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		<title>Graphics.MeasureString Exception: Parameter is Invalid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My C# program threw an exception from the following method:
SizeF size = Graphics.MeasureString( text, font );
  
Unfortunately, the exception’s message was rather obscure: “Parameter is invalid.”&#160; 
After an investigation, I discovered the error occurred because the font had been previously disposed.&#160; 
Unfortunately, the Font class does not have the typical IsDisposed property, so there [...]


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		<title>Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Release Candidate (RC) for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 is now available to the public.&#160; The biggest change from Beta 2 is a major improvement to Visual Studio performance, specifically as it relates to loading solutions, typing, building and debugging.&#160; The RC includes a “go-live license” for companies that wish to deploy [...]


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		<title>Visual Studio Myth Buster</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need help convincing your boss that your company needs to upgrade to Visual Studio 2010?&#160; Or perhaps you are looking for additional ammo in your .NET vs. Java religious wars with your programming colleagues?
Microsoft has produced a Silverlight-based “Myth Busting Matrix” for Visual Studio.&#160; This nifty web tool details the benefits of upgrading [...]


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		<title>Visual Studio 2010 Tip of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zain Naboulsi, a Senior Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, has started the “Tip of the Day” series for Visual Studio 2010, taking the reins from Sara Ford.
Visual Studio 2010 Tip of the Day


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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>.NET Installed on Almost 80% of Windows PCs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good news is that Microsoft .NET Framework is installed on a majority of Windows PCs.&#160; The bad news is if you are developing an application with the newest version of .NET (3.5), nearly half of Windows PCs cannot run your app.
Story at DevTopics


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		<title>Free Microsoft Software from WebsiteSpark</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Silverlight 3 Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silverlight is a Web application development framework similar to Adobe Flash.&#160; Microsoft has just released Silverlight 3, a major update that delivers many new features including:

Hardware graphics acceleration, which lowers CPU usage and enables 1080p HD video over the Web. 
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		<title>Microsoft Community Promise for C# and CLI</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Microsoft Sets Windows 7 Pricing and Upgrades</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft has announced retail pricing for Windows 7 that includes an option to preorder the operating system at a substantial discount.&#160; 
From today through July 11, U.S. consumers can preorder an upgrade from XP or Vista to Windows 7 Home premium for $49 or Windows 7 Professional for $99.&#160; However, XP customers must do [...]


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