C# Express: More Sample Projects
C# Express: More Sample Projects
VB.NET
VB.NET 2005
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Thursday, July 22, 2004
New command-line tools for Active Directory in W2k3
New command-line tools for Active Directory in W2k3
This article describes the new command-line tools for Active Directory that
are available in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];298882
Warm Regards,
Mitesh Mehta
C# Express: More Sample Projects
C# Express: More Sample Projects
If you are looking for some samples to play with in C# Expess, here are some
available in MSDN. Both consist of an article, and a project for download.Web Browser
Express This project will create a neat tabbed web browser with a
search box that talks to the new MSN Search Engine.
ExpressPaint A simple graphics
program for loading, processing and saving images. Add your own filters and
other features.Note: You need to have Visual Studio Express Beta installed in the
workstation!
XML Tools in Visual Studio 2005
XML Tools in Visual Studio 2005
The new XML Editor allows editing XML files with full XML 1.0 syntax
checking, support for DTD's, and full XSD intellisense and validation while you
type. The new editor also provides some useful integrated tools like XSD
inference, DTD to XSD conversion and XDR to XSD conversion, and XSD based
IntelliSense.
For more information on XML and XML Tools visit XML DEV Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/
Monday, July 12, 2004
Article:Operator Overloading with Visual Basic 2005
Article:Operator Overloading with Visual Basic 2005
Visual
Basic 2005 will finally support this technique, and Matthew Gertz (Dev
Lead for the VB Compiler, Editor & Debugger team) has published an MSDN article on how to use it.
I: Roadmap for Garbage Collection
I: Roadmap for Garbage Collection
This article provides a roadmap to learn and master garbage collection in the Microsoft .NET Framework.very useful and worth a read.Rgds,Varad.
Technical view of Visual Basic Power Pack
Technical view of Visual Basic Power Pack
This
article discusses the Visual Basic Power Pack, a collection of custom
controls that provides enhanced user interface elements to client based
applications.http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbpowerpack.asp
The
Visual Basic Power Pack provides a collection of custom controls that
can be used to add an extra element of visual appeal to client-based
applications. The controls are designed to be fairly simple to use,
both at design-time and runtimeRegards,
Mitesh Mehta
I:VS 2005 Debugger Features
I:VS 2005 Debugger Features
Visual
Studio 2005 Beta 1 is released at last! Previously known as Whidbey
(and internally it will forever known as Whidbey, as 7.1 is forever
Everett, as 7.0 is, er, 7.0) this beta is going to be available to MSDN
Universal subscribers, and some other ways too (see later).New DataTips.
Remember back to Visual C++ 4.0 (I think) that first brought you
DataTips? Well think of those same tips, but on crack, and you get New
Datatips. You can inspect whole objects in the datatips now, kind of a
floating Watch window. It is the most important improvement to the
debugger since, well, since VC2 really.Tracepoints.
A tracepoint is a breakpoint that doesn’t stop. Well instead of
stopping, they print messages. Anything you like, including text,
variables, stack traces, anything you like really. They are a great way
to add logging to code without having to rebuild a thing.Source file checksums.
Ever got the debugger confused by having two different source files
with the same name but in different paths? We have, and lots of other
people too (especially default.aspx). The confusion is over: the C++,
C# and VB compilers now emit a checksum of the source file into the
debug info, so the debugger can tell if it got the right version or
not. This makes breakpoints bind to the right source file even in the
case of multiple matching basenames, something that has troubled us
(and users) forever. (Note that checksums are not generated for ASP.NET
compiles in beta 1).Visualizers.
Using a complex managed type that is ugly to view in the Watch window
(e.g. DataSet)? Now you can either use a built-in Visualizer, or write
your own. For DataSet you see the data in a proper grid control, for
example. You can view long strings in a text editor, or an XML viewer
if you like. If you want to write your own Visualizer for your type, or
a Frameworks type, go right ahead. It just takes a bit of C#.STL Data Display.
STL types have always been a challenge for the debugger. In VC6 the
debug format truncated the managled names at 255 bytes so you often
couldn’t even manually look at the structure of some STL objects. This
is fixed in 7.0, but ugly data structures are still ugly even if you
can see more of them. VS Whidbey has a meta-language that lets you
define exactly how to display complex types and includes support for
all the common STL types. A hash table displays as an array in the
debugger now, instead of that ugly thing it really is.64-bit Support. Both
native and managed debuggers support AMD64 and IA64 debugging now, with
good feature parity with 32-bit, though no Edit & Continue or Mixed
debugging.Intellisense in the Debugger Windows. The debugger windows (like Watch and Locals) now support Intellisense, for C# and VB users.
