David McCarter’s .NET Coding Standards

The second edition of this book (formerly VSDN Tips & Tricks .NET Coding Standards), is a consolidation of many of the .NET coding standards available today in one easy to read and understand book. It will guide any level of programmer or development department to greater productivity by providing the tools needed to write consistent, maintainable … Continue reading David McCarter’s .NET Coding Standards

Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux

Microsoft Corp. today released to the Web (RTW) Silverlight™ 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell Inc. to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com. Silverlight significantly reduces development and deployment costs and provides … Continue reading Microsoft Delivers Silverlight 1.0, Extends Support to Linux

New Version of Refactor!™ for Visual Basic® .NET 2005 Released

Refactor! is freely available to all Visual Basic .NET 2005 developers and offers a comprehensive suite of tools that enable you and your team to simplify and shape complex code - making it easier to read and less costly to maintain. Download by going to: http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/IDETools/VBRefactor/

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0

Line and Shape controls, PrintForm component, and Printer Compatibility Library Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0 includes a new set of Line and Shape controls and updated versions of the two previously released Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs, the PrintForm Component and the Printer Compatibility Library. All three are now included in a single … Continue reading Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Released

The Beta 2 release includes most of the products found in the Visual Studio product line. As with all prerelease software, we encourage you only to install these on a secondary machine, or in a virtual machine, as they are not supported by Microsoft Services support teams. MSDN Subscribers can also download these files from … Continue reading Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Released

Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard 1.1

SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard enables the deployment of SQL Server databases into a hosted environment on either a SQL Server 2000 or 2005 server. It generates a single SQL script file which can be used to recreate a database (both schema and data) in a shared hosting environment where the only connectivity to a … Continue reading Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard 1.1

Poynter Institute: The Best of Eyetrack III

Is homepage layout effective? ... What effect do blurbs on the homepage have compared to headlines? ... When is multimedia appropriate? ... Are ads placed where they will be seen by the audience? Find out: http://www.poynterextra.org/eyetrack2004/main.htm

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 Released

Of particular note, SP3 provides better support for consuming WSDL documents, Data Execution prevention and protection from security issues such as buffer overruns. SP3 also provides support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 to provide a safer, more reliable experience for customers using Windows XP. SP3 is available in 23 languages. To download, go to: … Continue reading Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Service Pack 3 Released

Microsoft Releases DirectX 9.0 SDK Update – (Summer 2004)

Download the complete DirectX 9.0 SDK - (Summer 2004), which contains the FINAL release of the DirectX 9.0c Runtime and all DirectX software required to create DirectX 9.0 compliant applications in C/C++, and C#. Major components include: DirectX 9.0c system components (runtimes); DirectX 9.0 Application Programming Interface (API) Documentation for each of the DirectX core … Continue reading Microsoft Releases DirectX 9.0 SDK Update – (Summer 2004)

SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Service Pack 1 Released

SP1 includes a variety of improvements to the inital product release. Documentation for this release is provided in the SP1readme_lang.htm file which can be downloaded below or found in the Reporting Services installation directory after Setup is complete. To view a list of the bug fixes in SP1, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 839796. Late-breaking … Continue reading SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services Service Pack 1 Released