I’ve linked to these a bit over on my link blog last year, but I think they warrant a dedicated post here. I’ve been spending a fair bit of time with VSTO lately, and I’ve found Steve Hansen’s How To videos to be one of the best resources in getting me started. What I particularly like is that he takes interesting ideas as his sample examples. For instance: how to put a...
If you’ve installed Visual Studio with a specific environment (eg Visual C#, Web development) and want to change it something else, you can simply reset it from the Tools > Import and Export Settings menu option Just choose the third option You can save your current settings before the reset is enabled. As usual, this tip is covered under my ‘well duh’ Disclaimer. Technorati...
The term Smart Client is probably the most often misused of the three, and there always seems to be a little bit of confusion as to where Thick stops and Smart begins. But, yet again, The Architecture Journal (Issue 14, p10) guides us with a simple and helpful summary. Some will no doubt disagree (since the issue is focused on connectivity and mobile devices). I've summarised them here: Thin...
I’ve been playing with the Google AJAX Search API for a few hours and it seems pretty easy. (The API isn’t new or anything, it’s just that I haven’t played with it until now.) The advantage of the AJAX search is that results are presented in the page with no obvious refresh or having to open a new page. You can see a simple implementation on my home page (just type...
Here’s how to send someone a list of your available time slots from Outlook 2007. Create a new email item as per below example, then click the Calendar button: The following form will appear: Choose the Calendar (if you have multiple) and Date (or range) you want. I usually tick the box to limit it to just work hours. Click OK and it inserts the list of available times into your email (note...
I've mentioned this before, but here's a link to the main Developer Centre for the Microsoft Sync Framework, the aim of which is to keep offline apps in sync with services and devices. The CTP1 Refresh was released in mid December last year and added RSS support amongst other things.
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As Brian Harry notes, the latest version of the TFS Times is available. Great reading for those wanting to stay up to date with Team Foundation Server happenings.
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Many have referred to Greg Linden's prediction of a dot com crash this year. I agree that something is coming – the amount of money being thrown around is simply not sustainable. The TechCrunch deadpool will be getting bigger and bigger this year. But I suspect there won't be too many layoffs at Google, although if you've been following the Goggle share price over the last few...
There’s been a number of predictions made about technology for 2008, and of course a list of disappointments for the past year. Considering that no ones really takes any of them very seriously, then why not add my own :-) Here’s my prediction:2008 will be the year that Office Business Applications go mainstream*. And by Office Business Applications (OBAs) I’m interested...
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