6/13/2009 9:12 PM in Blog by Dana 2 Comments

John Papa - Ado.Net Data Services 6/17/2009 6:30:00 PM 6/17/2009 8:00:00 PM About John Papa is a Microsoft C# MVP , INETA speaker , member of the WPF and Silverlight Insiders, consultant, speaker, author, and trainer for ASPSOFT who specializes in professional application development with Microsoft technologies...

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5/23/2009 3:30 PM in Blog by Dana 6 Comments

I upgraded my laptop the other day to use Windows 7 RC. I am really liking the speed improvements and the windows virtual pc that it comes with. Dont forget to enable virtualization on your microprocessor in your computer's bios settings if you want to use windows virtual pc. The other day after the...

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3/26/2009 3:10 PM in Blog by Dana 9 Comments

I got email today asking me how to get the device ID from a pocket pc with vb Imports System.Text Public Class Form1 <System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("coredll.dll")> _ Private Shared Function GetDeviceUniqueID(ByVal appdata As Byte(), ByVal cbApplictionData As Integer, ByVal...

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3/25/2009 12:35 AM in Blog by Dana 7 Comments

The Patterns and Practices team has released VB versions of the Quick Starts, Hands on Labs, and How to Topics. You can download them here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=537da1cd-43e1-4799-88e7-a1da9166fb46...

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3/24/2009 3:18 PM in Blog by Dana 7 Comments

Microsoft released IE8 during Mix 2009.  Microsoft spent a lot of time making IE8 comply with the browser standards.  When you upgrade your browser to IE8 if you find the web site does not render right.  Do not worry there is a simple fix for this.    There is a tag you can place...

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2/25/2009 12:52 AM in Blog by Dana 8 Comments

Next Orlando DNN User Group meeting Speaker: Chris Hammond Topic: Scenario based usage of the new features in DotNetNuke 5.0 When: Thursday, March 5th @ 7:00-9:00 PM Where: ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Inc. Corporate Office Address: 8989 South Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32824 Live Map: http://maps.live...

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2/21/2009 2:28 AM in Blog by Dana 10 Comments

This week Microsoft Release an GDR to silverlight 2 which included some minor fixes. Here is a list of the main changes in the GDR (build 2.0.40115.0): Fixes problems that were caused by Silverlight and McAfee scanning tools interactions UI automation stability fixes, including: graceful failures when...

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1/25/2009 7:43 AM in Blog by Dana 7 Comments

MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow Wednesday, February 18, 2009 6:30 PM - Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:30 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Welcome Time: 6:00 PM Space Coast Credit Union Corporate Headquarters 8045 N. Wickham Road Melbourne Florida 32940 United States Session 1 – jQuery with ASP.NET - JQuery...

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1/12/2009 8:28 PM in Blog by Dana 7 Comments

REST which stands for Representational State Transfer is a way of sending data over the Internet without an additional message layer. Standard web services use soap for there message header. In this example we will create a service that uses the northwind database to send a list of the products for a...

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1/3/2009 5:36 AM in Blog by Dana 7 Comments

Speaker: Stan Schultes http://www.vbnetexpert.com/ Topic: DotNetNuke 5 Module Development When: Tuesday, January 6th @ 7:00-9:00 PM Where: ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Inc. Corporate Office Address: 8989 South Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32822 Description: Stan Schultes will begin with a quick technical...

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