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Expression Web Doesn't Do Non-GAC'd 3rd Party Controls
This is just ridiculous. First Expression web is not for developers, then it goes great with Visual Studio (which is for developers), and now they don't do custom controls that aren't signed and installed in the GAC. What the hell? Did Microsoft have ANY idea what kind of deployment NIGHTMARE that would be? What if the people on your team are writing their own controls that are updated frequently. You mean that the designer has to know enough about the GAC to be constantly pulling the BINs from source control and copy them to the Windows\Assembly folder? Have they not ever dealt with Assembly Hell before?
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VSTE for DB Professionals MSDN Download Tip
I don't know if this has been posted about yet, but as an FYI to you MSDN subscribers out there, here's an installation tip. There are two downloads for "VSTE for DB Professionals": A 3.2GB full version and a 19MB "trial" version. The naming is a little confusing, but you can install the "trial" version on a fully-licensed VSTS install, and you'll get the full version of VSTEDB.
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ASP.NET: Authenticated but not Authorized
Does anyone know if there is a built-in way to trigger the Membership/Roles/FormsAuth system to redirect to a separate page if the current user is authenticated, but not authorized to view the current page? Right now I'm handling Application.Authenticate and checking UrlAuthorizationModule.CheckUrlAccessForPrincipal, but I'm not sure that's the best way, and it's not as clean as I'd like. Thanks!
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Are You Building Cool Solutions with Vista & Office?
I'm helping Microsoft coordinate some launch efforts in the Southwest US. So if you live and work in one of the following areas:
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Microsoft, Yahoo Adopt Google Sitemaps
News.com is reporting that later today, Microsoft and Yahoo will announce that they are adopting the Sitemaps 0.90 format, formerly known as Google Sitemaps. Now, Community Server users can submit their existing Google Sitemaps feeds to be indexed by the other two top search engine players as well.
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.NET 3.0 has RTMed!
I've posted the details over at Windows-Now.com. Time to build cool stuff with WPF!
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Get Initials from a String in VB.NET
So I've been in way over my head lately, converting a massive spaghetti-code Classic ASP application to .NET 2.0. Recently my client supplied with one of those Intro-to-Programming exam questions that was kinda fun, so I thought I'd post the answer here.
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Leaving VB Developers in the Cold with XNA Express
Do you know VB and want to write games for Windows Vista and the Xbox 360? Sorry, you're SOL... XNA Studio Express is not for you. Didn't you know, man? Real games are made in C#.
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CommunityServer 2.1 Goodies
I recently whipped out a few CommunityServer 2.1 projects that I thought I should get the word out on:
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Why is Atlas Taking So Long? It’s the UpdatePanel!
Just stumbled across this article on Yahoo! News. It’s entitled “Microsoft AJAX framework forges ahead in spite of difficulties”. A quote:
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Adding OpenSearch for your CommunityServer Site
So last night, I had this really random idea to create an OpenSearch Provider for LonghornBlogs.com. That way I could search my site from IE7's search box. In the process, I discovered that my search is broken there, so I decided to create them for several of the main Microsoft community sites instead:
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E-mail Address Change
My HomentumRealty.com e-mail address no longer works. If anyone's trying to contact me, please use my InterscapeUSA.com e-mail address instead. Thanks guys!
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Where is the VSTS for Database Professionals CTP?
Microsoft’s homepage for the new Visual Studio Team Suite edition says that the CTP will be available on June 11th, 2006. But it’s June 12th, 2006, and nary a word from Microsoft. So where is the CTP?
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Posting to weblogs.asp.net From Word 2007
Ever since Telligent updated weblogs.asp.net to CommunityServer 2.1, I’ve been anxious to try blogging from Word 2007. But the directions in the “Help” link in Word 2007 are incorrect. Fortunately, Chris Garrett already found the solution: the correct MetaBlog API URL is http://weblogs.asp.net/blogs/metablog.ashx. Woo hoo!
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Ch-ch-changes!
Well, my two-year stint for the real estate company I was working for is over, and I'm back to consulting again. It is a welcome change for me, because educating my business partners on technology was a daily exercise in futility.
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Alternate SiteMapProviders and the SiteMapDataSource
I have a scenario where I think I've found a bug in the SiteMap API in ASP.NET 2.0. The scenario is this:
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"Atlas" Toolkit - Using an Image in a CollapsiblePanelExtender
Want to use an image instead of a text label to trigger the expanding/collapsing events of an "Atlas" CollapsiblePanel? You still use a "Label" control for the trigger, but you switch it up a bit by setting the "ExpandText" and "CollapseText" properties to the HTML code for an image, like this:
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The easy way to add controls to the VS2005 Toolbox
Did you know that there is a way to add controls to the Toolbox in Visual Studio 2005 than selececting "Add Items"? Just open Windows Explorer and browse to the assembly containing the controls you want. Select the assembly, and drag it onto the Toolbox, in the tab you want the controls to be in. Visual Studio 2005 will then add any class that has a "ToolboxItem" attribute on it to the Toolbox. Beats having to click a bunch of checkboxes, huh?
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Announcing "Atlas" Control Toolkit
Microsoft just released the first public version of the "Atlas" Control Toolkit. This package is a series of sample ControlExtenders that attach to existing controls to do some really cool stuff. My favorite is the TextboxWatermark.
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What's That Guy Up To, Anyway?
Soon, all will be revealed...
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Jumping on the Invirtus Bandwagon
Ever since I started getting screwed by... oops I mean testing... Windows Vista, I've been tired of dual-booting or re-installing VS2005 all the time. So I decided to move my entire development system to a virtual machine. It has made my life A TON easier, and now that I have more RAM, it's been fantastic.
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ServerBeach: I Think I'm Getting Screwed...
I just upgraded to those 64bit servers that ServerBeach has in their new datacenter... but they're only running the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003. I've been trying to find info, but have been unable thus far... does anyone have benchmark data on 32-bit on 32-bit, 32-bit on 64-bit, and 64-bit on 64-bit OS comparisons? I'd like to know if I'm getting screwed on performance or not.
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Job Opportunity Available
As I just blogged about a few minutes ago, my business partners annd I are starting a tech-based real estate brokerage called Homentum™. We're currently looking for a paid intern or part-time developer, with the opportunity to go full time in the next few months. While we're ramping up for launch, the job will consist of performance tuning the APIs I've written, and cleaning up the web application code... but will rapidly move into innovative work with Atlas, WF, WCF, Windows Live Local, SQL Notification Services, and mobile device applications. The ideal candidate will live in Phoenix, have extensive experience with VS2005, SQL 2005, etc, and wants to do innovative things at a fast-paced startup. Living ikn Phoenix is not mandatory for the right person, but is greatly desired, as you will be our first employee hire and a key part of the team.
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Ch-Ch-Changes!
Many of you may have noticed that I've been awfully quuiet that last few months. Just wanted to let you know, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.