SharePoint goes offline!

28 11 2005

SharePoint goes offline!
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1687790255&eid=-180

This company has made a software application which synchronizes a SharePoint portal to the user’s computer, allowing them to work offline.  They can also add items and change things on the portal and it will synchronize those changes when they come back online.

I think this would have some problems… I could see there being a lot of concurrency issues around this.  If they only allow you to add items and not modify them locally, then I think it loses a lot of its value – yet again, I am not too sure how they would handle such complex concurrency resolution…





Enterprise Library 2.0 November CTP

24 11 2005

For those of you who weren’t aware – Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0 – November CTP is now available:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/codegallery.aspx?id=295a464a-6072-4e25-94e2-91be63527327

Hit the download section for a copy.

ObjectBuilder is used in this release, so it’s jam packed with a lot of new exciting stuff.  Go check it out!
Unfortunately the only problem is that the EntLib configuration manager wasn’t finished in time for this release, so you might have some headaches manipulating the XML files – but its still worth a look.





Those pesky DataSets (Visualization)

23 11 2005

Those pesky DataSet’s can be a real pain during debug-time.

I needed something that was going to give me a good view of what was currently in my data structures, saving me from expanding 200 nodes within the locals pane.

http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/releases/viewuploads.aspx?id=01f2f983-298f-4167-b52a-d11b76f3ea62

I went and downloaded the XML Visualizer  - I can now view those data structures much easier!

Just install it – and it will magically add and enable itself as an add-in within your Visual Studio.  Note that this is only for Visual Studio .NET 2003 – we already have this covered in 2005, but most of us don’t have the luxury of switching over to it yet!





I’d hit that!

21 11 2005

Want to get paid for making simple decisions for someone?

Hit it up!





No intellisense on a strongly typed datarow

18 11 2005

So I was having problems getting intellisense to work on a strongly typed datarow that I was using.

If you can’t get intellisense to work, place this attribute on the class in question then recompile:

[System.ComponentModel.BindableAttribute(true)]

Magic!





Is your PC clean?

17 11 2005

You can scan your computer for free at the Windows Live Security Center to find out :)

It’s one of the new beta services provided by Microsoft.
There’s another one for you to check out here called Windows OneCare Live.

“Are you tired of spending time trying to protect and maintain your computer? Are you worried that you’re still not doing everything you should to keep it safe and running at optimal performance? If your answer is “Yes,” then Windows OneCare is for you. Windows OneCare is a comprehensive PC health service that goes beyond security to take an integrated approach to help protect and care for your computer.”
I have a feeling these might be a little more focused at the mums and dads of the world, but I will try it out anyway!





Ready Launch 2005 – A free day’s worth of training

17 11 2005

Want one free day’s worth of pure developer goodness?
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/events/readylaunch/dev/

Register now – it should be great:

The developer track provides a comprehensive look at the new Visual Studio 2005 product line – including those features found in Visual Studio Team System. Throughout the day new features are introduced and explored using real-world scenarios. The majority of the content will be presented in the product with limited use of Powerpoint. While these sessions are linked by a common theme they are designed to be a standalone allowing you to freely “mix and match” community area activities.

Featured sessions:

  • Visual Studio Team System: Managing the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Design and Development Tools for Building Mission-Critical Applications
  • Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0
  • Smart Client Application Development & Deployment




What Is It?

14 11 2005

This is the specification for the most incredible, sophisticated planning and communications tool yet invented: It’s portable – so light don’t even notice it your pocket or brief case. Its life is more than one-hundred times greater than the current best re-chargeable power-packs. It is extremely durable – if dropped from 50 feet onto concrete it’ll be good as new within a minute or two at the longest. It’s so intuitive that anyone can use it immediately without training. You can use it on a plane – even during take off. It uses a remarkable data input method as fast as an experienced QWERTY keyboard operator, and yet requires no keyboard skills. It handles graphics as easily as text and can even handle 3-D modeling and complicated calculations. It is compatible with any paper output, even a bus-ticket or a table napkin, and is universally adaptable to any reader format. It is completely wire-less, already available all over the world, thanks to a distribution network greater than Microsoft’s, and comes in hundreds of model variants to suit all styles and egos – you can even get gold-plated ones. It costs a fraction of a penny a day over its life, and if you lose it, its inherent unbreakable security will leave no trace of confidential files or personal history. Replacements are no problem because you can afford to keep a couple spare with you all the time.

What is it?





Extensible Content Models

14 11 2005

I thought I would share this nice PDF document with you, which explains what an Extensible Content Model is, and how we can build forward compatible, extensible XML schemas :)

http://www.xfront.com/ExtensibleContentModels.pdf    

–EDIT:
Here’s another link – this time, a blog post which covers this + more (Message Versioning).
https://blogs.msdn.com/jevdemon/archive/2005/05/05/414976.aspx

Can’t go past this one on MSDN either: (SOA design, versioning, etc)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/SOADesignVer.asp





The devil revision…

11 11 2005

Scary :P

devil revision