Edit and Continue.
At last VB users can edit their code while debugging, and the change
will occur right then, without having to restart the debugger.After beta 1 there won't be much in the way of new debugger features.
Visual Studio 2005 Documentation Library
Visual Studio 2005 Documentation Library
The documentation for Visual Studio 2005 BETA bits is available at http://lab.msdn.microsoftcom/library/.
This should be an interesting URL for anyone who cannot or does not want to
install (at this point of time) the beta bits on their machines but still
would like to have access to reference type material for the upcoming features
of the next version of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework 2.0.For offline viewing, you might also be interested in downloading the MSDN
documentation for the Visual Studio 2005 Express products. It's publicly
available as a 162 MB file download at
Regards,
Mitesh Mehta
Article: Generics in Visual Basic 2005
Article: Generics in Visual Basic 2005
Generics in VB 2005 article is now live on MSDN..This article provides an overview of the generics feature in Visual Basic
2005, explains the basic concepts involved in defining and using generics and
their usefulness to the Visual Basic developer.Check it out..
Happy reading..
Regards,
Mitesh Mehta
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Article : Reflection Demystified
Article : Reflection Demystified
Hi All,
Reflection is a good feature in the .NET library. In this article by
Brad Wilson, he explained mystery out of its basic concepts. A must
read for who are exlporing Reflection.
http://www.dotnetdevs.com/articles/ReflectionDemystified.aspx
--
Thanks & Regards
Naveen K S
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MSN Search. Big Improvements and Release of Alpha Version - New Search Engine.
MSN Search. Big Improvements and Release of Alpha Version - New Search Engine.
Hi All,
On Thursday,
July 1st, MSN has announced two things: big improvements to
the current search service and the release of the alpha version of the new algorithmic
search engine
Big improvements to the current search service - The improvements to the existing service are the
broadest that MSN has made in the last few years and are designed to help
people get faster, clearer and easier access to the information they want. The
changes and improvements include a new MSN Search homepage, a new, cleaner look
for its search results page direct access to popular information sources, and
extensive performance improvements. Check it out at http://search.msn.co.in (for India specific searches) or http://search.msn.com
- A
new, cleaner look for its search results page
that separates algorithmic results from paid results and eliminates paid
inclusion;
- People using the new design in beta
testing spent 42% more minutes using the MSN Search service and queries
per user increased by 36%.
- Direct
access to popular information
including:
- MSN also improves its news Search by
offering a vertical news option in its drop-down menu and through its
Newsbot technology, which offers personalized news search across over
4,000 news sources.
- Extensive
performance improvements. <o:p></o:p>
- MSN increased speed of search query
results, on average query results are as fast as Google.
- MSN Search homepage is the lightest
home page available from the major search providers, delivering
lightning-fast load times.
Alpha version of the new algorithmic search engine - The release of the Technology Preview of the
algorithmic search engine is being positioned as an early version designed for
MSN to gather feedback from webmasters and search enthusiasts. Check it out at http://techpreview.search.msn.co.in/
Duration of the
Tech Preview:<o:p></o:p>
- The Tech Preview will be live from June 30th to
August 9th.
Tech Preview Customer
Performance & Availability Expectations:<o:p></o:p>
- The Tech Preview runs on a small cluster of 320 servers
and supports only a 1B doc index (compare to end goal of 5600 servers and
5B docs). As a result, the expectations for the Tech Preview are not
the same. It is fully expected
that there will be times when the site is down (possibly for an extended
period of time) or where it just does not perform well. <o:p></o:p>
- If there are any issues (site down or maintenance) with
the site, Customers will be presented with a friendly error page stating
that the Tech Preview is currently not available. <o:p></o:p>
- The System will be Down every night from 12pm PST –
1am PST!
- Because this is a Technology Preview
on a limited amount of hardware, the system must take itself down in
order to update the index of information that it serves (you’ll see
the unavailable page hosted by Akamai during this time). Rather
than giving our end users time-outs on queries, we’re choosing to
take the system down every night and then bring it up after the system
has finished its work.
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See the future of Microsoft Developer Tools.Microsoft developer tool roadmap reveals what's comming next for Visual Studio and .NET Framework.Check it out @ http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/roadmap.aspxRgds,Mitesh