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September 2006 - Posts

• Building a Setup with Custom Actions using WiX

  WiX[1] is a toolset that allows you to build setups for Windows Installer. Basically you write one or more XML files and then compile them using the compiler and linker from WiX. One of the reasons for using WiX is that it allows you to customize everything Read More... Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 7:00 PM by Erno de Weerd | 5 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding

• Community Server Gallery Plugin for Windows Live Writer version 2.0

  A new release! What's new: A pretty User Interface (all in style) A clean setup that checks for the existence of .NET 2.0 and Windows Live Writer New image formatting options Download from Codeplex Read More... Posted Monday, September 25, 2006 4:07 PM by Erno de Weerd | 5 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding

• Community Server Gallery Plugin for Windows Live Writer on CodePlex

  First, I would like to give a big Thank You to all enthousiastic users of the plugin that told me how much they like it. Of course, it is getting better and better, I still have some supprises in store and a lot of refactoring to do but the time has come Read More... Posted Thursday, September 14, 2006 10:38 PM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments

• Windows Live Writer - Code Formatter Plugin

  After writing a plugin for Windows Live Writer I stumbled on this little gem[2]. This would have been my next project... I love this extensibility of Windows Live Writer[3] [1] Community Server Gallery Plugin for Windows Live Writer [2] Code Formatter Read More... Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 9:53 AM by Erno de Weerd | 1 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding

• Community Server Gallery Plugin for Windows Live Writer

  Description =========== This plugin for Windows Live Writer allows you to add images from Community Server Galleries to your posts. It also allows the uploading of pictures. Update: Version 1.3.1 has been released Update: Version 1.3 has been released Read More... Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 1:10 AM by Erno de Weerd | 22 Comments

• .NET 3.0 RC1 - Tools Ready...

  .NET 3.0 (FKA WinFX) RC1 is complete. ORCAS and Expression Graphics Designer were a little behind but everything is available now[1]. Happy migrating! [1] Get the Vista beta's Read More... Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 8:34 AM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding, Windows Communication Foundation, WPF, WCF

• How to treat developers

  Joel Spolsky writes about providing a working environment for programmers[1]. Cubicles, 21" screens, chairs and even toilet paper are discussed. Summarizing: respect your programmers/employees! [1] A Field Guide to Developers Read More... Posted Friday, September 08, 2006 7:12 AM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: Coding

• Marketing Pictures... Getting real.

  What would the world be like if Marketing picture were real? Microsoft employees take the lead.[1] [1] Marketing Pics...Where Do They Get This Stuff!? Read More... Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:14 AM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: Off topic, Design

• Transactions and ADO.NET 2.0

  An excellent explanation[1] of Transaction Management in .NET 2.0 [1] System.Transactions and ADO.NET 2.0 Read More... Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 7:42 AM by Erno de Weerd | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET, Coding, Design