Rob Chartier ~ Contemplation...

.NET, C#, Work, etc.

  • Portable Apps...

    Tags: CardSpaces, Infocard, Office, Portable, Vista

     I finally installed Vista Build 5472, an upgrade from Beta 2 which I had been running ever since it was released. During the time previous to this most recent upgrade I obviously installed all … more

  • Restart nag goes away in Vista...

    Tags: Vista

      In Windows XP once you install a patch/update via the typical Windows Update application it always nags you to reboot about once every 5 to 10 minutes.  It gets annoying when your right … more

  • Visual Basic 6 Pro & Vista Beta 2

    Tags: Vista, Visual Basic

    I recently gave a real quick presentation to an advanced ASP.NET course at BCIT regarding COM Interop and needed to throw together a quick COM object in VB6.  After the installation was fully … more

  • Atlas Update Panel, not updating!?

    Tags: Atlas

    I've recently been digging pretty deep into the most recent Atlas bits from Microsoft and so far so good.  Today we ran into a farily big snag with the Update Panel. We managed to get it fixed … more

  • InfoCard == Passport Version 2? == Doomed

    Tags: Infocard, Passport

    I recently attended the RealDevelopment 06 tour here in Vancouver and had the change to listen John Bristowe give us an overview of Microsoft’s big plans for the next client security model.  It’ … more

  • [UG] June 2006 Meetings for Vancouver

    Tags: Community News

    .NET BC:   Next meeting: "SQL Querying Tips & Techniques" by Richard Campbell   Date and Time: Wednesday, June 21 2006, 7:00 PM [Welcome Time: 6:30 PM]    Location: Building … more

  • Wilco & IronRuby

    Wilco Bauwer has announced a preview version of his slant on Ruby and the .NET Framework.  He focused on CLR integration and not porting the Ruby base class library over. A great start!   more

  • Got CodePlex?

    Maybe its just the bad taste I have in my mouth with GotDotNet that is slanting my view.... Call me a cynic but I just dont get the idea of CodePlex.com.  Microsoft has never played nice with … more