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Please update your bookmarks, because the new url of this blog is http://khason.net/ (you have not update RSS feeds, it will be done automatically). Why I did it? Why I decided to go to “stand-alone”… Well. there are some reasons. Generally, I do not want to explain all those here, but trust me, there are some. The main reason is, that there is no responsible person in charge for this blog platform in Microsoft Israel. This why, if your blog is popular and you have a respect to your blog visitors...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-bidi-controls-library-rc0-and-movement-from-beta-2-to-rc0/ ] Finally, I got free minute to convert Silverlight BiDi controls from Silverlight beta 2 to RC0 (you can download SL rc0 tools for VS2008 here ) and as usual some breaking changes (the full list is here ) Calendar and DatePicker moved from System.Windows.Controls.Extended into System.Windows.Controls – Extended namespace...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/free-microsoft-expression-series-video-training-catalogs/ ] MSDN download center just published video catalogs, where you can find sample chapters of Total Training’s video series for Microsoft Expression studio. Worth to download and see. Here the breakdown by products Expression Blend 2 [ Windows / Mac ] Expression Encoder 2 [ Windows / Mac ] Expression Design 2 [ Windows / Mac ] Expression...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/net-35-sp1-is-rtm-and-available-for-download/ ] For all those who asked, .NET 3.5 SP1 is final and available for download. What’s inside? ASP.NET Dynamic data Core improvements for CLR A lot of performance improvements in WPF ClickOnce enhancements ADO.NET with Data Services and Entity Framework LINQ2SQL and Data Provider for SQL Server 2008, that was released last week WCF with easier...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/arabic-and-hebrew-languages-bidirectional-support-for-silverlight-20-beta-2/ ] Those days, I’m, together with guys from Microsoft Egypt and Santeon , finishing development of bidirectional input and output support for Silverlight. I want you to take part in alpha testing of this solution. Please see the test form here and try it. <noframes>Visit <a href...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/teched-preparation-session-other-announcements/ ] If you want to attend my preparations before TechEd , you’re invited to attend 27-Jul in Microsoft Ra’anana. What is preparation session? This is the training for myself. I’ll present all four session (each one is an hour + one hour rep.) This is your chance to hear live my TechEd South Africa sessions, without paying the fee (ZAR 4,500...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/printouts-of-the-slides-presented-on-silverlight-20-open-house-today/ ] Thank you all, who participated today in Silverlight 2.0 for building Rich Internet Applications event . I uploaded printouts of the slides, presented during the session here. So, you can download it for reference. I’m really interesting within your feedback ( leave comments ) in order for me to be able to enhance...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-20-for-building-rich-internet-applications-local-event-%e2%80%93-take-2/ ] As promised earlier , the next session of Silverlight 2.0 for building Rich Internet Applications will take place at 23 July, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM in ILDC. This is exactly the same session for those, who unable to attend tomorrow due to lack of place. Please, this time, try to register as soon as possible...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/please-do-not-ask-me-we-cannot-handle-more%e2%80%a6/ ] Monday next week, I’m making half day session about building rich internet applications with Silverlight 2.0 in ILDC. The registration is over a while ago , but during this week, I got very large amount of email, IMs and phones calls with appeal to attend. Sorry, we’re fully booked (currently about twice of available seats and it's...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/how-to-consume-wcf-or-webservice-from-vista-sidebar-gadget-by-using-silverlight/ ] The challenge today is really simple. All we have to do is to write Silverlight Vista Sidebar Gadget , that consumes either WCF , ASMX or REST based service. Really simple, isn’t it? Let’s start Build server side services We should start from services. This is very straight forward mission. Here...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/action-required-smart-client-users-group/ ] Recently I browsed INETA to seek for some group and was really surprising. There is no Smart Client user group registered there. Maybe there is a reason? Let’s understand what Smart Client is? According wikipedia , the term "Smart Client" is meant to refer to simultaneously capturing the benefits of a " thin client " (zero...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-20-for-building-rich-internet-applications-local-event/ ] If you are developing rich internet applications, web sites or just want to learn what’s new in Silverlight 2.0 , you are invited to attend local (Israel) Microsoft Event 30-June 8:30 AM- 12:30 PM in ILDC (new Microsoft R&D offices in Herzliya). I’ll speak about what is Silverlight 2.0 and what are differences...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/what%e2%80%99s-new-in-msdn-downloads/ ] Just look how many new releases those days in MSDN Download web site. Virtual PC 2007 SP1 – download and release notes Scriptomatic 2.0 - download (uses PowerShell 1.0) Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2 - download Office Live Update 1.1 - download .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 beta – download Visual Studio 2008 SP1 beta - download Microsoft Expression Blend 2...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/some-new-post-mix-downloads/ ] Today is download day at MSDN. There are some very interesting things published. New release of Windows SDK (new classes for WPF 3.5, bugs fixes, and enhanced support for Windows Server 2008, including speech, error reporting and UAC). Download it here . For more information, visit SDK blog Windows XP SP3 RC2 (it's not final release ), but if you want...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-20-beta-1-is-alive-how-to-use-it-now/ ] As you, probably, know, Silverlight 2.0 got "non-commercial" go-live and how you can start using it for real. But how to do it? Let try to understand. First of all, you have to remove all previous versions of Silverlight as well as remove Silverlight Alpha tools for Visual Studio. Then, install Runtime andm using chain installer...
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