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Why I love .NET [Why I love .NET]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:08:37 GMT

A colleague of mine had a problem and came to me. A provider of data had closed the ftp server that he used to download some files from. The files were now only available from a web site and he asked me if it was possible to download it from the web site. He sent me an email with the URL and the credentials needed to logon to the site.

I started to code the solution in VS2008, the first problem is that the site demanded forms authentication so I sent a post to the page with the data that the form needed to logon. WebException occurred! It turned out that the System.Net.WebClient refuses to connect to a site where the certificate has expired – Google code and 5 minutes later I had the solution. Now I was able to download the web page that contains the links to the different files that was available. I used a regular expression to find the anchors in the html document and I downloaded the latest file.

It took me about an hour to solve my colleague’s problem and I didn’t know much about System.Net.WebClient when I started out. Microsoft .NET made it so simple to solve this problem quickly – I love .NET!

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Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.0? [Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4.0?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:26:16 GMT

Hi guys,

Have any of you heard if Windows 7 is going to ship with .NET Framework 4.0?

.NET 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 are installed default in the beta.

/Klaus

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What happened to ... [insert technology hyped by Microsoft] [What happened to ... [insert technology hyped by Microsoft]]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:12:56 GMT

What happened to SideShow? Was it ever a good idea?

What happened to Windows Vista Media Center Extenders built into televisions? What happened to low priced extenders? The current extenders are way too expensive...

Any thoughts?

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The Imperial March with a twist... [The Imperial March with a twist...]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:15:46 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=artOXVZxECA&feature=related

It's a good one!

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The future holds many surprises...? [The future holds many surprises...?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:19:36 GMT

Brian Harry just released some info on VSTS 2008 SP 1. It is a great big list of many improvements. The next version of VSTS is code named "Rosario" (I think that Rosario is a resort on Orcas).

Does anyone know anything else about VS 2008 SP 1, which I suppose VSTS 2008 SP 1 will be released with. I know that we should expect ADO.NET entity framework along with SP 1... But what else?

Does anyone know anything about the release after SP 1, what is the code name, Rosario is only the code name for TS, not for the complete VS... All we have now is a CTP of that parallel LINQ-thing...?

What will the future bring? .NET 4.0? A new run-time? A ribbon in VS (I am hoping)?

("The future holds many surprises" was printed on the T-shirts at the PDC where Visual Studio .NET 2002 was introduced - was it Beta 1 or Beta 2?)

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Funny method/member/property names? [Funny method/member/property names?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:11:28 GMT

An old colleague of mine used to name member in code after Disney Cartoon Characters.

His code was very hard to read! I usually name the members with a relevant name, but there is just one little thing I always do... I always name members of the type System.Text.StringBuilder: “BobTheStringBuilder” :-)

Do you have any funny/annoying habits like this?

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Vista 64 bit and Cisco VPN Client [Vista 64 bit and Cisco VPN Client]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:53:04 GMT

I love my Vista 64 bit, it runs smoothly and fast, I don't have any problems with it. I use Visual Studio 2008 and it just works... Great...

Sometimes I have to connect to my workplace from my home to do some work, my employeer uses Cisco and I should use the Cisco VPN client on my Vista machine to connect. Cisco has released a VPN client that works on Vista, but - big supprise - it does not work on Vista 64 bit!

Excuse me, but how hard can it be? Vista has been out more than a year now.

So in order to connect to my workplace I have to start an XP virtual pc and connect through it. How stupid is that?

Am I the only one with this problem?

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Why are TV programs censored in USA (beep)? [Why are TV programs censored in USA (beep)?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:00:07 GMT

I just saw a few clips on YouTube with two comedians who claimed to have sex with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Very funny clips, but why was the f-word always beeped out?

Can I even write "(I need to watch my language)ing" here on Channel9 without getting censored or even banned? I don't see the point of beeping the words, everyone knows what they are saying.

It reminds me of an episode where someone from Denmark went to a restaurant: "I would like a bloody beef" (a red steak) and the waiter replies "Maybe you would like some (I need to watch my language)ing fries too?" :-)

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Did you name a LINQ test project "MissingLinq"? [Did you name a LINQ test project "MissingLinq"?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:46:20 GMT

I wonder, was I the only one who named a LINQ test project "MissingLinq"?

