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Download SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Sync for ADO.NET 1.0

Microsoft made available the Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 and Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 for Windows Desktop package on their download site.

SQL Server Compact 3.5 includes a host of new features including the following:

  • LINQ to SQL enabling developers to integrate data access directly into their code
  • Side-by-side installation together with SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (version 3.1)
  • Support for newer and more secure encryption algorithms
  • Additional timestamp (rowversion) data type
  • Enhanced support for Transact-SQL statements including:
    • Nested query in FROM clause
    • CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY
    • CAST and DECIMAL
    • SET IDENTITY INSERT
    • TOP
  • Synchronization Services for ADO.NET providing the ability to synchronize data from disparate sources over two-tier, N-tier, and service-based architectures
  • Support for System.Transactions

More information:

» Download Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 & Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.Net v1.0 for Windows Desktop

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  Posted by oVan on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments
.NET Framework 3.5 Poster

Here's a poster with the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces.

It contains most used items from LINQ, AJAX, REST, CardSpace, WPF, WF, WCF, CLR, WinForms, Web Services and ASP.NET. There are also visual keys for new items in .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, Compact Framework 3.5 and planned implementations for Silverlight 1.1.

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Download page with 3 formats of the poster

Direct link to the large XPS version of the poster

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, November 23, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 are here!
The Wait for Visual Studio 2008 is Over!

On Monday, Nov. 19, Microsoft announced that Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 were released to manufacturing (RTM). With more than 250 new features,Visual Studio 2008 includes significant enhancements in every edition, including Visual Studio Express and Visual Studio Team System. Developers of all levels – from hobbyists to enterprise development teams – now have a consistent, secure and reliable solution for developing applications for the latest platforms: the Web, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, the 2007 Office system, and beyond.

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  Posted by oVan on Monday, November 19, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments
Free Preview Handlers for Outlook 2007 and Vista
Both Windows Vista and Outlook 2007 offer you file previewing functions. Unfortunately, not all file types are handled and this Microsoft webpage simply mentions "Available File Previewers: Check back soon for updates. We are currently working with previewer developers to list previewers on this page."

Subjectively the most needed previewers are PDF-files and code files, simply because it still takes ages to load Adobe Acrobat Reader, or Visual Studio 2005 respectively.

Here are two free PDF-previewers:
You can read more blog posts about these great tools here, here, here and here.

And here's the free Code Preview Handler from Tim Heuer:
To finish this post, here's a link to the post about the preview handler article by Stephen Toub from MSDN Magazine. You can also download his free utility directly here:

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  Posted by oVan on Thursday, April 05, 2007 | PermaLink | 0 comments
CSS compatibility changes in IE7
Another interesting list in MSDN to read and store in your favorites: CSS Compatibility in Internet Explorer 7

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, November 24, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 comments
FIX: Windows Vista has no DHTML Edit Control!
I just noticed this post on MSDN that explains how to proceed in Vista when you want to use the DHTML Edit Control (you know, the buggy wysiwyg html editor that a lot of programs and websites use).
On one hand, I'm very happy about this: it was buggy all along and seriously crippled because of security worries. On the other hand, a lot of these programs/sites will sooner or later need to be updated, because they won't work in Vista.
Luckily, you can download those missing components here: DHTML Editing Control Redistributable

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, November 24, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 comments
Windows Vista RTM available!
Windows Vista has appeared on MSDN & Technet as one big 2.5Gb DVD ISO file for x86 and another for x64 edition.
The product key will determine what version is installed. Currently the following keys are offered to MSDN subscribers:

  • Windows Vista Business

  • Windows Vista Home Basic

  • Windows Vista Home Premium

  • Windows Ultimate


Some subscribers of MSDN & Technet reported only some of these keys were available, but that's probably solved by now.

Let the hunt for driver updates begin...

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  Posted by oVan on Friday, November 17, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 comments
Office 2007 RTM: Installation Problems
Microsoft Office 2007 Professional has been released to manufacturing (RTM), and is available for MSDN and TechNet subscribers as of today.

When installing Office 2007, you may encounter the following problem:

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Setup Errors
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Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s):
The 2007 Microsoft Office system does not support upgrading from a prerelease version of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. You must first uninstall any prerelease versions of the 2007 Microsoft Office system products and associated technologies.
Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.

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OK
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According to the Installation Read Me page (the cd doesn't contain up to date information, only a link to this page at the Office website), this may be caused by the Office 2003 Web Components. Here's the explanation:

The Office 2003 Web Components feature installed with Office 2007 Beta2 causes the Office 2007 product to block its installation. Users should use Add Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel to Remove the Office 2003 Web Components, and then install the final Office 2007 product.


However, after uninstalling this product, you can still get the same error message. Googling further on the Microsoft website, I came across the following list on this page of programs that you should remove also:

  • 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS (Beta)

  • 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF (Beta)

  • 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as XPS (Beta)

  • Microsoft Expression Web Designer Beta 1

  • Microsoft Expression Web Designer CTP1

  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats (Beta 2 Technical Refresh)


The above list is not mentioned on the ReadMe page, so I doubt a lot of users will find this information. Hey, maybe we should just remove all programs? :-)

APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007

  • Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007

  • Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007

  • Microsoft Office Professional 2007

  • Microsoft Office Standard 2007

  • Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

  • Microsoft Office Basic 2007

  • Microsoft Office Groove 2007

  • Microsoft Office Access 2007

  • Microsoft Office Excel 2007

  • Microsoft Office OneNote 2007

  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

  • Microsoft Office Publisher 2007

  • Microsoft Office Word 2007

  • Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007

  • Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007

  • Microsoft Office Project Standard 2007

  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007

  • Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007


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  Posted by oVan on Monday, November 13, 2006 | PermaLink | 0 comments
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