September 2008 - Posts

ASP.NET Dynamic Data Tutorials
30 September 08 01:41 PM
Bill Burrows has released more video tutorials! This time he focuses on the ASP.NET Dynamic Data feature that is available in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 .  If you need to build a quick web site against a database then you should definitely check this Read More...
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Data Sources and Data Binding in WPF Talk in Redmond
24 September 08 09:35 AM
On Monday night I spoke at my first .NET users group here on the Microsoft Campus. It was the Visual Basic .NET Developers Association meeting that's here in Building 40/41 Steptoe room behind the cafeteria. It's held every last Monday of the month so Read More...
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Silverlight 2 How Do I Videos
22 September 08 08:26 AM
If you're interested in learning about Silverlight, check out the How Do I videos on Silverlight 2 , which include managed code examples in both Visual Basic and C#. All you need to get started building Silverlight applications is here on the Get Started Read More...
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Enabling Remote SQL Express 2008 Network Connections on Vista
17 September 08 07:30 PM
Today I spent way too long trying to enable remote network connections on my SQL 2008 Express database running on my Vista development machine so I thought I'd post the steps here. Please note that these settings may NOT be appropriate for your production Read More...
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Editing Tabular Data in WPF - Building a WPF Grid
15 September 08 07:12 PM
In my last post on WPF I showed how you could use a Winforms DataGridView on a WPF form in order to edit data in a tabular style. Today I'll show you how you can customize the WPF ListView in order to edit data without having to use any Winforms controls Read More...
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Social Bookmarking V1 Launched (I'm in the How-To Video!)
12 September 08 06:27 PM
Chris posted this week about the new version of our social bookmarking platform and he's got a couple cool videos on his blog on how to use the features. He uses me as one of his examples so I thought it was pretty cool ;-). I better get back to bookmarking Read More...
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What's New in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 - Client and Data Features
11 September 08 12:51 PM
Last night I spoke at East Bay.NET UG on some of the new features in Visual Studio Service Pack 1 focusing on client and data. I did a whirlwind tour of new SQL 2008 data types and Sync Services enhancements , ADO.NET Entity Framework , ADO.NET Data Services Read More...
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Community Article: Using Windows Communication Foundation with Windows Workflow Foundation, Part 2
10 September 08 12:30 PM
Maurice is on fire with his latest series of Workflow articles on the Visual Basic Developer center . In this second of two articles on WCF and Workflow , Maurice de Beijer shows us how to use the ReceiveActivity, which allows you to publish a workflow Read More...
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Channel9 Interview: Meet the VS "Development Experience" Team
08 September 08 10:54 AM
I just posted another Channel9 interview . This time I meet with the team that brings us the "experience" of coding in Visual Studio, also sometimes referred to as the VS IDE Team. I ask them how their design process works, what the top requested Read More...
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For Sale: 2003 ESX Stage 4 Subaru WRX
06 September 08 09:35 AM
Option Personal On Yes it's time to sell the Subaru. (I know I rarely write purely personal posts on my blog, but heck even Sara has done it before .) I bought a new car last week -- an Infiniti G37 6MT -- and I LOVE it. I know it's not as fast or as Read More...
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New Features Launched on the Visual Basic Developer Center
05 September 08 10:10 AM
In the past month or so we've been working hard to redesign some parts of the Visual Basic Developer Center . First you'll notice the new look with icons next to news items and a cleaned up Getting Started section. If you head to the Learn Tab you'll Read More...
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Editing Tabular Data in WPF Using the Winforms DataGridView
04 September 08 04:09 PM
A pretty common requirement of any business application is to be able to edit data in a "spreadsheet" or tabular style. Usually we use some sort of data grid to do this. When building WPF applications in Visual Studio 2008 you'll notice right away that Read More...
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Lisa's Back! - Around the World with Visual Basic
03 September 08 09:58 AM
Lisa Feigenbaum , Visual Basic Community PM here at Microsoft, was traveling around the world this last month spreading the VB love and yesterday posted materials for her sessions at TechEd South Africa on the VB Team blog . She's had quite the adventure Read More...
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