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29. november 2005 10:36

Speaking at MS VS2005/SQL2005 launch event in Ljubljana, Slovenia

I'll be speaking tomorrow in hotel Mons, Ljubljana at Microsoft Slovenia VS2005/SQL2005 launch event . My "What's new in .net 2 framework and programming languages" presentation (in Slovene language) starts at 11:15. If you happen to attend the event
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24. november 2005 14:15

VMWare 5.5 released

My favorite virtualization engine just got better. Go grab it here .
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22. november 2005 11:57

New TryParse method in .net 2

.net 2 introduces new TryParse method for many base structures such as Int32. However, it is not limited to structs only (IPAddress has its own TryParse, too). Why .net 2 introduces this method at all, since we already have Parse method you might wonder?
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20. november 2005 22:53

Why are dialogs in Visual Studio fixed size?

Why are many dialogs within Visual Studio 200x made fixed size without option to resize them is beyond me. Take for example Choose Items... dialog for Toolbox. It looks ridiculously small on my 20" LCD and I struggle to find the right components, specially
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20. november 2005 20:23

WPF samples not working and how to fix them

At least some samples that come with WinFX November CTP don't work because of breaking changes (I've got link via Karstern Januszewski ). Take for example first page of ExpenseIt sample that you find in Demos\ExpenseIt folder of samples you unzipped.
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20. november 2005 20:20

Is Windows Workflow Foundation missing generics, too

A while ago I've blogged about missing generics in Windows Presentation Framework. Now I took a look at Windows Workflow Foundation and I immediately bumped over an object (ParameterDeclaration.Value) that should be a generic instead. There appears to
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18. november 2005 20:05

WinFX November CTP compatible with VS 2005 RTM is here for real

Go to Shy Cohen's blog and you'll find the links. Isn't that awesome - I can finally install Visual Studio 2005 RTM.
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18. november 2005 13:38

WinFX November CTP compatible with VS 2005 RTM is here...well, sort of

Tom Archer blogged that WinFX November CTP drop compatible with Visual Studio 2005 RTM/.net 2 RTM is available for download. Now, don't be too enthustiastic. While he gives MS internal hyperlinks (useless is you don't have access to MS internal network)
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10. november 2005 17:45

Mother of all Visual Studio 2005 RTM bugs

Sit down, this one is huge. Apparently Microsoft doesn't have Windows Forms Designer support for complex controls on derived forms , in other words, if you created a form with a complex control (DataGridView is perfect candidate), made this control protected
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9. november 2005 11:30

Updated RightHand.DataSet.Visualizer to match VS 2005 RTM

I've updated Updated RightHand.DataSet.Visualizer to match VS 2005 RTM. You can find it here . Description: RightHand.DataSet.Visualizer is an MDI application that lets you inspect DataSet structure and its data plus tons of other useful operations on
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9. november 2005 8:54

Developer Express WinForms stuff for Visual Studio 2005 RTM is out

Developer Express WinForms stuff (including CodeRush and Refactor! Pro) for Visual Studio 2005 RTM is out. Go grab them from mydevexpress.com .
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8. november 2005 22:44

WinFX for .net 2 RTM in couple of weeks

Good news (or bad news - depends on what did you expect) from Tim Sneath's post . WinFX compatible with .net 2 RTM is " due very shortly (within the next couple of weeks) " For me - good news.
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7. november 2005 19:50

Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions free for one year

Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions are free for one year. Check it out . Now, there are no reasons not to use .net anymore.
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5. november 2005 13:51

Linq message box annoyance

Dear Microsoft, please remove Linq warning message box (when you open a solution with Linq preview installed) saying: This is an unsupported version of Microsoft Visual C# 3.0. As such many features may not work as expected. I can understand the need
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5. november 2005 12:00

Fix for DevExpress components coexistance

I've posted about the problem of co-existance of DevExpress componenents here . And here is the fix, thanks to support:To fix the problem you need to delete the following registry key after installing the latest update. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders\DevExpress.NET.v3
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4. november 2005 12:35

Regarding to upgrade of Developer Express components to VS 2005 RTM version

Regarding to this post I just noticed that the WinForms suite 2005 RTM version (numbered 2.2) doesn't co-exist with non-whidbey 2.x version. You'll get errors when you create or open an instance of suite components such as XtraGrid while editors work
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4. november 2005 8:57

Property "Copy to Output Directory" added in VS 2005

If you often find yourself writing post build project events just for copying some files to output directory you'll appreciate this new property "Copy to Output Directory" added to file's properties (just beneath the Build Action). Just click on a file
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3. november 2005 13:20

How to get Developer Express VS 2005 RTM components right now

If you are in a need for Developer Express VS 2005 RTM components right now (officially this is an intermediate version) you can request them by dropping an e-mail to support@devexpress.com (taking for granted that you own a license). Otherwise (are there
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