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The .NET Frameworks uses GDI+ to handle graphics, and boy oh boy, there sure are a lot of classes to pick from. In order to play with some image manipulation, I was looking for a simple way to get an image on to a form and I spent a little time trying...

Recently I’ve seen a lot of negative press around the whole patents concept. Slashdotters, for example, go crazy whenever someone throws them a bone of an example like “One click shopping”. Imagine if someone actually read through the...

I'll be talking about programs available to ISVs to help them develop on new and upcoming technologies. If you're interested in attending - I will be taking Q&A both online and live at the end - you can register at http://members.microsoft.com/partner...

The Glass Engine is an interactive guide to the music of Philip Glass, organized by... um... at least they're organized. By something. Bizarre yet oddly compelling. (Perhaps if we ask nicely, we can get Marc Miller to tell the story of the time...

Hi from the South of France where we are running another hard-core training course on BizTalk Server 2004. Today's tip: BTS2004 has a very cool windows explorer extension. To use it: (it isn't turned on by default) navigate to \program files\microsoft...

People who don’t build software for a living have a quite understandable attitude that you should write your program, fix all the bugs, then ship it. Why would you ever ship a product that has bugs in it? Surely that is a sign that you don’t...

One of my MDC responsibilities is to decide what sessions we have and then to find speakers to fill those sessions. This is a responsibility I share with Kevin and Jono. In the spirit of “divide and conquer“ Kevin, Jono and I have divided...

Just today I discovered a feature of XAML - ability to use custom CLR object as property to my Avalon control. All you need in the XAML is to map your assembly into a namespace in XAML. This is kinda like XML serialization in CLR. Here's an example of...

What is a Smart Client anyway? And what makes it so smart? The term Smart Client was coined to highlight the differences between the typical "Rich Client" applications of yesteryear and the next generation of client applications. To understand these differences...

I am the Product Unit Manager for Visual Studio for Devices. My team is focused on making Visual Studio the best tool for developing rich applications for Windows CE, PPC and Smartphones. We are adding very cool features in the upcoming release of Visual...

I got a comment on my SlimeTrail VS Add-In post that the documentation for Add-Ins was somewhat lacking compared to that provided for the frameworks. I sent around some mail and contacted Kemp, the UE guy doing Automation documentation for Whidbey. I...