All About Interop
Connecting .NET to just about anything else
Using Virtual PCs to Ship Evaluation Versions of Apps
Microsoft partners can ship preconfigured Virtual Hard drives (VHDs), containing Windows as well as...
Author: cheeso Date: 01/17/2007
More resources on Java and .NET Integration
Have you seen this? https://www.infoq.com/j+n/
Author: cheeso Date: 01/16/2007
Another Interop-focused blog
Ted Neward has resolved to focus his blogging on interop for 2007. Excellent! Worth checking out.
Author: cheeso Date: 01/15/2007
LINQ: the January CTP is out.
The January CTP for the next version of Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas" is now available. By CTP,...
Author: cheeso Date: 01/12/2007
The .NET 3.0 SDK is Different
And Now for Something Completely Different... Today I was doing some system maintenance and noticed...
Author: cheeso Date: 01/10/2007
Websphere and .NET Interoperability Redbook from IBM: Be Careful!
WebSphere and .NET Interoperability Redbook - be careful This Redbook from IBM, entitled "IBM...
Author: cheeso Date: 01/09/2007
Lessons learned using RSS with .NET 2.0: Simplicity and Speed
RSS, .NET 2.0, and Interop For many people, when they think of Interop with respect to .NET...
Author: cheeso Date: 01/08/2007
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista, Beta
Microsoft have released the Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista, Beta! What a...
Author: cheeso Date: 01/04/2007
Upgrading from VS2005 trial to a "real" license, without re-installation
Is there a way to upgrade an installation of a time limited trial of Visual Studio 2005 to a full...
Author: cheeso Date: 01/03/2007
Forrester recommendations on .NET and Java interop
I was looking through the online library at Microsoft and found this piece from John Rymer at...
Author: cheeso Date: 12/12/2006
Microsoft at Java IndicThreads
Last Friday, Microsoft participated in India’s first independent Java conference called, called Java...
Author: cheeso Date: 12/07/2006
Ballmer on Why Microsoft pursues Interoperability
I saw this on CNet this morning, an interview with Steve Ballmer of Microsoft and Ron Hovsepian of...
Author: cheeso Date: 11/08/2006
SQL Server 2005 SP2, November CTP - Interop with Oracle and Hyperion
ooooh, my my my. Everyone is awaiting SQL Server 2005 SP2, because SP2 is required to run SQL Server...
Author: cheeso Date: 11/07/2006
.NET 3.0 Runtime and SDK has shipped
Just in case you haven't seen this clearly spelled out in the 1 gazillion other .NET-related news...
Author: cheeso Date: 11/07/2006
Zip Library/Utility updated, works with JAR files now
I can't believe I didn't test this, but the Zip Library I built and posted a while ago was not...
Author: cheeso Date: 11/02/2006
FastCGI on IIS
Bill Staples of Microsoft blogged on the newly announced partnership between Zend and Microsoft, one...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/31/2006
Use Office 2003 XML Schema, no worries
In the past I've posted some articles [1, 2] about generating Office 2003 documents from a...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/31/2006
Peter Galli of eWeek on Microsoft and its work on Interop
Editorial excerpt of the Week. From an article mostly about Sender ID, a specification for e-mail...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/30/2006
XSDObjectGen ++ ?
If you model your data types in XSD, then maybe you have used xsd.exe, in the .NET Framework SDK. It...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/10/2006
Why Interop? Why would you want to connect Java and .NET?
Ted Neward has penned a column addressing Why organizations should be concerned with Java and .NET...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/06/2006
Does Java break on Windows Vista?
There was a forum discussion on javalobby that said, "Running Java on Vista Disabled Aero/Glass UI...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/04/2006
WordProcessingML doc creation in Java
A while back, the OpenXmlDeveloper.org website offered an example of how to create a...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/03/2006
What Interop Sessions would you like to see at JavaOne 2007?
Hey all you cats and kittens, the organizers of JavaOne 2007 at Sun are calling for proposals for...
Author: cheeso Date: 10/03/2006
Call Java from Excel Services? Yes you can!
