My Rants and Raves
I have been a fan of Typed DataSets since the PDC Beta of .NET. I’ve been asked to detail my recent criticism of Table Adapters in the .NET 2.0 Typed DataSets. Here are the points that I am most concerned with:
I was having a chat with David Sceppa about TableAdapters recently when he mentioned that in the final VS 2005 bits, the TableAdapters will use timestamp fields for concurrency. I told him flatly I didn't think it worked, but I was wrong. If you create a Table in a Typed DataSet in VS 2005 and include the timestamp field in the select statement, it will use the timestamp field for concurrency. Awesome!
Url: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/system...
Url: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/...
Url: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/press/2006/0605-sprin...
Url: http://news.com.com/Vista+beta+sucks+up+battery...
I have built a test-vista machine to do some WinFX stuff on and it got me wondering...why do I need to run the WinFX runtime installation on Vista? Isn't this supposed to be pre-installed? Aren't some built-in Vista apps already using WinFX? I am so confused. Anyone know?
Url: http://slashdot.org/articles/06/05/01/1549234.s...
Url: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12921149/
Url: http://blogs.msdn.com/winfs/archive/2006/05/22/...
I've been scratching my head at the ASP.NET 2.0 TreeView control. This control is meant to show a tree of items and each item can have a link to it. For example, this is what I use for my menu on the left of the page.
Url: http://wilderminds.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/internetready.zip
Url: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx...
Url: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735622779/ref...
Url: http://www.atlantacsharp.org/NextMeeting.aspx
I've been using ActiveWin.com (and their XBox companion site) for years to get new information about Microsoft on a daily basis, but their draconian use of pop-unders on every page request has finally gotten the better of me. I am boycotting their site.
Url: http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?lnk=v&...
Url: http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default....
Url: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=...