I should also point out that in VS Beta 1/SQL Beta 2, this Xcopy functionality is limited to those with admin rights. In the next beta, non-admins will have Xcopy capabilities as well. So, joe user that gets my app and database, that is a normal (read...

Adding databases with SSE (SQL Server Express) to Visual Studio At the announcment for Visual Studio and SSE, they talked about the Xcopy functionality. I should explain a bit about what this means in practical terms for Visual Studio. Most everyone...

Okay given the volume of responses we are getting in (;-)) which is brilliant and really great to hear. We have created a new category for SQL Server Express 2005. Feel free to provide feedback to us on it what are your initial thoughts, like/dislikes;...

If you are having any problems with Visual Studio 2005 Beta1 in regards to VS DATA tools or in general let us know so that we can try and help you guys out. For VS DATA features take a look at the following Visual Data Tools Read Me Items for...

Since our team weblog that got created, I have been thinking on puting the introduction of some tools that we have been working on with this version of Visual Studio 2005 (Whidbey.) But just keeping putting off because of all sort of different reasons...

Man, blogging is addictive. I'm supposed to be paying attention in this session... <g> Anyway, wanted to note a few things about SQL Express because I haven't seen a lot about this online yet - though I expect that to change. First - some of...

This is really exciting. One of the things a number of us have been pushing and working on is a way of having a tighter integration between the community and Microsoft in the area of bug reporting and feature requests. The new MSDN Product Feedback Center...

Ken and I spoke at the VFP User Group last night. It was a blast. We had around 140 people there and spent over 3 hours going thru VFP9. After I return to Redmond (3 weeks) I'll post pictures and things like that. Right now I'm trying to keep to small...

We just demoed the VB Express SKU. Pretty cool. A very inexpensive SKU that is geared towards those wanting to learn VB. Comes with sample applications that you can use and modify. The demo showed a DVD tracking app that used web services to communicate...

Perhaps overshadowed by massive enhancements to other product areas are the changes made to the Visual FoxPro data engine. Major changes have been made to that area to eliminate or greatly ameliorate product limitations; eg, subquery limitations. Also...

Just a quick heads up that I'll be in Europe for the next 3 weeks for conferences, user groups and some vacation. Blogging is likely to be minimal to non-existent. See y'all after July 15th!

A number of folks have blogged about this over the last few weeks - but since I found myself recommending it to 3 different people today (and I know that two of them read this blog), I figured that I should post it myself as well. FotoVision is a suite...

A while back I posted on a group called Improv Everywhere . I mention that a friend and former co-worker (Rick) should check it out since he's doing improv in NY in his spare time. Rick comments back that he thinks that another former co-worker's brother...

Via Eric Gunnerson (also check out the comments on his post): This useful bit of information crossed my desk today: When it comes to packaging in separate assemblies, remember that you pay a fairly large performance hit on an assembly load. An...

Well - the doctor gave me the ok to travel to Amsterdam, so I'm heading to Tech Ed. Coincidentally, Andrew Ross MacNeill posted a link to an awesome site that tracks an actual plane location - making it more accurate than most airline sites. It doesn...

Just a quick thanks to Robert for noticing our status report . Basically, just following Alex Kipman's lead - we saw that and said “What a great idea”. We want to make this a regular feature - and figure out how to make it better for everyone...

Beta 1 Status Highlights § Whidbey and Yukon SxS Nightlies passing 100% § QA signed off on all Beta1 Tripwires § We did a Final Pick Up of Yukon bits <SMO, SQLAccess and Komodo Grid> Whidbey Beta 1 Active Bugs Count...

Ok I am making a claim to start blogging on a more frequent basis, in that I really have been quite terrible. But you know sometimes I feel like “what do I say” or what is interesting for people out there. One of the ideas that is floating...

A few weeks ago I had published a survey ( http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdata/archive/2004/06/03/147838.aspx ) for the future of the query designer. Many thanks to all those who responded. I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I am a Program...

Not too long ago, I wrote a program that cycled through all of VFP's errors by error number. See, we have several new errors for VFP 9 and we're also making some existing error messages more enumerative, for example, Error 15 (Not a table) will now tell...

Alex Kipman describes a thread that went on about him posting his later MSBuild status report . All I have to say is “you go, boy!”. I think it's an awesome thing to do, and we've been exchanging email on my team to make sure we can do the...

Roy Osherove has a great article titled Simplified Database Unit testing using Enterprise Services. Check it out! I'd also subscribe to his blog - it's one of the ones I really enjoy.

No, I don't mean the cheap wine. I'm talking about the unintended consequences of a change to an application in other areas of that app. It's not uncommon, especially when enhancing or changing features in a large, legacy application like Visual FoxPro...

I've started my own blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/klevy .

As I mentioned here , I'm supposed to be leaving for Europe for a number of conferences and user groups but got hit by the flu. Well, after another doctor's visit, I have “a whopper of a sinus infection” and have been told that it's better...