juli 2004 - Posts

28 juli 2004
Distributing LCE in COM+
Paul Gielens recently posted an entry on his weblog to ask for advise on how to remote events to subscribers of said events. Choosing from three alternatives (MSMQ, DCOM and Loosely Coupled Events (LCE)) I suggested that LCE might be an interesting choice. Paul then contacted me on some details on how... Read More...
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25 juli 2004
Using TIP Transactions in Enterprise Services
As promised this entry will explain a bit about TIP Transactions and how to implement or use these from Enterprise Services. First off, let me explain what the Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) is all about. It is an application layer two-phase commit protocol to be used in heterogeneous and distributed... Read More...
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24 juli 2004
COM+ Resource CD online
For a wealth of COM+ information (albeit pre-.NET) you might have a look at your COM+ Resource CD. Don't have it? It's online at www.aspxnet.de in this location . Contains a lot of PowerPoints and streams to look at, including COM-guru Don Box. If you do COM+ development, you must take a look. Read More...
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23 juli 2004
Services without Components works on XP without SP2
Recently Don Box blogged about the System.Transactions namespace and how it would bring transactional goodness to the .NET Framework 2.0 users in the future. He then continued to show a class that will give you behavior similar to transactions with Services without Components (SwC). You would need something... Read More...
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20 juli 2004
30 seconds movies of Hollywood blockbusters
Check this out: 30 seconds re-enactments of The Shining, Titanic, The Exorcist and Aliens. The bunnies are totally cute. Have fun. (through Totally Flabbergasted (Dutch)) Read More...
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20 juli 2004
.NET Browser at DotNet2TheMax
The .NET Browser is a really handy online tool (at DotNet2TheMax ) to browse your favorite .NET assemblies from the .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0 Beta 1 . It also shows changes to types from version 1.1 to 2.0b1. But what sets it apart from other online object browsers, such as Matthew Reynolds' .NET 247... Read More...
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18 juli 2004
Excellent blog on ADO.NET 2.0
While I am installing Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2005, I discovered this excellent blog on ADO.NET. It's by Angel Saenz-Badillos , and he covers some very interesting stuff on the ADO.NET 2.0 and the System.Transactions namespace. Apart from Enterprise Services, one of the first things I will look into... Read More...
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12 juli 2004
Get ready for Spiderman 2
To wet your appetite for the (upcoming if you're not living in the US) Spiderman 2 movie, go check this Lego desktop movie . Makes me want to buy the stuff. I've got an excuse now. Not that I needed it. Thanks to Jeroen Hartsuiker for the link. Read More...
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08 juli 2004
TechEd 2004 lowdown
Although I missed most of the TechEd 2004 in Amsterdam, I did get to spent two days over there. The Ask-The-Experts stand were manned with MVP's and there weren't that many (famous) Microsoft guys present at the VS.NET stand. I spotted Dino Esposito for a moment. The one talk that interested me most... Read More...
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08 juli 2004
WebResourceHandler put to use
Looks like John Dyer (of FreeTextBox fame) is going to use my WebResourceHandler in his new version of his free HTML editing textbox. He has just released version 2.0.7 and published his plans for version 2.1 . The WebResourceHandler was written on one rainy afternoon to be able to use Web Resources... Read More...
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05 juli 2004
Powered by .NET
Before I will continue my regular blogging again (right before the Witnie release I was working on some interesting stuff), I will post one more picture that I thought was worthwhile (sure hope this blog is not turning into a baby blog. But it is amazing how things are prioritized differently right now... Read More...
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