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[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/xna-game-studio-30-ctp-is-now-available/ ] Do you want to build XNA games for Zune? Do you want to do in from Visual Studio 2008, rather, then from Visual Studio 2005? Download new technology preview of XNA Game Studio. Currently you cannot build games for XBox with XNA GS 3.0 – only for Zune and PC? What does it mean? Actually nothing, but worth a try. Also, you can see in my blog what...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/just-in-case-%e2%80%93-shutdownexe-with-rich-user-experience-it-has-it-for-real/ ] If you love command line applications, skip this post. Did you know, that simple base program, named “shutdown.exe” has it’s own UI? This application allows you to restart you (or neightbor’s) computer by using different command line switches. One of those switches is –i. So, if you do not like command...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/localization-fix-for-sap-es-explorer-for-visual-studio/ ] A couple of days ago, new great product [PDF] was released by SAP together with Microsoft . It named SAP Enterprise Services Explorer for Microsoft .NET (you can download sneak preview for free). It come to exchange SAP.NET Connector and enables to use SAP Enterprise Services as regular Web references or WCF services. This product...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/deep-zoom-composer-for-download/ ] One of best technologies, presented at Mix'08 was HardRock Memorabilia . It uses technology, previously named Seadragon to adapt image resolution and size to what you're currently viewing. It montages number of images in different resolutions and then dispatches them upon your request. Take a look into Silverlight 2.0 poster , created by Joe...
[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/building-virtual-keyboard-in-wpf-custom-editors-accessibility-and-attached-properties/ ] The challenge - build alternative on-screen keyboard to appear on each textbox, marked to use such keyboard. The reason - custom editor, ability to use touch screen input, etc Realization: WPF, two windows, a little hooking, attached properties, custom commands and gestures. Let's start working...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/web-editor-performance-fix-for-visual-studio-2008/ ] After VS2008 was released, there were a lot of "buzz" from web developers, that complain about bad performance of new HTML editor, especially with large HTML and JavaScript pages. Today Web Tools team of Visual Studio released patch , that fixes those issues Freezes while typing in page with custom controls Conversion between...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/my-windows-mobile-does-not-sound-alarms-my-windows-mobile-alerts-whenever-it-want-to-alert/ ] Many of Windows Mobile users are suffering from different problems, related to clocks, alarms and reminders. This problem exists almost in all Windows Mobile systems (Windows Mobile 2003, WM5, WM6, etc). Why this happens and how to take care on it? There root of this problem is something...
[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-disable-exchange-security-policy-for-windows-mobile-devices/ ] Direct Push pushes email into your Windows Mobile device and it's good. However it pushes you security policy as well, that sometimes make you unable to set password that you want and sometimes, lock your device after one minute of inactivity. How to disable this useful feature? How to cancel autolock feature of...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/a-couple-of-updates-mega-update-post/ ] Today, only updates Yahoo finally releases Yahoo! Messenger for Vista - this was one of very first prototypes, shown in Mix last year. I did not install it, however, here a couple of review Erik Burke , Tim Sneath and Ryan Stewart . As for me, they lost "wow effect" last year Microsoft Expression Blend 2 - December Preview . What's...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/as-promised-i-reinstall-my-laptop-with-windows-vista-64bit/ ] I decided to reinstall my D820 with 64 bit version of Windows Vista as involvement act with Gadi . 13 minutes of installation. All hardware was found and all drivers were installed (this why I love Dell). The same score as was with 32 bit version - 3.2. Fist run of Windows Update = 38 fixes (about 130MB, only required updates...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/silverlight-tools-for-visual-studio-2008-rtm/ ] After upgrade to Visual Studio 2008 RTM from Beta 2, you, probably, will need Silverlight tools for VS2008. Download and install it from here . Please note, before installation, you should completely uninstall previouse version of Silverlight tools for Visual Studio 2008 beta 2.
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/free-official-copies-of-camtasia-studio-and-snagit/ ] Want Camtasia Studio (the best software to make screencasts - remember about Justin's competition ?) and SnagIt for free? No problem, just go and download it from official Techsmith website. What's the catch? No catch! This is old versions, provided for free by the company. Download Camtasia 3 (current version 5) here and get...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/thank-you-and-microsoft-expression-blend-sp1/ ] First of all, I want to say thanks for all those, who took part in DevAcademy2 event yesterday. I believe, that such events can bring a lot to developer's community all over the world. Next, I want to announce great work of Microsoft Expression team, that brings us SP1 for Microsoft Expression Blend product. What fixed in SP1? Most of...
[This blog was migrated. You will not be able to comment here. The new URL of this post is http://khason.net/blog/why-good-programmer-never-write-good-programs/ ] Here , one of visitors, begun a discussion about good and bad programmers. Here , I wrote about absolutely unnecessary and not relevant questions to good programmers. Someone things, that good programmers should write good programs. However, I want to interpose my objections to the statement. And this why. Let's start with the term...
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