click on the diagram posted by Brad Adams to see the full size...
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New version of Royal TS 1.1
If someone else but me is using this tool, you might visit my site. Released version 1.1 a few days ago. Nothing really new only some minor improvements...
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Is it the right place to sell tools, components, code on this blog ?
I am surely going to be flame for this post, but I like free speech ;-)
I am not sure that .Net blogs is a good place to sell your tools, guys. Talking about code, sharing the code, this is for me the purpose of this space.