Technorati Tags: WPF , XAML , Sample AppModels are now live on CodePlex When you are facing the buy-vs-build question, often the reason for "build" is that you have a unique back end. You would probably be happy to use a front end you didn't...

@SlimDX asked on twitter last week: Dear Windows API Code Pack: I may be mistaken, but your DX types aren't actually disposable from what I saw. What? Here is a response from a developer on the Code Pack project: Yes, we do support Dispose...

The training kit is here . The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2010 features and a variety of framework...

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Download the beta today! Professional Visual Studio 2010 Professional Beta 1 – Web Installer Visual Studio 2010 Professional...

I just finished installing Windows 7 RC on my friends ASUS EEE PC 900 and it works great. There are a lot of different how to guides out there – i cobbled together my approach from a variety of sources. Here’s what I did: 1. Downloaded Windows 7 RC...

I followed the instructions from the first hit here . Note that this approach requires Vista to make the USB key bootable. Most hits on that search seem to work ok – be sure to scan the comments though to pick up on typos in the articles (that will save...

The Windows 7 API Code Pack for the .NET Framework (formerly VistaBridge ) wraps Windows 7 native functionality for easy consumption from your .NET Framework Windows 7 Client applications. Features in the 0.85 release include: Support for Windows Shell...

Eric Lee is creating a WinForms to WPF converter sample. Check it out on Codeplex . Or watch the short demo video .

Just encountered this while attempting to call an 'https' web service that required NTLM authentication. Exception text: "The HTTP request is unauthorized with client authentication scheme 'Anonymous'. The authentication header received from the server...

I just came across this whilst making a web service call from a Windows Forms client application. Exception text: "The formatter threw an exception while trying to deserialize the message: There was an error while trying to deserialize parameter http...

Whilst building an 'custom action' to install a database , I encountered a SqlException ("Incorrect syntax near...") when calling ExecuteNonQuery(). To solve the problem process sql commands separately (using 'GO' as a delimiter). Thankfully parsing the...

Dan Griffin JWSecure, Inc. May 2007 Applies to: Windows Vista Summary: This whitepaper and accompanying sample demonstrates how to create and us a plug-in to support a new cipher algorithm in Windows; specifically TwoFish . Using a plug-is ideal...

Download RDCSample.exe . Dependencies You must have the Windows SDK for Windows Vista. If you do not install the SDK to the default location, which is listed below, you must update the Visual Studio Include and Library paths in the sample code accordingly...

Download IPsecPingSample.exe . Dependencies You must have the Windows SDK for Windows Vista. If you do not install the SDK to the default location, which is listed below, you must update the Visual Studio Include and Library paths in the sample code...

Dan Griffin JWSecure, Inc. May 2007 Summary: This whitepaper and accompanying sample demonstrates how to program the new Windows Firewall API including how to configure the Windows Firewall for correct operation with. (22 printed pages). Download...

Download sample, WFPSample.exe . This is a Windows Filtering Platform sample project for the Windows Vista version of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK, also known as WinDDK 6000). The purpose of this sample code is to demonstrate the use of the Windows...

Windows Vista heuristically detects installation programs and requests administrator credentials or approval from the administrator user in order to run with access privileges. So applications called "setup.exe" and "install.exe" will prompt for administrator...

Here is a copy of my presentation from VS Connections Orlando 2007 yesterday, pdf .

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 release notes , Installation Issues - Windows Vista Note that you should download the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 and then right click on the file and choose "Run as administrator" - failure to do so may result in the slow...

The .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP3 Developer Redistributable is now available. The download is intended for developers with Visual Studio .NET 2003, it contains the SP3 CAB files: Download End user install is available here: Download

"eLearning is an effective and efficient system of self-paced personal training, available over the Internet. Microsoft has made courses available in eLearning form to cover several of the important new technologies in Visual Studio 2005, including Connected...

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