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July 2007 - Posts

SYSK 356: How To Execute A Workflow Synchronously Without waitHandle.WaitOne()

Consider the following code snippet frequently found in sample applications, code snippets and published articles: using ( WorkflowRuntime wr = new WorkflowRuntime ( "WorkflowRuntimeConfig" )) { wr.StartRuntime(); using (System.Threading. AutoResetEvent
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SYSK 355: Design and Coding Guidelines for Better User Interfaces

If you’re developing the front end, the user tier of applications, you may be interested in the following 81 rules for better user interfaces published by SSW -- http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterInterfaces.aspx . Special thanks to
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Non-Tech: Looking for a precious jewelry gift for yourself or your significant other? I recommend thediamondstore.com.

Not all my SYSK (something you should know) posts are software development technology related, but I rarely blog on non-SYSK topics. This one is an exception and here is why… I decided to write about my experience with thediamondstore.com because, unfortunately,
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SYSK 354: How To Determine If The Page_Load Event Is Triggered by a Standard Page Postback or by the UpdatePanel?

Ok, so you’re in a Page_Load code block, and the this.Page.IsPostBack returns true . How do you know if the request is due to a “standard” page postback or as a result of an UpdatePanel triggered postback resulting in a partial page update? The answer
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SYSK 353: What’s New in "Orcas" (next version of Visual Studio)

This is first in the series of small posts about new features in Orcas… 1. Orcas can be installed and will run side-by-side with Visual Studio 2005 (even with the beta 1 release currently available) 2. You can use Orcas to create projects (i.e. target)
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