Contents tagged with Smart Client
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Google, I Was Kidding... Honest!
Last year, I published a widely unread set of what I thought were humorous predictions for the technology world in 2007. One of those items titled "AJAX 2.0" stated that Google would create a technology that makes it possible for web applications to access the local resources on the user computer, thereby recreating ActiveX. This was an attempt at a joke aimed at the fervor with which the development industry jumped on the AJAX bandwagon after the technology had been around for years.
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The Sad State of Smart Clients
Well the year is officialy over now, or will be within a matter of hours and like a beaten candidate on election night it's also time for me to concede victory in my bet from last year to Rob and all of the other AJAX smitten developers of the world.
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Multithreading Demo Code from VSLive Dallas
I have placed the source code from my VSLive Dallas talk on Multhreading in Windows Forms on my corporate website. There are three solutions, each showing a different aspect of multithreading specific to Windows Forms. The first is called AsyncDemo and shows how to wrap a slow process in the .NET asynchronouse programming model. The second solution is BGWDemo and shows how you can use the BackgroundWorker component. The last demo is called TimerDemo and shows the difference between the three types of timers available. in the .NET Framework. This code is currently in C#, I'll try to get a VB version done as soon as I can.
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VSLive! Dallas November 14-17
It's been a pretty busy year for me in regards to speaking engagements. I just wrapped up a whirlwind tour speaking at back to back user group conferences, DevLink '06 in Nashville and the Tulsa TechFest in... well... Tulsa. Unfortunately for me I didn't think to check a globe before agreeing to the two conferences and so I had to break the land speed record getting from Nashville on Friday in time to speak in Tulsa on Saturday. But all went well, and everybody had a great time.
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Tech-Ed 06 Demo Code - Writing Outlook Add-ins using Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005
As promised, here is the source code for the demos I did during my breakout session OFC331 - Creating and Using Outlook Add-ins in Visual Studio Tools for OFfice 2005. There are two demos and each one shows different aspects of Outlook customization. The demos are written in VB.NET.
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Tech-Ed 2006 - A Very Busy Week Ahead
For the past four years I've enjoyed going to Tech-Ed, Microsoft's premiere technical education conference. This might have something to do with the first one I attended combining the fun and craziness of New Orleans with meeting people who would truly become some of my very best friends. This year however I'm not simply going to be wandering its halls looking for the next Don Box talk. This year, I've gotten involved up to my neck, and so next week is going to be a VERY busy week for me. Here are a few places you'll be able to find me.