Daily Archives: April 2, 2004

VSNet2005 – Drag and drop a table onto a windows form

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I have not used drag and drop data features since I first started learning VB4, but I don’t mind doing it just to explore the features of the IDE, so even though the README says this

“Drag and drop from data source window onto a form is not very stable. “

I wanted to see how “not stable”. LOL – pretty “not stable”!  It gave me 164 errors. It’s just test bits and I don’t have a problem with that at all… but it was just funny to see. I had to stop playing though since Rich rented a DVD and that box is what we use as a DVD player to plug into the t.v.

Carefree install of VS2005 bits

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Well I ended up just dedicating my laptop to installing VS2005. It already had Whidbey PDC bits on it so I wasn’t planning on depending on it for anything else. I had to do a LOT of uninstalling first – VS.NET Whidbey, .NET Framework Whidbey, then the new install also forced me to uninstall .net 1.1, VS.net 2003, vs.net2003 help files. But after that, the install went just peachy. Sadly, I am not bringing my laptop with me to Seattle tomorrow, so I will play for a few hours tonight and then leave it for a week. My tiny little tablet is coming with me to Microsoft and I plan to bring reading materials – one novel – Scott Spencer’s new book (Scott is a “local” in Rhinebeck, NY where I used to live, so I thought it would be fun to read his latest) and one [JUST ONE] .NET book. Maybe I’ll bring the ADO.NET 2 book with me that is the current book for the .NET book club. Or maybe I’ll bring Paul Vick’s new VB book or – hmm that stack is VERY tall these days….

The INETA Volunteers

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Many of the people who volunteer for INETA have been doing it for a long time. As INETA grows, we are fortunate that our volunteer base grows.

For those of us who have been at it for a while, it has really become a part of our life. Many of the INETA volunteers spend time almost every day, sometimes hours, doing things related to INETA. Sometimes that is connecting with user group leaders (there are over 500 groups now) and helping them out with questions or problems. Other times it is helping to be sure that these leaders are well aware of great opportunities that are available to them and their members — whether it’s a booth to promote their group at DevDays (thanks to MSDN), the ability to drive the focus of a .NET Magazine publication through the INETA Choice program, or even have the Visual Basic or C# Team come right to their group to do a presentation.

The revision of the INETA website is a major undertaking that is being led by Devin Rader and his team is doing the work of a full time job during their own personal time as volunteers.

Whether it is someone coordinating flights and hotels for a speaker going to a user group, or a user group liaison giving a user group leader some advice on running their group, an academic committee member helping a student group find judges for their Imagine Cup events, it amazes me the amount of passion that everyone who is volunteering for INETA brings to the table. It amazes me every day.

InfoWorld on Longhorn Delay

Just Rambling

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/04/01/HNlonghornslip_1.html

Julia Lerman, an independent software developer in Fairfax, Vermont, said she does not expect the beta delay to affect her work. “In this early stage, the people who should be fiddling with Longhorn probably already have access to it and will continue to see pre-beta bits. I currently have so many things to learn and experiment with that Longhorn is a constant temptation that I have to set aside,” she said.

Unfortunately, the article author has only so much room for quotes, so he couldn’t add in that I had also said that it is worth the wait so that they can get current security issues worked out and that it will only be that much better of a product and a more stable and representative version of what Longhorn will be in the long run. Darn I wish he had been able to put “Burlington, VT” in there.