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Online MSDN Library - Switch View Feature
22 October 09 12:55 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

I was looking up some documentation on MSDN today I noticed a new button has appeared in the bottom right hand corner named Switch View. (Not sure how long it has been there!)     Clicking on the button give you the option of changing the style...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, .Net, ASP.Net, Microsoft, Developer, MSDN

Programming for Absolute Beginners
28 September 09 01:19 | Simon Phillips | 2 comment(s)

One of the questions I get asked lot is { our kid | son | daughter | parent | granny | dog | add own tag } (* delete appropriately) is wanting to start programming what’s the best place to start this thing called .Net? I while back I posted about the...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, .Net, ASP.Net, Developer, Training, Windows Forms

2008 is going to be a busy year! - Events
11 January 08 09:13 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

I've just blogged details about the up and coming Belfast Community Launch for Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, as well as some details about the official Microsoft Launch in Belfast later in the year and details about...

Filed under: Events, Community, Visual Studio IDE / Addins, Office 2007, Vista, IT Pro, SQL Server, Developer

"Orcas" March CTP Released
01 March 07 05:30 | Simon Phillips | 1 comment(s)

Well that's my weekend blown... The next version of Visual Studio has been released as a Community Technology Preview (CTP). There are two ways that you can download the CTP, the individual componants or as a Virtual PC image . My personal choice would...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, Office 2007, .Net, ASP.Net, Vista

Error trying to browse cubes with SSMS
02 January 07 01:11 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

First of all Happy New Year everyone!! Every since I've moved to Office 2007 and uninstalled Office 2003, I've been having problems when I try and browse Cubes in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). I was getting the following error Class not...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, SQL

VS 2005: Gotcha DataGrid Dataset and uniqueidentifier (GUIDS)
03 August 06 06:19 | Simon Phillips | 1 comment(s)

I've never been a great fan of the point and click nature of the DataGrid in .Net, it all seams too easy and there was always the problem with the bloat that was the ViewState. I'm having to put together a quick proto-type atm so I'm just dragging and...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins, .Net

New font for VS 2005
09 May 06 09:00 | Simon Phillips | with no comments

I've just come across Consolas Font Pack for Visual Studio . Once installed the consolas font will replace the default Courier New front in Visual Studio. This font is suppose to be easier to read on screen than Courier. The font is part of the new font...

Filed under: Visual Studio IDE / Addins