FYI, the entire audio/visual content from PDC 2003 is available online [http://microsoft.sitestream.com/PDC2003/Default.htm] (via Microsoft). Also, Sean Gerety [http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/metablog/posts/3841.aspx] has an interesting idea for a multi-direction treeview control (mockup below): [http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/metablog/posts/3841.…
iText# (iTextSharp) [http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/] is a port of the iText open source java library written entirely in C# for the .NET platform. iText# is a library that allows you to generate PDF files on the fly. It is implemented as an assembly. [via Jay R [http://weblogs.…
“Leaked” image of the VB.NET context menu or is it?!?! (via secretGeek [http://www16.brinkster.com/messydesk/db/refactvb.asp])…
Have you tried the beta release of SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services [http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/] yet? If so, please leave a comment on what you think of it. How does it compare to Crystal Reports 9 [http://www.crystaldecisions.com/products/crystalreports/net/default.asp]? By the…
A friend from work sent me this list of Companion Tools for .NET development [http://www.csharpfriends.com/statics/tools.aspx]. For anyone into BizTalk (2002 or 2004b [http://www.microsoft.com/biztalk/beta/] ), you must checkout the BizTalk User Group [http://www.biztalkug.com/]. Its a growing community with…
Jan Gray from the Microsoft CLR Performance Team wrote a while back on Writing Faster Managed Code: Know What Things Cost [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/fastmanagedcode.asp] . A very nice article to read. Craig Andera [http://staff.develop.com/candera/] shows HowTo:…
The xp_dirtree extended procedure in SQL Server (7.0 and 2000) will list the subdirectories in the specified directory. Usage: EXEC master.dbo.xp_dirtree ‘C:Windows’ As I learnt today, the title (browser window title) of an ASP.NET page can be changed programatically. Here how … In the…
“Have a question about the Visual Basic .NET language? Want to know why the language has or doesn’t have a particular feature? Why something was done in a particular way? Where the language might be going? Just enter your question below and your question will be considered for a…