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Interesting discussion going on in the comments, although Brian Shapiro ends with: "i was also hoping for discussion in the posts i made but nobody has really touched them." Alas, I don't have an answer. I was also hoping for more of a discussion by people

Why are there 10 million instant messaging applications? MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Skype... Let me tell you, an instant message at its most basic form is a commodity. Trust me. There are special services layered on top, but at the base (the text) it's a commodity

The smallest MSBuild project, considering of course, the included assembly could be excluded: < Project > < Item Type ="Reference" Include ="$(lapi)\Microsoft. NET \Framework\v2.0.31113\System.MessageBus" Name ="System.MessageBus" /> <

I am sorry for the post to follow because I try to keep a very high signal to noise ratio on this blog, although I thought that some words were needed, that I had not yet seen in the blogosphere. Why must we taint Avalon by back porting it to XP? Obviously

This is a very simple solution to the odd bug where "New Folder" is not available in the context menu of Explorer. Click on Start, then Run. Type regedit, click on OK. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.Folder (not Folder but .Folder with a dot) Double-click on

Currently, if you attempt to use Indigo, you may quickly run into an error, warning that a library is missing, usually once you get into the System.Net.PeerToPeer namespace. Well, yesterday in a “Developing Mobile Applications in Longhorn”

System.Help So, they have been hard at work creating a task-oriented help system that is extensible and easy to understand. I guess it now time that we stop using our own system and partake in the fruits provided. Some clarifications from above should

ObjectSpaces The ObjectSpace technology, coupled with basic XML querying will eradicate current methods for database manipulation as we know them. At least, that is how I feel. In both statements, the back-end database remains essentially the same. It

A semi interesting UI control is the ContactPickerDialog: Longhorn is slated to have many standard UI controls like this that represent social aspects, like Contacts. Anyway, programming against the ContactPickerDialog is straight forward. ContactPickerDialog

This article will focus on the Real Time Communication stack that is present in Longhorn. We will implement an instant messaging application that allows two users to browse the internet and chat together. Further, an introduction to the managed web browser;

Ok, I've gone long enough. When I heard I was getting the PDC Bits I went out and bought a new computer, because I didn't want to mess with any of that Virtual PC stuff. The problem is, I did not upgrade the sound card; so all I have now is Dell Integrated

Ian Griffiths mentions how he overcame his Longhorn SDK help issues (script errors, slow to load). He changed his main drive from FAT32 to NTFS. I got all excited and thought maybe that is my problem too. I checked my drive and its already set to NTFS

Source Code can be found here Spell Checking is an extremely helpful utility. I have actually come to rely on it greatly, which in no way helps the problem (of me learning to spell the word correctly). Anyway, there is no turning back, and I like to know

Kent Tegels mentioned his admiration of Bert Sugar 's writing style. As an avid reader, this is the style I enjoy. Visual and casual; you really feel as if you are sitting in a diner with the writer and he is recalling an experience and passing on mental

Tonight while reading the Purple Cow book by Seth Godin , I ran into this text: Can you create a culture of aggressively prototyping new products and policies? When GM shows a concept car at the New York Auto Show, there's more than ego involved. They

The time has come. " An operating system of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth." - A PDC Attendant Join Developers for Longhorn in our grassroots campaign to move computing forward and push Microsoft into the

On startup of Visual Studio Whidbey Tech Preview I noticed tonight, that “Microsoft Venus” was listed as an “Installed Product“. The only mention I found of “Microsoft” and “Venus” on the internet was back

This sample is intended to show the “wow” effect for Avalon, and still maintain a sense of functionality. We will build a Task Manager in the most basic form, using many types of Animation –RotateTransform, TranslateTransform, and TransformDecorator

I've been reading Brent Rector's chapters/articles[1] on MSDN, but I was excited to see this entry on Kent Tegel's blog . He links to Brent Rector's WinFX MS Press book on BookPool . Discounted price and it comes in tangible paperbound form. Awesome.

I just found this thread started on AcademicLonghorn.com . Looks like a promising list so far. It'd be interesting to know what else works on the current build. Anyone using other software successfully that hasn't been listed? Still trying to get my sound