Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET

Well, ScrollingGrid has had over 50 downloads in the past two days. Looks like a lot of people are trying it out. Now you have a few more reasons to.

Have you ever tried to share something in Windows XP, and came across that stupid “Simple Sharing” dialog? Wouldn't you like to disable it, and get to the Windows 2000/2003 version? Well, it's really simple. In Windows Explorer window, select “Tools | Folder Options”. Then select the “View” tab, and scroll all the way down to the bottom. Uncheck the last tab “Use Simple Sharing” and click ok. Now you're all set. :)

I've just downloaded ActiveInstall 2004, and I'll be evaluating it over the next few days. I'd love to have some other opinions on what you think about it. I'd rather not hear about how I shoudl try INstallShield or what not, I'll be evaluating that next. I'd really just like to get some comments on what people think about this particular product. It's only $258 on Xtras.net, which puts it well within my price range.

Did anyone else notice that the screenshots in ScottGu's post this morning aren't from the PDC build of Whidbey?

Scoble asks what we want to see next from RSS. I'll tell you what I want, and I'd love to be able to have the time to make it happen myself.

Have you seen Interscape's website yet? Well, you should take a minute and check it out. We're using some really cool technologies to put out a simple yet effective website. Take the design for a second. You want to get a jump on MasterPages in ASP.NET 2.0? Then you should check out XHEO|Webskin. It's a very effective templating solution that allows me to now have to worry about mixing content and design, and it is very similar to MasterPages. I converted my entire site from Webskin to MasterPages in about 10 minutes. (Now if I only had a 2.0 GoLive license....)

Well, I finished an all-night marathon wrap-up session last night (midnight to 10am), and finally got ScrollingGrid completed, and all of the website changes online. As of 10am this morning, ScrollingGrid is now available for all of you to test out and buy. The download comes with a built-in 30 day free trial, and you can purchase it right from Visual Studio .NET. It comes with a User's Guide that walks you through all the nuances of the control.

In preparing a Users Guide for the eminent ScrollingGrid release, I came across this article on MSDN's ASP.NET Portal. Our very own DataGridGirl gives us the Top 10 DataGrid Mistakes. It's a good read, and very informative.