IE8 Beta2 - The RIA Slice (Silverlight WebSlice)

submitted by wisemx 4 hours, 38 minutes ago

blogs.msdn.com — The Internet Explorer Beta 2 was released yesterday introducing quite some new features about which you already probably read in one of the various like the IE8 Homepage or the announcement on the official IE Blog. However there may be a feature that isn't mentioned too often which is the fact that now with beta2 RIA technologies like Silverlight are also supported in the flyout of a WebSlice. This is something that wasn't available with Beta1. And since it is not as obvious to integrate a Silverlight portion into a WebSlice I will give you a littel walkthrough on how to do that. First of all I want to introduce you to the concept of the different sources from which a WebSlice can retrieve its information. To understand that we first need to differentiate between the two main components of a slice which is the button in the favorites Bar on the one hand. read more...

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Express Yourself (2008 Express Product updates)

submitted by wisemx 1 day, 20 hours ago

blogs.msdn.com — I am interested in the Express version of our developer products for a couple of reasons: 1. These products provide a gateway to Microsoft developer technologies for free 2. SmartCare (the project that I personally volunteer for in Zambia) uses SQLExpress 3. These products are really lightweight and will install and run on older and/or more lightweight developer machines read more...

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XamlPadX 4.0

submitted by wisemx 2 days, 23 hours ago

blogs.msdn.com — So I finally got a chance to update XamlpadX and heres the new version. Whats new. The UI has been revamped to give the Blend sorta look. Menus have been rearranged to maximize the space. New addins: Clipboard viewer - which works well for analyzing rtf/xaml ... Path Designer/Jasema (thanks to Marlon) Snapshot utility to take snapshots and save the xaml rendering Syntax highlighting and collapsing (thanks to the editor control from SharpDevelop project) Error logs - left bottom corner has a link to the stack trace when there is an error Error light - editor has a red/green box at the bottom right corner Bug fixes/code restructuring read more...

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sqlexpress FAQ: Switching between SQL Server 2008 editions

submitted by wisemx 3 days, 21 hours ago

weblogs.asp.net — Switching between SQL Server 2008 editions There is an extra step that you need to take when upgrading from one edition of SQL Server 2008 to another, for example when upgrading from Express to Express with Tools. This extra step is called Edition Upgrade (sometimes SKU Upgrade) and the net result is that you have to run the install wizard twice when upgrading an existing instance to a different edition. Why did we do it? http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2008/08/24/faq-switching-between-sql-server-2008-edtions.aspx read more...

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Cutting Shapes in Expression Blend

submitted by wisemx 4 days ago

electricbeach.org — Somebody asked the other day how one can cut a shape in Blend. Blend doesn’t currently have a scissor tool, but Blend has a set of geometric operations that can be used for this. Suppose we have a shape like this: read more...

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SQL SERVER - Fix : Error : 40 - could not open a connection to SQL

submitted by wisemx 4 days ago

blog.sqlauthority.com — Everyday I get lots of question regarding error : An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server when connecting to SQL server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under default settings SQL server does not allow remote connection. ( provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - could not open a connection to SQL server. ) This error happens due to many reasons. There are few solutions already given on my original threads.I encourage to read following two articles first and see if you can find your solution. If you can not find any solution from here, I suggest to read additional suggestions listed below in ticket. read more...

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SQL Server 2008: Does my database contain Enterprise-only features?

submitted by wisemx 4 days ago

sqlskills.com — Moving databases around is pretty common, as is moving databases between servers running different Editions of SQL Server, especially during a disaster recovery situation. You may not know this, but in SQL Server 2005, if you had partitioning anywhere in a database, you could only attach/restore that database using an Enterprise or Developer instance. I say 'you may not know this' because partitioning isn't really widely used (from what I can gather from talking to customers). The upshot of this is that SQL Server 2005 will refuse to attach/restore a database with partitioning in - even if you're in a disaster recovery situation and the only server you have available has Standard Edition. In SQL Server 2008, a lot more people are going to bump into this issue. The list of features that are Enterprise only, and will prevent attach/restore using a lower edition has expanded to include 3 new features that WILL be much more commonly used than partitioning. The four features that are in this category are: Data compression Partitioning Transparent data encryption Change data capture read more...

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Expression Media Windows Scripting Guide available for download

submitted by wisemx 5 days, 22 hours ago

blogs.msdn.com — Hello everyone, I'm pleased to be able to tell you that the updated Windows Scripting guide is now available on http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C0845865-B7C3-4DD5-B549-45A8B6F7E8F9&displaylang=en There is no comparable guide for Macintosh, but one is not generally needed. On the Mac, you can open the script library for Expression Media inside the Script Editor, and that will give you the appropriate objects and methods. Thanks, Anita Oakley Microsoft Expression Media Support read more...

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