.NET Reporter -- Single Source for the Latest .NET Jobs and Info http://www.dotnetreporter.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:05:22 -0500 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/logo.jpg http://www.dotnetreporter.com Feed provided by .NET Reporter -- Single Source for the Latest .NET Jobs and Info. http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132194 A questioncame up in the EF forums today asking if the delayof SQL Server 2008's release will mean EF will be delayed.The two are not related.There is a misconception that Entity Framework is tied to SQL Server 2008. It's definitelynot. These are .NET APIs and will work with many database providers (whenthose providers are written).As far as I know, the official word on EF's release remains "1st half of 2008". Somethingtells me that won't be any time in January. [Image][Image] Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132197 [Image]Web Deployment Projects (WDP) for Visual Studio 2008 were released to the web (RTW) a couple of days ago. These didn't make the November ship date of VS2008, but were promised to follow shortly after release, and as promised, they're here! I haven't looked at the 2008 version yet - personally I use PyroBatchFTP + CC.NET + MSBuild to do my deployments - but I may have a look and reconsider my approach. ... Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132199 I love my 8820 ... I have had it for about a year and it replaced my 8700 which I also loved.  I was a little skeptical when I first got the 8820 because the beloved thumb wheel was gone and replaced by a track ball in the middle of the phone.  But it didn't take long before I was happily scrolling around the screen enjoyed the improved 4-way motion. :) Then one day moving to the left suddenly stopped working. ... Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132204 Since I use virtual images of TFS for some of the things I'm doing, thought I'd let you know that these virtual machines are available now on MSDN. The nice about these images is the preinstallation of Visual Studio Team System, and Team Foundation Server. I'd also wish for preinstall of at least the BI studio stuff for SQL Server 2008, but having the other parts already installed is great. Hey, these images are trials. ... Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132182 Summary ASP.NET 2005 introduced a pretty solid menu which is integrated with a configuration driven sitemap. The cool part is that the menu can be hooked in with your security roles, so you don't have to worry about hiding or showing menu options based on the user - the menu options are automatically kept in sync with what the user is allowed to see. We'll talk about how to set this up, using an example from a website I worked on recently. If you're familiar with ASP. ... Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132184 Inside a C# Program Main() and Command Line Arguments (C# Programming Guide) Types (C# Programming Guide) Arrays (C# Programming Guide) Strings (C# Programming Guide) Statements, Expressions, and Operators (C# Programming Guide) (Anonymous Functions, Lambda Expression, Anonymous Methods) Objects, Classes, and Structs (C# Programming Guide) Properties (C# Programming Guide) Indexers (C# Programming Guide) Delegates (C# Programming Guide) Events (C# Programming Guide) Generics (C# ... Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132195 The "C# 3.0 in a nutshell" book has some neat free extras that are worth mentioning for those who haven't already heard of (they have been released for long). Those are like must-have LINQ tools and helpers. ... Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132196 Note: This is ported from my old weblog. Originally published August 28, 2006 In the past to years, and even before, I used to get tons of SPAM of different types from my FRIENDS and members of yahoo groups I'm subscribed to. ... Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132198 I have written a proof of concept blog post about drag and drop with AJAX toolkit. In my second part I will take a look at the possibility's to store the new position. I earlier builds toolkit control supports direct storing in profile. That feature was dropped from toolkit. My goal is to use DragPanelextender and read and write panel position from profile store. So I use a Panel, DragPanelExtender and a Label as dragobject. ... Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.dotnetreporter.com/newsreader.php?newsid=132200 How do you track changes to data in your database? There are a variety of supported auditing methods for SQL Server, including comprehensive C2 security auditing, but what do you do if you're solving a business rather than a security problem, and you're interested in tracking the following kinds of information: What data has been updated recently Which tables have not been updated recently Who modified the price of Steeleye Stout to $20 / unit, and when did they do it? What was the unit ... Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500