Are we ready for .net 3.o?
http://www.netfx3.com/

Automatically Update Visual Basic 6 Applications with .NET and ClickOnce

Automatically Update Visual Basic 6 Applications with .NET and ClickOnce. Check this article on msdn site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/atupvb6ap2.asp

Keep Sites Running Smoothly By Avoiding These 10 Common ASP.NET Pitfalls

Straight from msdn magazine:
Keep Sites Running Smoothly By Avoiding These 10 Common ASP.NET Pitfalls -

1. LoadControl and Output Caching
2. Sessions and Output Caching
3. Forms Authentication Ticket Lifetime
4. View State: The Silent Perf Killer
5. SQL Server Session State: Another Perf Killer
6. Uncached Roles
7. Profile Property Serialization
8. Thread Pool Saturation
9. Impersonation and ACL Authorization
10. Don’t Just Trust It—Profile Your Database!

Check this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/07/webappfollies/default.aspx

On Demand webcasts...

http://blogs.msdn.com/bimusings/archive/2005/12/13/503110.aspx

The (un)official guide to SQL Reporting Services 2000 & 2005 interop

Do you need Windows server 2003 for SQL 2005 Reporting services? Yes for Server components, and Windows XP for workstation components. Basically for developement and testing purpose XP should be an ideal bet. You do get a designer after all :)

Check this blog for questions surrounding differences between SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 reporting services: http://blogs.msdn.com/bimusings/archive/2005/12/13/503110.aspx

Back after a break...

Oh! my god... break again...this time it was a long one! :O No excuse! but it was really a very hectic schedule in more than one ways... but its time to get back to work.


I recently attended 2 day Microsoft Tech Ed session in Mumbai, India... overall good one. Spoke lot about their new products and dozen more which could not make sense to me.,. i am lil dumb may be :)

Anyways what interested me was WinFX track which i attended last day... the presenter spoke lot on WPF, WWF and WCF.

List of new products outlined:
Windows Vista
Windows WorkFlow - not sure if it will be called as .net Framework 3.0
BizTalk 2006
Sharepoint 2007
C# 3.0 / VB 9.0 (not sure when it is going to be released, but plans)
New version of Visual Studio guess code named Orcass
LINQ
Ofcourse along with VS 2005, SQL 2005 and VSTS coming off the market !!!

btw, Did you check the Internet Explorer 7.0 beta copy?
Check this ... http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

Cheers - D

ahhhhhhhhhh! long time, i have been missing... my fault...but i will try to be much over this henceforth.

hmmm, so check this Microsoft Certified Architect Program that identifies top industry experts in IT Architecture. These architects can employ multiple technologies to solve business problems and provide business metrics and measurements to describe the success or failure of the projects they drive. The program is currently in beta, and is expected to open to the architect community in early 2006.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/architect/default.asp

Also, "Explore the latest posts from architecture bloggers as well...."

http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture/shareideas/architectureblog/default.aspx

Cheers - D

Download Free C# Code Snippet Libraries - MSDN

Get the full set of Visual Studio 2005 C# Code Snippets for to have reusable, task-oriented blocks of code you can easily paste into your development projects.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/codesnippets/default.aspx

Migration from VB6 to .net 2.0 migration...

Getting started on Migration from VB6 to .net 2.0 migration...

http://searchvb.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid8_gci1159643,00.html?bucket=NEWS

COBOL on .Net 2.0 ?

Interested in LOB - > COBOL on .Net 2.0 ?

1. Fujitsu has made a lot of money in this area - http://www.netcobol.com/products/windows/netcobol.html
2. Microfocus is other main player in this space. Their product now also produces MSIL similar to Fujitsu.

Cheers - D

Interesting Webcasts on migration to .net 2.0...

Interesting Webcasts on migration to .net 2.0... have a peek:
MSDN Webcast: A First Look at ASP.NET 2.0
MSDN Webcast: Working with New Data-Enabled Controls in ASP.NET 2.0
MSDN Architecture Webcast: Customizing Appearance in ASP.NET 2.0 (Level 200)
MSDN Webcast: patterns & practices Guidelines to ASP.NET Security (Level 200)

Sorry, was away on training last week...and the net access over in the training room was not to mention (4 kbps). My modem access is 10 times faster than this... :)
Anyways this week is marked as "Migration week" ... ( moving to > .net .20)

This is the a good start by MS to kick start migration activites:
Upgrading from ASP.NET 1.x

Happy Migrating - DJ :)

Next Business pie... Migration projects

Let us start speaking here business... from where do you think we can generate business from this .net 2.0. I see a big pie coming from migration projects.
Migration from VB DNA to .net 2.0 or .net 1.1 to 2.0 (slim chances, i just spent millions developing the app on .net 1.1... and now .net 2.0..ghosh! :) Anyways few enhancements or side by side churning of the pages in asp.net 1.1 and asp.net 2.0 !

