Thom Robbins .NET Weblog
A blog of the technical and only sometimes uneventful side of programming in .NET and life within Microsoft
SharePoint for Developers Part 2
Ramp Up (www.MyRampUp.com) is a free online learning program for developers. We’ve just launched a...
Date: 03/09/2009
TechDays Virtual – Defy all Challenges
Helps spread the word and make sure to register! Event Date: April 1Event Cost: FreeEvent Location:...
Date: 03/08/2009
Announcing TechDays Defy All Challenges
One of the things that I always love about the technical world is our love of learning. Personally,...
Date: 01/22/2009
Free Virtualization e-book offer
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions will teach you about the benefits of the latest...
Date: 01/21/2009
Announcing the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 1.0
This is always something that I hear people ask for – The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a...
Date: 01/21/2009
Windows Live Messenger translation bot now available
Pretty cool idea for a messenger translation bot
Date: 12/17/2008
Introducing the Syndicated Client Experiences Starter Kit Beta & Reader Beta SDK!
This looks pretty cool – We are very excited to take the wraps off of our newest addition to .Net...
Date: 12/15/2008
A Quick Look at XML Literals
XML literals are new to Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic. Simply put they enable the...
Date: 12/08/2008
Tabbing within Visual Studio
Tabs are everywhere within Visual Studio. By default each time a new window is opened a new tab is...
Date: 12/03/2008
Selecting a Block of text
Regardless of the new framework features – copy and paste is still one of my favorites. One of my...
Date: 12/01/2008
Have you checked out Ramp Up?
Ramp Up has just launched a brand-new learning track today: SharePoint for Developers, Part I. This...
Date: 11/26/2008
Setting the startup form for a Windows Application
Question: I am new to building Windows forms’ applications and am writing my first application. It’s...
Date: 11/25/2008
Give us feedback on Silverlight 2
Via Brian Give us feedback on Silverlight 2 We’ve put together a short survey to help us improve our...
Date: 11/21/2008
A quick look at the lambda expression
The lambda expression is new to Visual Basic and Visual Studio 2008 and part of the new Linq...
Date: 11/21/2008
Got a few minutes for feedback?
Application installation and patching: https://survey.confirmit.com/wix/p761108781.aspx?htype=1 The...
Date: 11/19/2008
Create COOL implementations of Search API 2.0 Beta + Ads
In case you haven't seen this - During the keynote at PubCon in Las Vegas we announced “Project Silk...
Date: 11/18/2008
Windows Forms – Creating an access key
Question: I am new to Visual Basic and wanted to create an access key for my Windows Form...
Date: 11/18/2008
Taking on SQL 2008
Whether you are learning new features, increasing job performance and productivity or deepening your...
Date: 02/11/2008
Cool Site of the Day
Very cool site I just checked out at www.dotnetvideos.net. They have over 100+ videos under 10...
Date: 02/06/2008
TechEd US Registration Opens
Today, registration opens for Tech·Ed U.S 2008 at www.microsoft.com/teched. Tech·Ed is Microsoft’s...
Date: 01/22/2008
Ready for Visual Studio 2008?
Some great stuff to check out - Whether you are learning new features, improving expertise,...
Date: 01/11/2008
Don’t forget about the Office Developer’s Conference
LIVE DEMOS. REAL CODE. HOT NEW INFO. The 2008 Microsoft Office System Developer Conference February...
Date: 01/11/2008
Virtual Labs
Try Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 in a virtual lab and learn more about accessing relational data...
Date: 12/21/2007
AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft
Very cool – AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft is an open-source development tool aimed to bring the...
Date: 12/20/2007
Try Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 provides an industry-leading developer experience for Windows Vista,...
Date: 12/16/2007
Adding an InfoPath Editor Control to a Windows Form
One of the new features of InfoPath 2007 is the ability to integrate the InfoPath editor into...
Date: 12/13/2007
InfoPath: Accessing template file data
The XMLForm class of the InfoPath managed code objects model provides properties, methods and events...
Date: 12/12/2007
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training (Standalone Edition)
Interesting download – The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training Standalone Edition is...
Date: 12/10/2007
Creating an icon in the system tray
A standard part of many Windows forms applications is the system tray icon. Most commonly it is used...
Date: 12/05/2007
New Patterns & Practices Guides
Microsoft patterns & practices recently released the following two guides: patterns &...
Date: 11/30/2007
Architecture Journal Reader
A great download to check out - We're proud to announce a new offline experience for the Journal,...
Date: 11/28/2007
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit
The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs,...
Date: 11/26/2007
Announcing: The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster
Announcing: The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster. This very...
Date: 11/26/2007
2007 Office System Document: Developer Posters
Very cool posters I just ran across Developer Roadmap for the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Download...
Date: 11/26/2007
Presence Samples
I have been looking for some good example of using presence programmatically and ran across these...
Date: 11/05/2007
Seattle Code Camp
v3.0 - November 17 & 18, 2007 Check it out here What can I expect at the Seattle Code Camp? Two...
Date: 10/28/2007
Exploring SPS 2007 and Workflow
Nobody should argue that companies depend on the flow of information and documents. Often these...
Date: 09/13/2007
InfoPath 2007 and the Logic Inspector
It’s a double edged sword, InfoPath makes it easy to enter logic and rules that control your form...
Date: 09/06/2007
Looking to learn Windows Workflow Foundation
A nice offer by the AppDev folks: Get your free CD-ROM or download now... Get up to 3 hours of...
Date: 09/06/2007
Still have users with InfoPath 2003
While InfoPath 2007 has some great new features I am sure that you have users that still running...
Date: 09/05/2007
June CTP for Sandcastle
So I am a little late but if you haven’t taken a look at - Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style,...
Date: 09/04/2007
InfoPath 2007 and the Multi Select List Box
The Multiple Selection List box is a new control for InfoPath 2007. As the name implies this control...
Date: 09/04/2007
Importing an Excel Spreadsheet using InfoPath 2007 (Simple Example)
Not only does InfoPath 2007 allow you to import a Word document but also an Excel spreadsheet....
Date: 08/31/2007
Importing a Word Document using InfoPath 2007 (Simple Example)
InfoPath 2007 has a nice feature that allows the importing of Word documents. Many times you may...
Date: 08/30/2007
Security Benefits with Windows Vista
Thanks to everyone that attended the recent ILTA conference. As promised the PowerPoint deck for my...
Date: 08/30/2007
How To: Live Search 101
I have recently started playing with some of the Live Services available at https://dev.live.com....
Date: 08/29/2007
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0
Line and Shape controls, PrintForm component, and Printer Compatibility Library Microsoft Visual...
Date: 08/19/2007
Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit (Beta 3)
The Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit includes a set of hands-on-labs and presentations for...
Date: 07/23/2007