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Why arent Expression Products Available on MSDN? [Why arent Expression Products Available on MSDN?]

ElucidWeb — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:34:14 GMT

So I was checking our Microsoft Expression Web and it looks finished based on the website and it even lets you download a free trial version. So I went to MSDN to download it and its not there, why are the expression products not available to MSDN? Thats just not logical, I was looking forward to using Microsoft Expression Web, with Visual Studio 2005 together much like how I use Dreamweaver and Visual Studio 2005 now but Dreamweaver kinda sucks, I beta tested with Expression and its much much better. Especially when it comes to handling .NET tags.

So has anyone noticed this?

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Vista 5536 [Vista 5536]

ElucidWeb — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 01:27:57 GMT

Downloaded and am using the Vista 5536 build and am pretty happy so far, its performing as expected.  It has blue screened twice however, but those have been reported to Microsoft, its most likely a driver problem.

But the reason for this post is something thats bugging me that is still in Vista, when you click the "Download Winows Live Messenger" link in the Start menu and you download and install Winows Live Messenger, it does not get rid of the link that says "Download Windows Live Messenger" in fact its left in both places!!  Its annoying, I hope it dissapears...

But everything else is good so far....All my past gripes are for the most part gone...

I am having problems with ejecting the CDROM on my laptop however, its almost like Windows doesnt want to let it go, the only way I could get the CDROM to eject was to right click it in Explorer and Click eject, then it finally popped out.

Also its pretty annoying how AutoRun works now, and thats actually what kept blue screening, when AutoRun popped up, UAP popped up I clicked Ok, and then Clicked Cancel and then UAP popped up again and I clicked ok and then everything blue screened. I dont think that was their desired behavior however...

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Iterating a Composite [Iterating a Composite]

ElucidWeb — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:58:28 GMT

So something I really hate doing is iterating over a composite, especially complex ones. So I have a program that builds a file system Component using the Composite design pattern. It doesnt take to long to build the entire thing and I have used the Iterator deisgn pattern to build an Iterator class around it. No problem if not annoying to wrap your head around how some if it branches out.

My question is what experience have you had doing this and any gotchas along the way? I re-wrote this based on a recursive design I had before that was blowing the stack every now and then, of course thats not good and thats whay Iterator design is the best.

Just curious, thanks!

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Who do you work for? [Who do you work for?]

ElucidWeb — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:01:44 GMT

Who you work for?
Do you like it?
How long have you worked there?
What is your job role?

Describe any experiences that does not divulge customer information that is interesting.

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Expose in Vista - Winpose [Expose in Vista - Winpose]

ElucidWeb — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 20:44:53 GMT

So I have finished my prototype of mimicking Expose in Windows Vista and I must say it looks very nice.

It has a TON of work that I need to do still such as maintaining constraints, variable sizing based on window focus, etc. but it at least proves that this is feasible.

Alot of my work is based on the work from Sven at http://www.elucidweb.com/files/winpose.zip

Ok anyways, hope you like...It will evolve from here if I get good feedback I assure you! Keep in mind this is a prototype so most of this code will be redone and refactored for the final product.

Thanks,
Eric

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API that Dimms the Background? [API that Dimms the Background?]

ElucidWeb — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:29:31 GMT

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