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According to Early & Adopter You can actually attach a SQL Server 2005 database to VB 6. It looks like this:
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim cn As ADODB.Connection
Set cn = New Connection
cn.ConnectionString = “Provider=SQLNCLI.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;AttachDBFileName=” & App.Path & “\sales.mdf;Data Source=server1\sqlexpress”
cn.Open
Dim rs As Recordset
Set rs = New Recordset
rs.Open “Select * from monthlysales”, cn
Set MSHFlexGrid1.DataSource = […]

I like digital photography. This is useful information.
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Leading the development effort is Peter Golde, formerly a Lead Designer for the C# language. Peter is currently building the starting set of classes as well as incorporating ideas from the community into a set of collection classes to be made freely available to the public.
Building on Generics in .NET 2.0 the PowerCollections class library […]

Simplification of report xml.
New Fix Categories: Each message is marked to indicate if the suggested fix will constitute a breaking change for previously shipped code.
User Interface Improvements: windowing behavior has been made more consistent
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Flywheel provides a new, light weight approach to designing and developing software by directly visualizing source code from inside Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The direct, live linked tools provided by Flywheel enable designing, visualizing and refactoring of code without having to worry that an abstract model will get out of synchronization. By not placing […]

Mike Cohen has a great site for SCRUM and Agile Programming
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1. Generics
2. Nullable Types
3. Iterators
4. Partial types
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Client Callbacks is a new feature in ASP.NET Whidbey(2.0). It allows calling server side events asynchronously, without causing postback. It is possible to do asynchronous call using XMLHttp Post in ASP.NET 1.0 itself, but now in ASP.NET 2.0 a clean framework is available to do this. This article describes how Client Callbacks works […]

I’m totally digging Rocky’s perspective on some of the SOA hot air thats going around. Love it!
“…One key presupposition in this discussion is often than we’re talking about communication across service boundaries. The train of thought goes that Microsoft (at least the Indigo team) seems to indicate that the only cross-network communication we’ll ever […]

Ever since the days of DCOM and RPC people have been trying to make seperate machines “appear” as though they belong to the same memory space. Enlisting mulitple machines in the execution of a piece of code in a manner that blurs machine demarkations and location. That sort of thing. Web Services is a continuation […]

I keep seeing great stuff on Mike Gunderloy’s blog!
So here is a nice asp.net scheduler control developed by Jos Branders and posted on the The Code Project. It can handle calendar or gantt chart displays
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Speaking of The Code Project. One of the most popular controls in ASP.NET is still the popup form control […]

Via Mike Gunderloy: Some folks have reported problems with the default installation of SQL Server 2005’s October release. Here are some suggestions noted by Wally.
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Seems that these guys have had some good reviews for their Winform controls. These are basic controls like menu and tabbed strip. Coast about $190.00
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N/Direct is a site for developers seeking information or answers about interoperability between .NET managed code and native unmanaged code. The site was created by me, Mattias, initially to host an unofficial FAQ for the Microsoft .NET Interop newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.interop.
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Also via Mike Gunderloy:
This looks like it can easily evolve into one of those “must have” tools”. Ver very promising Sean. Thank you.
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Mike Gunderloy listed this cool tool. Its low priced / free and seems to have some nice features. I especially liked the automatic form filler. Haven’t tried it on anything but it looks good “on paper” . Seems to be an automated web tester with a few features.
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Scott Mitchell one of my favorite writers has this to say: ” As a user, is there anything more frustrating than spending several minutes entering or changing data into a form, only to have it not be saved for one reason or another? It’s annoying when it’s the software’s fault - such as the database […]

I’ve really enjoyed reading Rocky’s comments on SOA. His truggles to define whats what in a new paradigm so tremendously helpful in aiding my understanding of what the heck SOA is supposed to be in the first place.
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MSDN has a nice overview of the Web Parts Framework available to ASP.NET 2.0 (and sharepoint servers of course)
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