The lack of IIS provides a challenge for ASP.NET development... I am using two different options.... I installed the new ASP.NET 2.0 b2 framework.... If you are coding in VS2005 then this is not really an issue for you (then the lack of SQL Express is
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I pulled my due to the EULA contriversy... Basically MS intentionally disabled the printscreen function of the OS, and was sending their legal department after bloggers posting screenshots... Apparently they still have a little patent work to do... Not
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I guess the MSDN version will be coming soon.... I noticed that my previous 4047 product key was legit for the 5048 install.... Activation was by phone only (for both 4047 and 5048) over the last 2 weeks, after MS pulled the 4047 build from MSDN... But
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It doesn't take long to decide that the new "all programs" option of the start menu is terrible, with its scroll bars and chopped names, it is frustrating to navigate with the mouse (the keyboard is another story all together)... So to save this menu,
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I need to use this about once ever six months or so, and I can never remember what the key combination is... So "Note to Self"... Hit Ctrl+0 in the cell and you will set its value to null... That should save me a UPDATE [TABLE] SET [FIELD] = null WHERE
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It wont install... Here is what I get in the log ***EndOfSession*** [04/27/05,08:44:24] Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition April CTP: [2] Error code 1603 for this component means "Fatal error during installation. " [04/27/05,08:44:24] Microsoft
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Wow, check this one out.... On my 5048 build I have 4 versions of the .NET framework installed... v1.0.3705 v1.1.4322 v2.0.40607 v2.0.50215 Note that v1.0.3705 and 2.0.40607 were installed by default... I was able to add both 1.1.4322 (from visual studio
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This will disable the Video Card Restriction cheking... Apparently you just need an DirectX9 video card to get this working Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DWM] "EnableMachineCheck"=dword:00000000 Then to enable
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The WinHEC Longhorn build 5048 shipps with the Beta 1 build 5200 version (2.0.40607.52) of the .NET framework... I'll have to see what else has that framework version (any Whidby or Yukon builds?).. The VS2005 Feb CTP has 2.0.50105.0 The VS2005 Dec CTP
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So many of you already know the "add / remove windows components" of add / remove programs has been disabled in this build... OK, I can live with that, but... there is no sysoc.inf file, nor a sysocmgr.exe ... So without these files, I am unaware of any
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I was so engrossed in playing with my new Longhorn build, I didn't even notice that I had a DNS corruption issue which had my local sites down (from the public INTERNET) for the better part of the sunday... Ahh well, all I can say, is that I have gotten
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Ok, so it has been a year, I just cant stand it anymore... I am running Longhorn 4047 on all my PC's (laptop too). To prepare for the new build, I bought a new PC (Intel 3GHz w/EM64T 630 CPU), it came last week, the memory (2GB DDR2 533) came on friday...
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Setting up web virtual directories in locations like \My Documents\My Visual Studio Project\ProjectX can result in an errormessage like the ones below.... This is due to the fact that ASP.NET needs to be able to inspect for things like the web.config
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Check out this for a business model... No I have to say that I really expected this with the "next generation" handsets, when they included 802.11, so you could get a decent connection... I don't think GRPS, EDGE, or even UTMS will cut it... Even though
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I ran across this one on slashdot (the inventors site is here ) You gotta love this for personalization... my problem would be I would only keep it for a couple of months, then move on to something else, but love it too much to pitch it... Then it becomes
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So I was out on MSDN downloads today, checking out the latest VS2005 b2 downloads, and noticed that all of the Longhorn CTP and SDK downloads seem to have disappered... Surely this is in preparation for a new CTP build for WinHEC, and not due to any silly
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Here is the simple file I created to format my blogs RSS feed into a list of blog titles for my home page RSS module Just put the contents into an XSD file, and upload it to your DNN site... Then choose that file as the XSD stylesheet for your XML (RSS)
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I just finished upgrading www.danbartels.com from the 3.0.9 code to 3.0.13 It went fairly smoothly... I have to say there is a huge performance difference, with 13 being much faster than 9 There are also some nice features of 13, like the ability to set
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I have been getting a log of requests lately from people who are converting from .Text to CS and want to just run a single blog site at the root... I know I worked through the process, and it took me a couple of days to get the settings right (to leave
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Note: These instructions are for 1.0 (for 1.1 click here ) I plan to do an actual run through to make sure this is accurate, but to the best of my recollection, here is my install process... Put the CS files on your hard drive Make a virtual directory
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I wrote a quick article, and included a source project for my BlogStats control. It should get those of you looking to mod the source a head start on encapsulating your changes into skin components (server controls)... This way all of your changes are
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For my CS modifications, I have chosen a server control architecture... This means, that all of my customizations are encapsulated, can be modified without changing the source control, and are implemented by my skin choice, so they can come and go as
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I ran across a source code formatting discussion over at Dave Burke's site ( http://www.dbvt.com/blog/archive/2005/4/6/2202.aspx )... This is another area where the CS team left us hanging... (I suppose to some people this is far more important than inserting
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As I have been hacking and tweaking my CS skin and Blog functionality, I have been making changes in a separate DLL rather than modifying the source. Due to the nicely decoupled architecture provided by the SkinnedWebControl, Most all of my modifications
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Sorry if any of you noticed my site was down for about 12 hours, I had to replace a router to fix a problem with my Vonage service (we were getting crackling or static noise behind our speaking) It was bad circuitry inside the SIP adapter (Linksys RT31P2-VD)
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I have a new FreeTextBoxWrapper, which appiles the CSS Stylesheet from the blogs to the editor when in Blog Admin... I have a new Image Gallery, which resolves the thumbnail issues... I have added a blog stat control and skin, so all you need to do is
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I couldn't resist. I added a CAPTCHA Validation control as a skinnable web control... http://blog.danbartels.com/articles/508.aspx To use this, just: 1. Put my DLL in your bin folder... 2. Copy JpegCaptchaImage.aspx into your \Themes\Blogs\YourSkin\Images
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I just ran across this excellent article on setting up Merge replication between a SQL server and a SQL server CE device. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/sql_serverce_replication_net.asp Dan
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OK Paul, No more excuses on not converting ( http://www.communityserver.org/forums/478954/ShowPost.aspx ).... You can get the original blue and pink derivant here http://www.danbartels.com/LinkClick.aspx?link=Code%2fMiguel.zip&tabid=81&mid=419
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This one made me laugh... I ran across it on Gizmodo... Pod On Pod Data Transfer Action! [ThinkGeek] -Dan
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