Not only Migration from MS technologies, but we must target other areas... such as java to .net 2, Forte to .net 2, .net - SAP, .net - Peoplesoft integration and more.

Let's start the ball rolling and generate few dollars ya... i am tierd :-P
-DJ

"Mendocino" - Microsoft / SAP alliance focusing on the implementation and integration of Microsoft and SAP technologies...

Microsoft / SAP alliance centre which is focusing on the implementation and integration of Microsoft and SAP technologies...
Check this:-
http://www.microsoft-sap.com/technology.aspx

Mendocino press release from SAP:-
http://www.sap.com/company/press/press.epx?pressID=4520

A framework to build rich Web apps on top of ASP.NET 2.0, "Atlas" First Look... Great video

ASP.NET "Atlas" First Look... Great video here...

Nikhil Kothari provides a brief overview of ASP.NET "Atlas", a framework to build rich Web apps on top of ASP.NET 2.0. The demo shows an app that uses the new server controls from the December CTP to incrementally enrich standard ASP.NET pages and an app that shows client-centric app development.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20060119AtlasNK/manifest.xml

Need Converting a Data-Oriented Application from VB 6 to VB 2005" - Series Part 1-3

Need Converting a Data-Oriented Application from VB 6 to VB 2005" Check this Series out Part 1 to 3...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/adotonet.asp

Some excellent LINQ bloggers!

Updated VB 9.0 (LINQ + XML) preview out!
http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2006/02/06/11119.aspx

Updates to the XML integration syntax http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2006/02/22/11276.aspx

The Developer Division Lame List
http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2006/02/15/11225.aspx

Just because it comes in your size, doesn't mean you should wear it.
http://www.panopticoncentral.net/archive/2006/02/13/11146.aspx

Check Out the New LINQ Preview from the Visual Basic Team VB 9.0

The January tech preview of Visual Basic support for LINQ is now available for download! This is an additive release to the one that came out in the PDC timeframe. It expands the XML integration in both the language and IDE, provides some editor features for the LINQ syntax, and enables DLinq for Visual Basic.

Future VB9.0:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/Future/default.aspx

Download Visual Basic 9.0 LINQ Technology Preview: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/Future/default.aspx

XLING Overview:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/VBasic/Future/XLinq%20Overview.doc

User Interface Controls in Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic 2005

Need to convert VB 6 UI controls to VB 2005. Check this article on msdn by Bill Sempf. Very useful when you think of migrating projects from VB to VB.net 2.0.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/UIConVB6and05.asp

Simplify Development With The Declarative Model Of Windows Workflow Foundation

Simplify Development With The Declarative Model Of Windows Workflow Foundation

This article discusses:

• Windows Workflow Foundation
• What's inside a workflow Compo
• site activities and execution
• Context and state management

https://www.sdmediagroup.com/msdnmag/sub/msdnmagback.htm

Podcasts revolution...

Listen to these *podcasts* on your iPOD, MP3 player, mobile phones...

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=34

Visual Studio Add-In that "Converts C# Code To Visual Basic"

A Visual Studio Add-In That Converts C# Code To Visual Basic
Paste As Visual Basic
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/02/PasteAs/default.aspx

Great... is it? - DJ

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0...try it (over 90 days of trial version)

If i have 8 hours to cut a tree.... i would rather spend 6 hrs sharpening my axe :)

Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0

Highlights:
•Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0: New version of Microsoft Great Plains empowers your people
•Special offer: Save up to 61% and nurture bigger business on a small budget
•Customer video: Orange County Choppers leaves data-management headaches in the dust

Using Microsoft Dynamics GP
•Microsoft Dynamics training
•Technical information and white papers

About the Product:
•Product overview
•Customer stories
•Demos
•Fact sheets

Is .NET 2.0 Gridview more powerful?

Is Data grid obsolete... There's a New Grid in Town...GridView!

Read this article, http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/08/GridView/ it discusses:

• The ASP.NET 2.0 GridView, FormView, and DetailsView
• Differences between the DataGrid and the GridView
• The programming interfaces of these controls
• How to achieve master/detail views

Happy Programming!

.NET reverse engineering tools

Interested in finding out whats in a DLL, when you just have a .net DLL and NO source code...

Try Lutz Roeder’s .NET Reflector:

http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

OR
http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone28/cat754/19049.htm for .net reverse engineering.
Cheers - D