Even though the Dutch Microsoft DevDays are still ahead of us, here’s a chance to look even further at TechEd Europe 2009. This year, it will be hosted in Berlin. But what is more surprising is the change back to[…]
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Working around “Cannot create an object of type ‘System.Boolean’ from its string representation”
In ASP.NET Web Forms most times there’s a need to set ASP.NET Server Control properties at runtime. This, for instance: <asp:Button runat="server" id="Button1" visible="true" /> It is pretty straightforward to set the value of the visible-property in a code-behind page,[…]
Read moreSharepoint Designer 2007 free download
Yes, that’s right. If you are working with Sharepoint, you can download the designer for free. Here’s where you can donwload it: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=baa3ad86-bfc1-4bd4-9812-d9e710d44f42
Read moreRenewed as an MVP
For some reason, the e-mail took a detour, but I got it (thanks Gerard): “Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their[…]
Read moreASP.NET MVC 1.0 Final Release
I will certainly not be the first, nor the last, but here it is. ASP.NET MVC 1.0 final version is released. Download ASP.NET MVC 1.0 here.
Read moreJavascript compressing and more
Guillermo writes about a website that can compress javascript files. It does a really good job, but when I downloaded the result, it was unreadable. O="functioresultarkervar conercatch( windowoundstionif(atTemp uetails r){}eh Would a browser still understand what to do? Well,[…]
Read moreMigration to BlogEngine.NET
It was about time I migrated my weblog, based on .Text version 0.95 to a more modern blogging platform. As you will probably know, the codebase of .Text was integrated to Community Server ages ago. I doubt whether much of[…]
Read moreSorting generic lists; can it be done with less code?
Trying to find a method to sort a generic list, I found this solution. While this seems like an elegant solution, I found it a bit much code for my purpose. I only wanted to sort a list with objects that[…]
Read moreEnterprise Administrator certification
This came in my mail this morning: “Congratulations on earning your Enterprise Administrator certification! We hope you enjoy the benefits of your certification and of membership in the Microsoft Certified Professional community.” Last Wednesday was my final exam: “70-647 PRO:[…]
Read moreVisual Basic losing interest?
An interesting tool from Google allows you to display the trend of search terms over time. Out of curiosity, I looked at the popularity of the terms “visual basic” and “c#”. It doesn’t look too good for VB. (Red line[…]
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