September 2003 - Posts

SourceSafe Shadow Folders, Maintaining Synchronicity
A SourceSafe shadow folder is a UNC share* in which VSS maintains a current copy of the latest database version of every file in a SourceSafe project and all of its subprojects. When you or a teammate check in changes to a source-controlled file whose Read More...
Posted 29 September 03 08:39 by KorbyP | 13 Comments   
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Microsoft's Blogger Laureate
If you read my weblog on occasion, you may have noticed that I have steadfastly avoided the blogger clique: the Ruby's , the Winers , the Scobles . I have not taken a position on the RSS wars (unless you count linking to Don Box but not Sam or Dave) and Read More...
Posted 25 September 03 04:35 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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Craig Skibo is Blogging
It's true. Craig is now a blogger. Reader Chris Monachan recently asked in a comment to one of my posts, "...does the .NET IDE team have anyone like Raymond Chen, that perhaps reports on the historical reasons for doing stuff in the .NET IDE in their Read More...
Posted 23 September 03 02:00 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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How To: Safely Rename a Source-Controlled File in Visual Studio .NET
Last Friday, I posted a procedure for renaming source-controlled items in VS.NET that fails to mention one big gotcha: If you rename a file using Visual Studio .NET's Rename command, you lose its history--or at least the continuity of such--for the file Read More...
Posted 22 September 03 03:08 by KorbyP | 11 Comments   
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How To: Rename, Move, and Delete Source-Controlled Items in VS.NET
In response to my recent post, What is a Source Control Binding ?, reader Keith Hill writes, " A bit OT but do you know why VS.NET SCCI can't handle renaming projects once they are checked into a SCM system (ClearCase) is what I am using)? (...) It sure Read More...
Posted 19 September 03 07:52 by KorbyP | 4 Comments   
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Powers of Two: Kibibites, Mebimites, and Gibibytes
Raymond comes through again with a description of the difference between gigabytes and gibibytes . I wonder if Paul Allen refers to his boat as a megayacht or as a mebiyacht. I also wonder if there's a different latin prefix for powers of three, four, Read More...
Posted 19 September 03 11:57 by KorbyP | 0 Comments   
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What is a VSS Shadow Folder?
I played racquetball yesterday against a Web developer who sometimes works as a vendor at Microsoft (a V-Dash in Microspeak). After he beat me soundly in three straight games, he asked me what a "programmer/writer" does on a daily basis. He had seen my Read More...
Posted 18 September 03 11:51 by KorbyP | 14 Comments   
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MSBuild.exe
MSBuild is the [extensible, scalable, transparent] next generation build engine and platform for Visual Studio .NET. Many of our sharpest PMs, developers, testers, and yes, even writers, are feverishly working on this project. A number of folks with whom Read More...
Posted 16 September 03 09:33 by KorbyP | 22 Comments   
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I, blurker do solemnly swear...
I received this incredibly interesting seminar invitation this morning. ABSTRACT: Even in busy online communities usually only a small fraction of members post messages. Why do so many people prefer to read and not contribute? In a survey of 1188 posters Read More...
Posted 15 September 03 01:51 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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How To: Edit a File Checked Out to Another User
I'm amazed by how often I see this question on the newsgroups and listservers. faQ: How can I edit a file that another user has checked out? A: Allow Multiple Checkouts Iin VSS Administrator: Tools|Options|General|"Allow Mulitiple Checkouts". The help Read More...
Posted 12 September 03 02:56 by KorbyP | 7 Comments   
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PowerToys
Wunderkammer--a word that appears in the title of my blog--is a German word that means "wonder cabinet". I love this word, which so accurately and poetically describes the place, be it virtual or physical, where each of us stores the strange stuff that Read More...
Posted 11 September 03 06:57 by KorbyP | 0 Comments   
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K-Links: Small Pieces, Loosely Joined
K-Links are dynamically generated hrefs in HTML Help 2.x help topics. Currently, my division (Visual Studio + the .NET Frameworks) uses them in a limited capacity. I would like to change that. For Visual Studio .NET 2002 (and 2003), I implemented a k-link Read More...
Posted 09 September 03 03:12 by KorbyP | 0 Comments   
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Web Data Admin Tool
Note to Self: Urs Müller points to Web Data Admin , an ASP.NET application that supports remote SQL Server database administration (including database creation). Read More...
Posted 09 September 03 12:16 by KorbyP | 4 Comments   
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New Job::Old Idea
It's true and it's official: I have a new "job". Yes, I do have a life outside Microsoft. Requisite Disclaimer: the ideas and views expressed in this post are mine and mine alone. A couple of months ago, I applied for a volunteer position on the City Read More...
Posted 05 September 03 11:52 by KorbyP | 3 Comments   
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How To: Use VSS' Share Command in VS.NET
The Share feature in Visual Studio .NET (VS.NET) is neither as intuitive or as versatile as it is in Visual SourceSafe Explorer. To avoid confusion, I think of it this way: " Share " in VS.NET == Add a shared copy of a file from the VSS database into Read More...
Posted 04 September 03 08:33 by KorbyP | 1 Comments   
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I Was OOF. Now I'm NOT.
No, I am not an Object Oriented Fool that has changed his ways. I am an FTE who is no longer OOF. In MicroSpeak, OOF is 'out of facility' and FTE is 'fulltime employee'. I was on vacation last week but now I'm back. During my vacation, I stayed as far Read More...
Posted 04 September 03 05:54 by KorbyP | 2 Comments   
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