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Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Released

Today Microsoft made Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) available for download . I was able to participate in a case study done on SP1 with Microsoft , Misys , and Veracity Solutions specifically using ADO.NET Data Services and the Entity Framework. Read More...
Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 11:19 AM by Joe | 2 Comments

Windows Live Writer Beta 2 & Window Clippings 2.0

A new version of Windows Live Writer Beta 2 has just been released! It has an updated look and some additional features. Scott Hanselman has a good post on customizing the interface to provide more features for your specific blog engine. Window Clippings Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:15 PM by Joe | 0 Comments
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Elevated Command Prompt Here

I found myself looking for my "Visual Studio 2005 Command Prompt Here" on my directories today. I went in search of the .inf file I got off of Scott Hanselman's site. This works in Vista, which is great! Though for what I was compiling I also needed to Read More...
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 2:59 PM by Joe | 0 Comments
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WPF/e Becomes Silverlight

Microsoft has released the RTM name of WPF/e. I'm not sure I'm totally infatuated with the name, though I really didn't like the Vista name either and I've grown to like it. Pretty slick regardless! Developer: http://msdn.microsoft.com/silverlight User: Read More...
Posted Monday, April 16, 2007 10:18 AM by Joe | 0 Comments
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WPF Glass Button

Martin Grayson has a fantastic tutorial on creating a "glass" button in WPF using Expression Blend . If you're looking to learn the basics of Blend this is a great starting point. Making some changes in Blend then looking at the XAML rendered has helped Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:59 PM by Joe | 3 Comments
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Upgrading to Vista

This previous weekend I took the plunge and upgraded to Vista Business! A few weeks back I purchased a Western Digital 120 GB Passport Portable drive . This made backing up all my data quite easy (much better than burning CD's like I have done previously). Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 6:35 PM by Joe | 1 Comments
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