Today, I am honored to share an announcement about the future of Visual SourceSafe. If you haven't already surmised by the content of this blog, improving the VSS user experience (the documentation in particular) is my most recent project.* In the...

Dan Fernandez discusses the history of the naming of C# and talks about the joys of searching for "#" strings online. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Este mensaje se proporciona "como está" sin garantías...

Raymond Chen shares the fascinating history of the Start button paradox: To Shutdown you must first click Start. Este mensaje se proporciona "como está" sin garantías de ninguna clase, y no otorga ningún derecho.

Finally! Sara announces the launch of the new MSDN search engine . There's even a new search algorithm under the hood. I am relieved to announce that the new search engine doesn't skip over the '#' symbol like the old one did. C# never looked so...

Steven points out that you can now download MSDN Magazine in CHM format (June edition). I wish they would get around to publishing in Reader format. It would be nice to read an issue on my PocketPC. Microsoft kann für die Richtigkeit und Vollständigkeit...

When talking to my feature team, I often refer to "VSS security"--which basically consists of user rights and permissions--as the "the façade ". Forget what you know about tiered development and façade l ayers for a moment. I use the word façade ...

I read recently that the #1 hit when searching for the word "Google" using Google was NOT www.google.com . This is no longer true, but if you're an avid and informed blogger, you won't be surprised to hear that the #1 hit once went to a blog: http...

This looks promising: http://www.skilledsoftware.com/ . Thoughts? Microsoft kann für die Richtigkeit und Vollständigkeit der Inhalte in dieser Newsgroup keine Haftung übernehmen.

One of the most frequently asked questions about VSS is: 'I can't run Analyze on a weekly basis as recommended because inevitably, there's at least one user who forgets to checkin their files on Friday afternoon. Is there any way to disconnect users...

Check Steve 'FurryGoat' Makofsky's new book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0321133528/qid=1058026310/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-0598738-3233444?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 . הודעה זו מסופקת "כפי שהיא" ללא כל אחריות או חיובים, ואינה...

Howdy. Pardon the recent silence. I was summoned for jury duty last week and selected for service :-|. Thankfully, it was a short trial. I was unplugged, albeit unsequestered, for the entire week. Okay okay okay, I wasn't completely unplugged. I absconded...

Step 1: Since I can only add files to a VSS database, the first step is to figure out how to [programmatically] transform my SQL Server database objects (stored procedures, UDFs, table schema, etc) into text files. One idea is to write a C# class...

Q: 'How can I backup my SQL Server stored procedures, triggers, UDFs, and other database objects using VSS?' A1: If you work in Visual Studio .NET 2003 with source control integration, you can opt to install a SQL Server versioning component that...

Serdar Kilic (cool name::pronunciation unknown) has also written a utility for switching SCC providers on the fly . I haven't had a chance to compare it to Soenke Schau's tool (also a cool name::pronunciation unknown) that I mentioned in a recent...

Please pardon the recent lack of posts. I've been OOF sick. I plan to evacuate my sanity from Inbox and start posting again next Monday. If you're outside the United States, note that this is July 4 weekend (Independence Day). For the July 4 weekend...