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Star Wars Fans look here... It is sooooo funny.... [Star Wars Fans look here... It is sooooo funny....]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:23:42 GMT

Hi,

I am an old Star Wars fan and I just found this: Vader Sessions

It is sooooo funny, it is video clips of Darth Vader and the sound has been changed with other quotes from movies that "James Earl Jones" was in.

When Vader kills Obi Wan he says something like: "That's right mamma"...

/Klaus

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What do you think of Visual Studio 2008 so far? [What do you think of Visual Studio 2008 so far?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:08:06 GMT

Hi,

I have been using VS2008 for one whole day now. If I had used VS2005 the Windows Forms Designer would have crashed a few time already, but I have not had a single problem with VS2008 yet.

VS2008 is so much faster than VS2005 and it is such a good experience using it!

I use VB and the new IntelliSense is soooo good. On the project that I am working on the rebuild solution time has gone from 22 seconds (VS2005) to 15 seconds (VS2008). The debugger is much faster.

VS2008 proves that VS2005 was not even close to finished when it shipped, VS2008 is what VS2005 should have been!!! :D

/Klaus

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The future of Vista? What can MS do to restore the faith? [The future of Vista? What can MS do to restore the faith?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:59:39 GMT

For me Vista has been a bit of a disappointment, I have had too many hardware problems with Vista, mainly with graphics drivers. In previous threads on Channel 9 others expressed the same frustrations.

So, what is the best thing Microsoft can do to restore the faith in Vista? Is SP1 enough or should they rebrand Vista as Vista SE? Should they just hurry up and release Windows Seven? :P

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UX Guide and .NET Framework [UX Guide and .NET Framework]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:31:57 GMT

Microsoft has released a beta of their UX Guidelines for Windows Vista. It is a great guide and it has a lot of great advice. Those 600+ pages are easily read. J Lots of screen shots of good and bad ways to create GUI.

I want to follow those guidelines!

But I can’t!

Because the controls that are used in Vista are not a part of the .NET framework. I could create the controls myself, but I like RAD and making a lot of user controls to follow the guidelines is not RAD.

I guess I could buy the controls from a third part company. But I don’t want to!

This is what I want:

1) When Microsoft releases a new OS with new guidelines, all ordinary controls that they use should be included in the .NET framework delivered with the OS.

2) When Microsoft releases a new version of Office I want the controls that they use (so that when I create applications that interact with Office, I can create a consistent UI that follow that written in the UX guide).

3) Faster delivery of the Guidelines when the OS is released (the UX guidelines is not yet completed and Vista is almost a year old).

Any feedback? :D

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.NET framework source code can be yours! [.NET framework source code can be yours!]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:15:46 GMT

This is a big surprise! I am speechless!:|

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BillGates.Voice.SoundsLike(Kermit.Voice) ? [BillGates.Voice.SoundsLike(Kermit.Voice) ?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:46:34 GMT

I saw this video and I it just hit me Bill Gates sounds like Kermit the Frog!

Is it just me?

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My 6th sense is telling me we'll have a new CTP of VS2008 this weekend! [My 6th sense is telling me we'll have a new CTP of VS2008 this weekend!]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:33:25 GMT

But my 6th sense has never been right before, so why should it be right this time? [A]

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Will Xbox360 be the only media center extender? [Will Xbox360 be the only media center extender?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:24:44 GMT

Ever since the Microsoft Windows Vista home page has been live the following phrase has been there:

"Other Media Center Extenders

Throughout the year, other types of Windows Media Center Extenders will become available, so you can choose the one that's right for your home and digital entertainment lifestyle. You'll find Media Center Extenders built into high-definition televisions, digital media set-top boxes, and even DVD players. And, if your PC has the right amount of power, Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate enable you to connect up to five Media Center Extender devices throughout your home."

Which year are they talking about? I was thinking 2007, but I am sort of loosing my faith in Microsoft. Will we ever have another MCX besides Xbox360? I saw a little hope when HP showed off a HD-flat screen TV with a built in MCX, but there has been silence ever since.

