June 2006 - Posts
Browsing a new book I bought today (Windows Forms 2.0 Programming, isbn 0321267966) I bumped into the control tab orders. In the past, to my knowledge, it was quiet cumbersome to properly manage the perfect tab order using the property grid.
Now in Visual Studio 2005 we have some design time help build in. Choosing the Tab Control menu from the View menu gives you a visual help to set the ordering.
All the controls on the forms get a blue box on top with the order number.
To change the order you simply click the blue boxes in the desired tab order and you're done!
Life can be simple, sometimes... :-)
Greetz
BtV
some interesting stuff for all who wants to escape the burning sun :-)
MsBuild Sidekick
MSBuild Sidekick is a tool for MSBuild Engine users providing Graphic User Interface front-end for editing MSBuild project files.
Sql 2005 Service Manager
Manage SQL Server, SQL Agent, Analysis Services, Full Text Search, MSDTC,SSIS and Reporting Services. Supports all SQL2005 and SQL2000 Editions. Manage services from the system tray (like the 2000 one).
SQL Server 2005 Report Packs
Free Microsoft Reporting Services 2005 reports for:
- Integration Services
- SharePoint Portal Server 2003
- Dynamics Axapta 3.0
- Dynamics Navision 4.0
- Dynamics Great Plains 8.0
- Dynamics Great Plains 9.0
- Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Financial Reporting
Colligo Reader for Sharepoint 2003
Colligo Reader is a free product that lets you easily download SharePoint content and read it while you are working offline.
Visual WebGui Enterprise Manager
A new database tool that is based on Microsoft's "Enterprise Manager" and is actually a natural evolution of the popular "ASP.NET enterprise manager" that provides similar capabilities with a fully AJAX enabled UI and multiple database type support.
Greetz
BtV
Today I learned a new option in Sql 2005, not that hidden but I wasn't aware of it.
In SQL 2000 there was an overview of the database sizes per table and so on. In Sql 2005 you have Reports. Those Reports are listed in the toolbar on top of the Summary pane and differ by the item you select in the Object Explorer pane (server, database).
By the way, these reports are rendered by the ReportViewer in local mode (no Reporting Services used).
Greetz
BtV
I noticed that many people don't know about the MSDN and TechNet evenings. These are short free info sessions by Microsoft. I have to admit that they don't always have superb content or speakers, but mostly you get a good overview on the given topic.
Besides attending already a dozen MSDN evenings over the past years, I also like the TechNet evening since these aren't my direct professional focus and this way I do get informed on new infrastructure technologies. I know I probably won't install them myselve at customer side, but it's always nice to be aware of the possibillities and to be an added value in such discussions.
The sessions aren't as big as the devdays or such, only about 50 attendees are allowed, free drinks and a small cold buffet is provided. And, the bar is open afer the session :-)
Be sure to visit the IIS 7 website if you're into web development and want to know what's comming up in the near future.
Using NDoc for class library documentation generation is great... in .Net 1.0/1.
Since NDoc isn't updated for over a year there's no support for .Net 2.0. Well not updated... Kevin Downs, the creator of NDoc, has started working on NDoc 2.0 again after having to tackle some personal issues. No time frame is given so we just can wait and see. There's no release expected in the near future.
Microsoft also has an xml-to-helpfile tool of course, but they didn't want to release this tool to the public. Due to many customer complaints on 03/206 they, al last, announced to prepare their tool to make it public available by the end of June 2006.
Looking forward to see one of the above tools been published so we can generate a nice helpfile again...
Greetz
BtV