Visual Studio Data
Building business applications with Visual Studio
Which comes first, the database or the application UI? (by yag)
Interesting blog post and comments at Kent Tegels site. It discusses whether you should focus on the...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/16/2004
It's way too late to get some sleep (by yag)
It's 3:51am, and I just finished packing for my flight to Orlando. I'll be at VS Connections next...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/16/2004
Reports tip for beta and soon-to-be beta users (by John Koziol)
A lot of the new reports UI is controlled by what's in the system variable _REPORTBUILDER. Wanna...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/16/2004
Architecture Journal (by yag)
Thanks to a tip on Channel 9, I've found out about the Microsoft Architecture Journal. Note that to...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/14/2004
Silliness (by yag)
Sometimes you just get things that tickle your funny bone... A video of a dog on a skateboard. Leads...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/14/2004
A shout out to Julia (by yag)
Julia posted about Maryam today. Just wanted to say “ditto”. It was a great dinner - and...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/14/2004
AS/400 Data Provider for .NET (by yag)
Just catching up on my newsgator folders and saw that there's a beta download of an AS/400 Data...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/13/2004
Channel 9 news exclusive on msdn.com (by Ken Levy)
Alan Griver (yag) and I were interviewed together for the new Channel 9 video weblog on...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/12/2004
New XML and VS 2005 DevCenters on msdn.com (by Ken Levy)
There are two new DevCenters on msdn.com, the Visual Studio 2005 Developer Center and the XML...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/12/2004
More travelling: Prague VFP Conference and Tech Ed Europe (by yag)
Hey there - just confirmed my flights for two conferences in Europe: The Prague VFP Conference -...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/09/2004
FoxTalk 2.0 (by John Koziol)
Got a little sneak preview of the phoenix of FoxTalk. Looks really good. David Stevenson is now...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/08/2004
Phone Number Word Games part 2 (by CalvinH)
As I said before in this blog, I have an optimized version of a program to solve a programming...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/05/2004
MVP Summit pics (by yag)
I couldn't resist - so I figured I'd post a few of my pictures from today... Scoble proving he's a...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/05/2004
The MVP Summit kicks off (by John Koziol)
Today the MVP Summit was launched here in Seattle. Hundreds, probably over a thousand, MVPs from...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/05/2004
Amen, my brother... (by yag)
From Don's blog today: I spent most of the last decade honing my ability to absorb complexity and...
Author: vsdata Date: 04/01/2004
Thanks a lot, Roy (by yag)
Roy Osherove just posted a blog entry about database projects. He ends his entry with “Very...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/31/2004
Word games with phone numbers: 1-800-RESULTS (by CalvinH)
My boss forwarded me this blog which is a programming puzzle challenge: given a phone number, try to...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/31/2004
Having problems with your VS 2005 Community Tech Preview? (by yag)
Rick Strahl had some problems with his Tech Preview - it killed ASP.NET and the IIS Management...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/30/2004
Too much time on his hands... (by yag)
I just came across this - and had to post it. Some things just tickle that geek funny bone - y'know?...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/30/2004
Experience-rated development (by John Koziol)
Before Microsoft made the mistake of actually hiring me (heh), I worked as a vendor to the company...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/29/2004
Late night thoughts on customer care (by yag)
Before I came to Microsoft, I ran a consulting firm called Flash Creative Management with my...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/28/2004
VS 2005 Community Tech Preview (by yag)
As Robert Green notes on his blog, the first Tech Preview for VS 2005 was given out this week at...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/24/2004
VFP user group follow up (by yag)
Just wanted to say thanks to the great folks at BAADD and the South Bay Visual Foxpro User Group for...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/20/2004
Solving a customer problem (by Calvinh)
VFP hosting ActiveX control made with Visual Studio 2003 on Win98 The other day, one of our support...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/18/2004
A volcanic community eruption (by Ken Levy)
To add to what yag says in his entry below about community. Ricardo Wenger can also be listed among...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/17/2004
Community, community, community - or one reason I love working here (by yag)
Just wanted to point to an awesome post by Josh (yo, Josh – it’s Alan or Yair or yag,...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/16/2004
Preparing SQL Statements (by yag)
I was involved in an email thread this week about optimization and a discussion of the ability to...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/16/2004
More On VFP and Windows XP XP2 NX ... Samples and What-not (by John Koziol)
For background information, please refer to my prior post on this topic. Also, there's an excellent...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/15/2004
Creating Tablet PC Applications with Visual FoxPro (by Mike Stewart)
Learn how to use the Tablet PC Platform SDK to capture digital ink, recognize handwriting in Visual...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/12/2004
"Getting Things Done" blog (by yag)
A while ago, I wrote about the David Allen seminar “Getting Things Done” that I took...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/11/2004
API usability (by yag)
Earlier I mentioned that Paul Vick is on a Roll. I’ve gotta say that Steven Clarke rocks....
Author: vsdata Date: 03/10/2004
Explaining the MSDE Workload Governor (by yag)
Here's another useful thing for you MSDE users. People are often confused by the workload governor...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/10/2004
Working on the VFP 9.0 product box (by Ken Levy)
I've been in meetings and on email threads this past week kicking off the process within Microsoft...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/09/2004
Visual FoxPro and Windows XP SP2 (by John Koziol)
There have been some questions in the VFP community about what issues there are with Visual FoxPro...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/09/2004
March letter on MSDN VFP web site (by Ken Levy)
OK, here is my first blog entry on the new VS Data weblog. Entering my first blog entry reminds me...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/08/2004
Newsgator addons rock! (by yag)
Like many others, I use Newsgator as my news aggregator – allowing me to use Outlook for all...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/08/2004
VFP9 SQL Enhancements (by yag)
I was reading the Universal Thread (one of the many great 3rd party sites I go through every week)...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/07/2004
Light weight SQL Server/MSDE administrator (by yag)
I realized I forgot to post this when we started the blog... The SQL Server Web Data Administrator...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/07/2004
Paul Vick's book is here! (by yag)
Paul Vick's book The Visual Basic .NET Programming Language is available from online sources, and...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/07/2004
Keeping your inbox empty (by yag)
Scoble asks “how do you deal with a huge amount of mail”? Like him, I took David Allen's...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/05/2004
The Future of Data Modeling in VS & SQL Server! (by Tim Laverty)
Michael Raheem (from the SQL Server Group) and I just posted a survey in regards to data modeling to...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/04/2004
ASP.NET Security (by yag)
Julia Lerman is posting a bunch of messages on security. She's an old friend, and yes, Julia, I...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/04/2004
Douglas Adams (by yag)
Darien posted an article about Douglas Adams and his Hitchhiker’s Guide series today and it...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/03/2004
Calvin, Monkeys, Tolstoy and Shakespeare (by yag)
Calvin Hsia is the lead developer on Visual FoxPro and is always coming up with interesting bits of...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/03/2004
Paul Vick is on a roll... (by yag)
Paul has another great post that discusses the decision making process when designing a language. In...
Author: vsdata Date: 03/01/2004
My favorite thing about Yukon (by yag)
So, I’m at SeaTac Airport and I have my PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server)...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/27/2004
Wow, my first blog entry.... by Lance Delano
... and, I come crashing into the present with my first Blog. I'm Lance Delano a program manager for...
Author: vsdata Date: 02/27/2004