When you’re creating a desktop application you'd probably want to store some user settings. Especially when using the Ribbon inside your application, there are several things (like RibbonIsMinimized and ShowQuickAccessToolBarOnTop ) that users can set and want to keep even if the application en closed...
The Microsoft Enterprise Library has always been one of the most popular things to come out of the patterns & practices team. Yesterday p&p reached a major milestone by releasing version 5.0 of EntLib. The improvements are too numerous to sum up here, but let me mention one: this release has...
Long before I joined the company, Brad Abrams was one of the first people for me that put a human face on Microsoft. I felt sad when I just read his blog post that Brad is leaving Microsoft . But at the same time I feel happy for all that he has accomplished for the company. Check his blog post for all...
in As you will probably know, Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 will RTM on April 12, 2010 and will be available for download on MSDN Subscriptions Downloads the same day. The Windows Azure team is committed to making .NET Framework 4 available in Windows Azure within 90 days of the RTM...
Hi, this post is just to share the sample application that was showcased on the session "How To Develop .NET Applications that take advantage the new features of Windows 7". The session was hosted by Daniel Montero and me at TechDays 2009 Chile. As a side note the focus of the application was...
Ever since the internal unveiling of Windows Azure as project “ Red Dog ” at our internal TechReady conference in July 2008, I’ve been very interested in this Software+Services platform. Technical strategist Steve Marx from the Windows Azure team recently released a cool sample app called The CIA Pickup...
Since the release of .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 I have noticed that not only users but also IT people, even developers get confused about how and what to install on a new system. I mean they think that .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 are decoupled from .NET Framework 2.0 and they download the installers for...
.NET got brand new logo, I kind liked the old one more… anyway… http://blogs.msdn.com/msmossyblog/archive/2008/10/25/embrace-the-new-net-logo.aspx
It depends on the situation if I self-identify as a geek or not. Today, I thought it would be fine, so I signed up for the Geek Dinner organized by Scott Hanselman in Bellevue, WA . Quite a lot of people showed up. I went there with my colleague Erwin van der Valk . He was a Development Consultant, like...
I was wondering what is it ALT.NET, once you reach the definition.. if you a ALT.NET developer so " You’re the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way.", of course this make sense and we all should think that way, sign me up the irony here is that by...
Hi folks, earlier Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 are available for download, get the latest bits here... Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 .NET Framework 3.5 If you experiance problems with the download let Brad Abrams help you.