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January 2006 - Posts

How to create a simple code snippet for VS2005.

At its simpliest form a code snippet is nothing more than an xml file.  Here's a sample of the schema: <CodeSnippets xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet"> <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0"> Read More
posted Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:26 PM by bcorazza | 0 Comments
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VS 2005 Default Code Snippets

Here's a great list of the code snippets that come out of the box for VS2005. After typing in the shortcut then hit tab to let the snippet execute. #if Creates a #if directive and a #endif directive. Anywhere. #region Creates a #region Read More
posted Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:57 PM by bcorazza | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Expression Designer CTP Released.

A good friend on mine actually got me interested in this type of software recently so I've been keeping a pulse on it from time to time and it was announced today that the Microsoft Expression Designer January CTP was released.  This is the first Read More
posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:31 PM by bcorazza | 0 Comments

New Windows WorkFlow Foundation Webcasts (based on beta 2) coming soon... (like now...)

Paul Andrew (from the Windows WorkFlow Foundation team at MS) is coming out with round two of WorkFlow webcasts.  The first set was released in late September 2005 at PDC, and they were amazing is showing us the nuances of WF and what we can do with Read More
posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:01 PM by bcorazza | 0 Comments

BizTalk 2006 Interchange Processing (Recoverable that is...)

In testing out the new BizTalk 2006 feature of having Recoverable Interchange Processing I ran across settings in the pipeline component that also have to set up correctly in order for recoverable processing to work properly.  You'll get a compilation Read More
posted Monday, January 23, 2006 4:05 PM by bcorazza | 0 Comments
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Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0 Released

This just in.  The patterns and practices team just released Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0.  Get it here.  There are some significant changes to the overall architecture, you can reading about them here.  Download and enjoy.   Read More
posted Friday, January 20, 2006 11:17 AM by bcorazza | 0 Comments
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bye bye BizTalk, 2002 that is.

My BizTalk 2002 project is finally winding down and needless to stay I'm excited.  It was a very successful project but at the same time it was very frustrating to be tied down to old technology.  Our team spent weeks upon weeks developing solutions Read More
posted Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:30 AM by bcorazza | 0 Comments
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SQL Server 2005 Samples

If you're like me and LOVE samples and SDKs, MS just released this.  It contains about 100 samples to exploit the new features of SQL 2005. These samples cover everything from Analysis Services to Integration Services.  I think if you've Read More
posted Friday, January 06, 2006 4:04 PM by bcorazza | 0 Comments
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