december 2003 - Posts

30 december 2003
IntelliSense for XSLT files in Visual Studio.NET
Just stumbled across the website of Federsoft where you can download a schema for XSLT files . It was mentioned in the XML Files column of the January 2004 issue of MSDN Magazine . When added to the correct directories of your Visual Studio.NET installation, it will give you IntelliSense for XSLT. That... Read More...
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28 december 2003
What does it mean?
I would be very interested if someone could tell me what this Arab text fragment means: If you know what it means, please let me know. I think I know, because it was written on my request. Just want to make sure if they played no joke on me. (And no, I didn't have it tattoo-ed yet :) Read More...
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26 december 2003
Just discovered Wiki
Seems like I missed something grand until today. Wiki. Still trying to figure out what exactly it is, but I believe the general idea is that everyone can edit a WikiWeb. The versions are tracked and are viewable. This way you get a “living“ website where people contribute. OneMinuteWiki seems... Read More...
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23 december 2003
ASP.NET File upload observations
For a company I was asked to find out why they were having trouble uploading files through a slower (< ISDN) connection. They were experiencing Page Not Found errors for files larger than 1 MB. When I explored this problem I found out the following: ASP.NET loads the entire uploaded file into it's... Read More...
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22 december 2003
Trackback continued (Part 1, well 2 actually if you count the first)
Trying to trackback to myself. Why is it that I can only find the TrackbackUrl for dasBlog posts in the RSS file? Used this URL for trackbacking: http://www.alexthissen.nl/Weblog/Trackback.aspx?guid=7245adb0-1664-46c9-9c2b-2b24fab17ffa Read More...
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21 december 2003
Figuring out Trackback
At the moment I am trying very hard to figure out what Trackback is exactly and how to use it from dasBlog. So I'll post this entry and trackback to it tomorrow. Selfreferencing or selfbacktracking if you like. Here are two links to sites that explain it. This first one explains it best I think, although... Read More...
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17 december 2003
Announcing new project
Nicole and I are very glad to announce our new project. Under the codename “Witnie” we are creating a brand new version. Expected release date on this product will be at the end of June, 2004. This date may slip several days. Early releases have been known to occur on other projects. Because... Read More...
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09 december 2003
NewsGator great for reading and posting to blogs
Recently I discovered NewsGator 1.3 for reading weblogs. It's a really great tool, because it integrates into Outlook. It offers the possibility to read weblog posts just like your email. You should definitely check it out. What's more, you can even use it to post to weblogs using the various plugins... Read More...
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07 december 2003
Preparing for the Conference to the Point (and exam)
This Friday I will be speaking at the Conference to the Point of the Software Developer Group Netherlands (SDGN). The event will be held at the conference centre “De Reehorst” in Ede, The Netherlands. My talk is called “PDC 2003 Overview” and will give an explanation on all codenames... Read More...
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