A year after the first technical previews of Azure, Microsoft is launching a less-ambitious platform with forklift revisions based on developer feedback.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 11/01/2009
The FileUpload control and the ASP.NET Response object let you move files between the browser and the server. And moving in each direction just requires a few lines of code.
Microsoft will let developers who use Eclipse-based IDEs integrate their Java and PHP applications with the latest versions of Windows, Silverlight and the forthcoming Azure cloud platform.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/28/2009
After years neglecting the VB6 community, Microsoft seems to be missing something. Us!
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 10/27/2009
The MultiView control allows you to swap sets of controls on and off the page. But the MultiView control also makes it easier for you to generate new page content and add it at run time.
Microsoft previewed the next generation of its popular SharePoint Server family, which will sport a new user interface, tighter integration capabilities, a cloud-based version and much-needed support for the company's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/19/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 are available to MSDN subscribers today and general availability is expected on Wednesday, October 21.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/19/2009
By converting composite controls into their templates, you gain full control over the makeup of the control and individual controls within it.
After using a given API for a decade or more, you tend to just take it for granted that it works. Karl Peterson shows how he worked around a challenge when it didn't.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 10/13/2009
Microsoft and Capgemini announced a partnership deal on Friday that aims to better integrate Microsoft's software with SAP's enterprise resource planning solutions.
Peter wraps up his solutions for getting junk off the page when the user wants to print out a copy. This time by working with Themes and JavaScript.
New suite of .NET controls offers Excel-like pivot tables and rich presentation.
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/08/2009
How to clean up the disabled state of a Silverlight control using Expression Blend.
Peter investigates three solutions for getting junk off your page when the user wants to print a copy.
IN-DEPTH: Microsoft's new client OS is flying high, but does it really make sense to migrate your apps to Windows 7?
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/01/2009
DEVDISASTERS: After three long interviews for a .NET developer position, Maxim received a fairly generous offer and accepted it on the spot.
- By Alex Papadimoulis
- 10/01/2009
ASK KATHLEEN: Readers explore Managed Extensibility Framework, using callback delegates and how to create the equivalent of a C# partial interface in Visual Basic.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 10/01/2009
REDMOND REVIEW: Since Bill Gates proclaimed Microsoft's Internet strategy in his Internet Tidal Wave memo of 1995, people have been cynical of Microsoft's embrace of the public network.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 10/01/2009
ON VB: Four ways to synchronize threads with your app's user interface.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 10/01/2009
Since announcing the Microsoft Interoperability Initiative early last year, we've seen the company move in a consistent and tangible direction toward greater openness, cooperation and interoperability.
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/01/2009