I have been trying to download the x64 edition of Vista since yesterday and this evening it appears they have pulled it from the site. Very strange! My download terminated around 3 PM EST today and I haven’t been able to get it started again since, after I logged back into MSDN it has vanished. […]
Continue readingAjax ASP.NET Intellisense Issue
If you create an .aspx page based on a master and the master page is not currently opened for edit inside Visual Studio you will find that your asp tags on your .aspx page have the dreaded red squiggly underneath them. It will be fixed in SP1. Go check out Scott Gu’s article on this gotchya.
Continue readingWindows Vista Available on MSDN
Last night I logged on to MSDN and was greeted with new x32 and x64 downloads for Windows Vista, I requested my product key and started my download of the x64 edition (only 10 hours to go!) I wonder what Microsoft’s bandwidth charges are going to be this month…. Don’t foget to download Office 2007 also. […]
Continue readingFree .NET 3.0 Training
Developing Rich Experiences with Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.0 and Visual Studio® 2005 This collection of 3 2-hour premium clinics teaches about the new capabilities provided by the .NET Framework 3.0. These clinics are for experienced Developers and Software Architects who are looking to adopt Microsoft’s next generation technology within their solutions. Topics covered within the […]
Continue readingASP.NET 2.0 Cache Issue
We have been using a DynamicImage control to display images stored in the database, it makes use of the Cache feature to store the byte stream of the image. Recently we noticed that we were getting "red X’s" displayed on our site for no specific reason, after a bit of research (I contacted MS) and searching the web it […]
Continue readingNullable Types
Today I got an opportunity to try out the Nullable Types in the .NET Framework 2.0 We had a class inside an application I was working on which basically wrapped a DateTime value called SimpleDate and allowed the developer to treat it like an object. public class SimpleDate{private DateTime simpleDateValue;public SimpleDate(){}public SimpleDate(DateTime newDate){this.simpleDateValue = […]
Continue readingMaking Team Foundation Server Work!
I will be giving a luncheon presentation on October 3rd about Team Foundation Server, a copy of the invite is below: ——————————————————————————————————————————— The Ottawa .NET Community is pleased to invite you to its first Luncheon Presentation of the 2006/2007 season. These free luncheon presentations are designed to provide .NET developers in the Ottawa area with […]
Continue readingAshbury College Homecoming Weekend — September 30th, 2006
I got my invite for the Homecoming weekend in the mail recently, if you want to get more information read about it on the Ashbury web site. All alumni are welcome! Here is the registration form. The deadline is today so hurry if you haven’t signed up.
Continue readingCan I run the x64 Edition of Windows Vista?
If you go to the INTEL website and download the Processor Identification Utility and you view the "CPU Technologies" tab (by the way, the utility doesn’t work under Vista — they have a OS independent version) The line that is important is "Intel(R) Extended Memory 64 Technology" if you have a "Yes" in the column on the […]
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November 17, 2006 