Does anyone know anything? Will there be a selection of MCX devices out in our shops before Christmas (2007) or will Microsoft miss this Christmas also?

Please Microsoft give us some hope!

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Visual Studio 2008 RTM before november 5th [Visual Studio 2008 RTM before november 5th]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:05:57 GMT

Microsoft will be giving away copies of Visual Studio 2008 RTM on DevConnections in Las Vegas which starts on november 5th.

I read somewhere that many of the teams are already at zero bugs bounce and that they are arming the war room and the ship room soon. Cool. I wonder if there will be any releases before RC?

A September 2007 CTP would be great!

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What is the worst thing in .NET? [What is the worst thing in .NET?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:04:05 GMT

.NET Framework is the best, but a few things could be better, right? :P

What about ".Equals(object) : boolean"? It is seriously the worst thing in the .NET Framework. It was only invented because we did not have operator overloading in .NET 1.0! Removing "Equals" from the framework would be an OK breaking change!

In Visual Basic one of the things I don't like is that you can call a function without using () after the method name: Return Me.ToString -> Should be: Return Me.ToString() !!!

/Klaus Enevoldsen

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Whatever happened to Tony Goodhew? [Whatever happened to Tony Goodhew?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:05:30 GMT

I remember this interview with Soma and Scott Guthrie there is more talk about how MS built VS2008 (their process - some sort of Agile).

What happened to Tony Goodhew, was he in on it? Whatever MS did to change their practice, they did something right because VS2008 Beta 2 is so much more better in terms of quality and performance than VS2005 (even in the RTM version ;)).

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Summer CTP Madness for Sure! [Summer CTP Madness for Sure!]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:11:21 GMT

Brian Harry just announced that a new CTP of the version, following the next version of Visual Studio Team Suite.

Say again!

After Visual Studio 2008 comes Visual Studio codenamed “Rosario”. There will be a very early CTP of “Rosario” for us to download in the next week or so! It will be a VPC only and a feature list will be available in the near future!

Exciting times are ahead…

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Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 less than a week away! [Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 less than a week away!]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:52:20 GMT

News about the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 on Scott Guthrie blog. It is less than a week away (comment entry dated Saturday 21st of July), this means that at latest on friday we will be able to download Beta 2!!! COOL! Beta 2 should have a "go live" license. The following questions will be answered:

1) Will we get a new SQL Query editor?
2) Will Foundation Server support SharePoint 3.0?
3) Will the name Visual Studio 2008 be implemented in this release?
4) Will it be compatible with SQL Server 2008?

It is going to be a great week end! ;)

/Klaus Enevoldsen

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What happens when a .NET win. app. is minimized? [What happens when a .NET win. app. is minimized?]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:44:53 GMT

Hello!

What happens when a .NET windows application is minimized? The memory consumption is lowered and the virtual memory rises, but when you maximize the application again, it memory consumption rises again but not to the same level as before. Is it garbage collection? What happens?

Klaus Enevoldsen

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A secret Visual Studio 2008 CTP has been released - don't tell anyone... [A secret Visual Studio 2008 CTP has been released - don't tell anyone...]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:01:31 GMT

Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Team Suite June 2007 Community Technology Preview (CTP)

You are not able to find it when you search Microsoft's download site, but it is there. Use IE to open the page, Firefox does not open it (.mht-file). It is a VPC image.

There are some great new features and a whole lot of bug fixes, looking good for Beta 2!

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New CTP of .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Web Developer Orcas [New CTP of .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Web Developer Orcas]

Klaus Enevoldsen — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:49:07 GMT

Microsoft has released a new CTP of .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Web Developer Orcas and Entity Framework all named June 2007 CTP...

.NET Framework 3.5 June 2007 CTP
Visual Web Developer Express Orcas June 2007 CTP
Entity Framework June 2007 CTP

I downloaded the VWD and wanted to test a few things in LINQ To SQL, the previous version of VWD had the visual designer to LINQ to SQL, but the new version does not have the designer! I wonder what is going on!?!

Is there a new Visual Studio 2008 CTP on the way, or are we going straight to Beta 2?

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