mei 2004 - Posts

27 mei 2004
More on authentication and authorization: .NET Remoting Security

Francis Janssens of Dolmen came up to me after my talk (Identities and Principals) last wednesday and asked a very good question: How can you get the identity of the caller on a method of a .NET remoted object? As so often the case, it depends. When crossing a remoting boundary, you will not be authenticated... Read More...

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25 mei 2004
Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Edition includes unit testing

A new edition of the upcoming Visual Studio 2005 will include integrated unit testing and code coverage. Go read about it here . Just to wet your appetite: Read More...

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23 mei 2004
Flame wars and some good ideas on ObjectSpaces

Ah yes, the heated discussions that I thought would occur are now raging through the blogosphere. To read some (quite funny) flaming go here on Robert McLaws blog . And here is some more discussion at Jesse Ezell's blog . The remark/idea/suggestion that is totally in my line of hopes and expectations... Read More...

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22 mei 2004
Word is out: ObjectSpaces to be merged with WinFS

Exciting news: ObjectSpaces will be merged with WinFS! The URL that I was giving was slightly off: go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/ to read all about. Although there were many guesses on what the news would be nobody really hit the spot. My first impressions on this are twofold: The API will be... Read More...

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21 mei 2004
Important information on ObjectSpaces coming up

Get ready for some important information on ObjectSpaces within the next couple of hours. Update: Keep your eyes at http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/DataAccess . Today or tomorrow there should be a public announcement by Microsoft. Read More...

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20 mei 2004
My first (mini-)bluescreen

Although I have no idea what OS it is using, my brandnew Hewlett Packard Photosmart R707 digital camera bluescreened on me as I connected it to my laptop. Erm, ... you could take a photo of the backside of a camera with at least two mirrors. But what about a malfunctioning camera? Had to take the battery... Read More...

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20 mei 2004
"New" article on Dutch MSDN portal

A repost of my “ Nieuw in Visual Basic .NET Whidbey ” (oops, it's in Dutch) article was published on the Dutch MSDN site. It previously appeared in the Visual Basic Group (VBG) Magazine. The VBG has stopped issuing a paper magazine and now have a members area where you can read only articles... Read More...

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20 mei 2004
Stichting dotNed meeting May

The “Stichting dotNed” is having another “4th Thursday of the month” meeting. I received their newsletter today after I finally subscribed earlier this month (and got it twice now). Will any of you be there? The reason for this question is that the evening only has two sessions... Read More...

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20 mei 2004
Failing demos, aargh

Yesterday I finished my four talks in two weeks tour. Well, it might not be as much as the big names do (Stephen Forte and Clemens Vasters, for example, seem to be speaking all over the world every other week. Someone need another speaker for a change? Email below :-) ), but it was nice anyhow. The rerun... Read More...

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20 mei 2004
ObjectPersistor code

Yesterday, during the MSDN Briefings in Zwolle I met with Walther Siksma of PS Business Support . He asked some interesting questions on object persistence and we spent some time talking and discussing on related topics. He mentioned ObjectPersistor to me. This free source code also persists objects... Read More...

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19 mei 2004
Cute cartoons turn evil

Don't be mistaken by the cutesy look of these cartoons at Happy Tree Friends . They will turn evil within a few seconds. Good for a late afternoon chuckle. (Do NOT watch right after breakfast.) Read More...

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19 mei 2004
Victims of a Belgium virus

The past couple of days some people I know (names shall not be mentioned to protect the innocent) have become victim of a Belgium virus. I know some bloggers from Belgium may be reading this, and I hope I do not insult them. It's just that the “average” Dutch person thinks that Belgium people... Read More...

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17 mei 2004
Windows XP style without manifest

Just a quickie on the Windows XP style: The .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1 support Windows applications with Windows XP look. It will give this look to controls with the FlatStyle property set to System. To activate the Windows XP look you can create a manifest file and place that inside the folder of the... Read More...

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14 mei 2004
Great games to play

As Frans Bouma shows us in his post , Gran Turismo 4 looks very good. I'm not that much of a racing game fanatic, but it is very enjoyable when played on a 2 by 1 meter screen (think beamer and white wall). To do list: Get out my Microsoft Precision Racing Force Feedback wheel Upgrade my computer's graphic... Read More...

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14 mei 2004
Time to breathe (a little)

Three down, one (rerun) to go. It's weekend and I have time to think and sleep again. It were some busy, but fun days. Tuesday was the second day of the Software Developer Conference 2004 , where I did my talk on SqlXml and DataSet persistence. Read more on this “generic data-layer” in previous... Read More...

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