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A blog of the technical and only sometimes uneventful side of programming in .NET and life within Microsoft

The Advantages of Running Applications on Windows Vista

An excellent read and congratulations to Doug for putting this together. The Advantages of Running...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/18/2006

Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Visual Studio 2005 represents one of the most significant developer tools releases since the...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/18/2006

Webcast Wrap Up

Thanks to everyone that attended yesterdays Webcast on Real World SOA. As promised you can find the...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/14/2006

Enabling Visual Styles

Windows XP introduces a new look and feel to the Windows user interface. This new interface provided...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/12/2006

RC of MSDNWiki available

In case you haven’t seen it. The MSDN library has recently made available a Community Content...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/10/2006

IIS 7 Hosting

Via Brian I got an email yesterday from Takeshi over at DiscountASP and they just launched free IIS7...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/09/2006

Microsoft Expression Web Free Trial

Well worth the time! Microsoft® Expression Web is a professional design tool to create modern,...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/08/2006

Looking at Assembly Information

Assembly information is an important part of building an application. This is what gets generated to...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/07/2006

Environment.SpecialFolder

A very useful environment enumeration is SpecialFolder. This provides an enumeration to special...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/05/2006

Integrating WCF with your existing ASMX Services

I am betting that you have at least one if not more ASMX services available today within your...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/02/2006

Looking for Workflow VB Samples

Paul has a nice list of the WF samples available for VB developers here.

Author: trobbins Date: 12/02/2006

Windows Live Search Beta for mobile

I just saw this beta and installed it. Very cool! More information and download for your mobile...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/02/2006

MSDN Webcast: Enabling a New Generation of Dynamic Applications Through Service-Oriented Architecture

Join me for a Webcast In this webcast, we discuss the Microsoft vision for service-oriented...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/02/2006

2007 Office System Sample: Open XML File Format Code Snippets for Visual Studio 2005

Pretty nice set of snippets This download includes snippets for use when customizing Microsoft...

Author: trobbins Date: 12/01/2006

Office 2007 Webcasts

Attend three webcasts and get a free copy. Definitely not a bad deal! https://www.powertogether.com/

Author: trobbins Date: 12/01/2006

Adding items to the task list

Many times I like to make a note of things that I need to do later or things I haven’t completed yet...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/29/2006

Seattle and Snow

Cold and snow in Seattle? What is up with that? The view of my dashboard with the current time and...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/28/2006

How To: Hosting a WCF Service in IIS

How To: Hosting a WCF Service in IIS In this article we looked at the basics of Windows...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/27/2006

How To: Building a WCF Service and consumer

How To: Building a WCF Service and consumer Do you see service everywhere? Alright I admit that may...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/26/2006

How To: Building a WCF Service and consumer (Article)

How To: Building a WCF Service and consumer Do you see service everywhere? Alright I admit that may...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/26/2006

Auto Preview with Word 2007

A very cool feature that I ran across was the ability to auto preview with Word. Many times while I...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/26/2006

Beantown .NET User Group

The Beantown.NET User Group (INETA) is meeting again on Thursday, 12/7/2006....

Author: trobbins Date: 11/25/2006

Zooming with Word 2007

Ever read a Word document and want to either zoom in or out on a particular area or see the whole...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/24/2006

Combined Out of Office

With Outlook 2003 I always had to remember to turn on two out of office indicators. One was the...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/23/2006

Just Released: Web Service Software Factory

The Web Service Software Factory (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/22/2006

Split Screen Email

Every write a large email or edit a document that would be nice to see both the top and bottom at...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/22/2006

Microsoft Skills Assessments for Individuals

Get a free 30-question skills assessment and learning plan to help identify and improve your areas...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/21/2006

Inerop Vendor Alliance

Via Jorgen Microsoft has announced the formation of the Interop Vendor Alliance - a global,...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/21/2006

The Panning Hand

A very cool feature that I just ran across within Outlook and Word is called the panning hand. Let’s...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/21/2006

Built in Reports with SQL Server 2005

Question: I was talking with someone today and they were telling me about some of the new features...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/21/2006

Ireland and Back

I had a great opportunity to travel to Ireland to attend some meetings. The hotel was a very nice...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/19/2006

Clinic 3370: Getting Started with Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 (Beta)

Free for a limited time! https://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/3370.asp Description:...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/18/2006

Clinic 5046: Inside Look at Building and Developing Solutions with Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007

Free for a limited time! https://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/5046.asp Description: In...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/18/2006

Clinic 3369: Getting Started with Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 (Beta)

Free for a limited time! https://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/3369.asp This online...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/18/2006

Clinic 5045: Inside Look at Developing with Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

Free for a limited time! https://www.microsoft.com/learning/elearning/course/5045.asp Description: In...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/18/2006

Try out a Microsoft Virtual Lab Express

Virtual Lab Express is the fastest and easiest way to test drive Microsoft products and the Virtual...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/17/2006

Showing Line Numbers with Visual Studio 2005

While presenting recently I was asked how I was able to line numbers in my code. I often find it a...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/17/2006

BizTalk User Group

This month’s BizTalk User Group will take place on Wednesday, November 29 from 5-7:30 PM: Meeting...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/14/2006

Sysinternals Tools

The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/14/2006

New Jersey Code Camp

Via Peter Registration for the upcoming NJ Code Camp III is now open! NJ Code Camp III is just about...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/12/2006

Tablet PC Wine List

Last week while attending the Connections conference in Las Vegas several of us decided to...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/11/2006

Virtual Earth Map Control SDK

This software development kit provides programming references and how-to topics for getting started...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/11/2006

Windows SDK .NET Framework 3.0 Samples

The Windows SDK samples for .NET Framework 3.0 include samples for .NET Framework 2.0, Windows...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/11/2006

Windows Vista Readiness Hands on Lab

Check out this set of Hands on Lab designed to educate developers on known Microsoft Windows Vista...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/11/2006

The Microsoft Internet Explorer AddOn Contest Official Rules

Write an IE 7 addon and win a cool prize! The " Internet Explorer AddOn " Contest (the "Contest") is...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/09/2006

Windows Mobile Webcasts

Windows Mobility Webcasts offers you a full range of pre-recorded instructor-led webcasts covering...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/09/2006

Windows Mobile Virtual Labs

Windows Mobile is more than email. Windows Mobile lets you re-use your existing infrastructure,...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/08/2006

Connections Session

Thanks to everyone that attended the Connections session that we did hear yesterday in Las Vegas. In...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/08/2006

The Floating Toolbar

In the category of nice feature… Within Office 2007 the floating toolbar so far is one of my...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/08/2006

.NET Framework 3.0 Released

It’s finally released and available! Check out the installation instructions here. Congratulations...

Author: trobbins Date: 11/07/2006

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