July 2004 - Posts

• Repeating, Multiply-Cascading, Dropdown Listboxes with Unique Entries in InfoPath

  First, a few definitions: Repeating : Inside of a Repeating Section or Repeating Table control Cascading Dropdown Listboxes: This is where the selection in one dropdown listbox causes the available items in another dropdown listbox to be updated. For Read More... Posted Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:06 AM by davfries | 4 Comments Filed under: InfoPath

• Office 2003 SP1 Released! (Including InfoPath)

  Download it here . Instructions for SP1 Preview users here . Random monkeys dancing here . Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:07 PM by davfries | 2 Comments Filed under: InfoPath

• Fun with VBScript in InfoPath

  Say you want to pop-up a dialog to the user to get some information. You could use the XDocument.UI.ShowModalDialog method, but this is Level 3, meaning you can only call it from Fully Trusted forms. You could also use managed code business logic and Read More... Posted Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:47 PM by davfries | 1 Comments Filed under: InfoPath

• Know the bugs in your area

  This is a simple one, but easy to overlook. I'm going to make the assumption that you are familiar with bug reporting, and that you have some sort of bug tracking database. Bugs (as in the bug reports, not the actual product mis-behavior itself) are just Read More... Posted Friday, July 23, 2004 1:23 PM by davfries | 4 Comments Filed under: Software Testing

• Back in my day...

  ... we didn't get iPods just for being freshman. We were happy with our shaving kits, Pert Plus, and chewing gum. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5469970/ Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:00 PM by davfries | 1 Comments Filed under: Misc

• Debugging Fully Trusted InfoPath Forms with Managed Code Business Logic

  That's a mouthful, isn't it? First of all, you know what I mean by managed code business logic in InfoPath , right? Also, you know what a Fully Trusted InfoPath Form is, right? If not, here's a refresher . Let's say you're a form developer, and you've Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:23 PM by davfries | 2 Comments Filed under: InfoPath

• InfoPath SP1 Security

  Note: This post doesn't go over the SP-1 deployment model. If you want to learn about that, read this post from the InfoPath Team blog. InfoPath has a rather unique security model. It borrows a bit from IE, a bit of its own, and with SP1, it adds a little Read More... Posted Thursday, July 08, 2004 10:25 PM by davfries | 5 Comments Filed under: InfoPath

• Halo 2 and XBox Live

  With the release of Halo 2 on Nov. 9th, I'm looking forward to breaking out my XBox Live Communicator once again, and joining the ranks of the online warriors. (Actually, my dog chewed up my Communicator, so I've got this cell phone adapter headset that Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:11 PM by davfries | 10 Comments Filed under: Misc

• The Wacky World of Japanese Ice Cream

  http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/photospecials/0406/ice-cream04/00.html Mmmm, can't wait to try the Spinach ice cream... Read More... Posted Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:32 PM by davfries | 3 Comments Filed under: Japan