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])…
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…
Dino Esposito provides an overview of Longhorn, focusing on the build-once, deploy n-times application model. In addition, he discusses XAML, that’s used to create UI elements, then presents some working samples. A First Look at Writing and Deploying Apps in the Next Generation of Windows. [http://msdn.microsoft.com/…
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:…
A new article (special report) on Longhorn [http://news.com.com/2009-1016_3-5103226.html] and Microsoft’s future strategy has been published at CNET News -?Is Microsoft’s new version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, a radical innovation or a return to the company’s winner-take-all software strategy from a…
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