This is an example of what is possible when web services is baked into the platform. Excel Services...
Author: cheeso Date: 09/28/2006
Server is up - Interop examples are again available
The server is now up. You should once again be able to get to https://dinoch.dyndns.org:7070 for the...
Author: cheeso Date: 09/11/2006
AXIS connects to Office 2007 Excel Services
Office 2007 introduces all sorts of new cool things. One of the things that has me most jazzed is...
Author: cheeso Date: 09/07/2006
Use Microsoft Word 2007 to write Blog Posts - and post to any server
This may be old news to some of you, but the beta of Office 2007 includes a new feature that lets...
Author: cheeso Date: 09/06/2006
Server is down - Interop Examples temporarily unavailable
The examples I hadrunning in https://dinoch.dyndns.org:7070 and https://dinoch.dyndns.org:8080 ,...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/24/2006
.NET integration with WebSphere Queues - Another Update
The IBM Message Service Client for .NET has been UpdatedPart of an ongoing series on JMS and .NET...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/22/2006
Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2003
Visual Studio 2003 SP1 Visual Studio 2005 has been available since November 2005, and I think it's a...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/21/2006
Better .NET interop with IBM CICS, DB2, AS/400, RPG
Better .NET interop with IBM CICS, DB2, AS/400, RPG For people interested in interop between .NET...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/18/2006
Using IBM DB2 v9 with .NET - Tutorial series from IBM
Check this out, a series of 4 tutorials from IBM describing how to use DB2 UDB v9, the new release...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/18/2006
Another Webcast - on Contract-First Design
Webcast on Contract-First design Popping my head up after having spent the past couple months...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/17/2006
Apache mod_rewrite for IIS (IIRF)
mod_rewrite for IIS [Update, 2008 June 18: Due to very strong interest, this rewriting filter was...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/16/2006
.NET and PHP on CodePlex
CodePlex is Microsoft's new community development site. One of the interesting projects there is...
Author: cheeso Date: 08/13/2006
Where is IBM Java 1.5 for Windows?
Where is IBM Java 1.5 for Windows? Where can I get IBM's Java 1.5? This is the oft-asked but rarely...
Author: cheeso Date: 06/20/2006
Customer Council on Interoperability
Bob Muglia is one of those execs inside Microsoft who really gets it. He is fundamental to making...
Author: cheeso Date: 06/14/2006
MTOM in WCF and WebSphere?
Someone asked how to send binary attachments between .NET and WebSphere. After much wailing and...
Author: cheeso Date: 06/14/2006
Using AXIS within WebSphere = no support from IBM
I did not realize this, but it stands to reason...IBM will not support the use of AXIS within...
Author: cheeso Date: 06/14/2006
Encouraging comments by Microsoft Exec on Open-source, and Interop
In the no-stuff-just-fluff department: Peter Galli of eWeek recently spoke with Bob Muglia, Senior...
Author: cheeso Date: 06/13/2006
WCF to IBM Mainframe CICS?
CICS Transaction Server, sometimes known as CTS and sometimes just called CICS, added support for...
Author: cheeso Date: 06/01/2006
Infocard and Interop with Java
Infocard and Interoperability Is Infocard Interoperable with Java? Channel9 has a new segment...
Author: cheeso Date: 05/23/2006
JavaOne 2006 - Interop Session (Web services and MainWin)
JavaOne2006 - Interop Session I went to a few sessions at JavaOne 2006. One was called Best...
Author: cheeso Date: 05/22/2006
New Skin = Archives
I updated the format of this blog to get the Archives list. Just picked a new skin in...
Author: cheeso Date: 05/19/2006
WSDL First Best for Interop, but... at what cost?
While doing my random walk I found this recent post by Aaron Skonnard. Good topical commentary...
Author: cheeso Date: 05/01/2006
Create OpenXml doc from within Java
https://openxmldeveloper.org/articles/JavaWordProcessingML.aspx
Author: cheeso Date: 04/17/2006
Port25 is also All About Interop
Sam Ramji reminded me that he and I need to talk about Port25, the new website Microsoft just...
Author: cheeso Date: 04/12/2006