Thom Robbins .NET Weblog
A blog of the technical and only sometimes uneventful side of programming in .NET and life within Microsoft
Changing times and changing companies
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost nine years ago that I started at Microsoft. It seems such...
Author: trobbins Date: 09/30/2009
SharePoint for Developers Part 2
Ramp Up (www.MyRampUp.com) is a free online learning program for developers. We’ve just launched a...
Author: trobbins Date: 03/09/2009
TechDays Virtual – Defy all Challenges
Helps spread the word and make sure to register! Event Date: April 1Event Cost: FreeEvent Location:...
Author: trobbins Date: 03/08/2009
Announcing TechDays Defy All Challenges
One of the things that I always love about the technical world is our love of learning. Personally,...
Author: trobbins Date: 01/22/2009
Free Virtualization e-book offer
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions will teach you about the benefits of the latest...
Author: trobbins Date: 01/21/2009
Announcing the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 1.0
This is always something that I hear people ask for – The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a...
Author: trobbins Date: 01/21/2009
Windows Live Messenger translation bot now available
Pretty cool idea for a messenger translation bot
Author: trobbins Date: 12/17/2008
Introducing the Syndicated Client Experiences Starter Kit Beta & Reader Beta SDK!
This looks pretty cool – We are very excited to take the wraps off of our newest addition to .Net...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/15/2008
A Quick Look at XML Literals
XML literals are new to Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic. Simply put they enable the...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/08/2008
Tabbing within Visual Studio
Tabs are everywhere within Visual Studio. By default each time a new window is opened a new tab is...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/03/2008
Selecting a Block of text
Regardless of the new framework features – copy and paste is still one of my favorites. One of my...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/01/2008
Have you checked out Ramp Up?
Ramp Up has just launched a brand-new learning track today: SharePoint for Developers, Part I. This...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/26/2008
Setting the startup form for a Windows Application
Question: I am new to building Windows forms’ applications and am writing my first application. It’s...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/25/2008
Give us feedback on Silverlight 2
Via Brian Give us feedback on Silverlight 2 We’ve put together a short survey to help us improve our...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/21/2008
A quick look at the lambda expression
The lambda expression is new to Visual Basic and Visual Studio 2008 and part of the new Linq...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/21/2008
Got a few minutes for feedback?
Application installation and patching: http://survey.confirmit.com/wix/p761108781.aspx?htype=1 The...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/19/2008
Create COOL implementations of Search API 2.0 Beta + Ads
In case you haven't seen this - During the keynote at PubCon in Las Vegas we announced “Project Silk...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/18/2008
Windows Forms – Creating an access key
Question: I am new to Visual Basic and wanted to create an access key for my Windows Form...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/18/2008
Taking on SQL 2008
Whether you are learning new features, increasing job performance and productivity or deepening your...
Author: trobbins Date: 02/11/2008
Cool Site of the Day
Very cool site I just checked out at www.dotnetvideos.net. They have over 100+ videos under 10...
Author: trobbins Date: 02/06/2008
TechEd US Registration Opens
Today, registration opens for Tech·Ed U.S 2008 at www.microsoft.com/teched. Tech·Ed is Microsoft’s...
Author: trobbins Date: 01/22/2008
Ready for Visual Studio 2008?
Some great stuff to check out - Whether you are learning new features, improving expertise,...
Author: trobbins Date: 01/11/2008
Don’t forget about the Office Developer’s Conference
LIVE DEMOS. REAL CODE. HOT NEW INFO. The 2008 Microsoft Office System Developer Conference February...
Author: trobbins Date: 01/11/2008
Virtual Labs
Try Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 in a virtual lab and learn more about accessing relational data...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/21/2007
AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft
Very cool – AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft is an open-source development tool aimed to bring the...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/20/2007
Try Visual Studio 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 provides an industry-leading developer experience for Windows Vista,...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/16/2007
Adding an InfoPath Editor Control to a Windows Form
One of the new features of InfoPath 2007 is the ability to integrate the InfoPath editor into...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/13/2007
InfoPath: Accessing template file data
The XMLForm class of the InfoPath managed code objects model provides properties, methods and events...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/12/2007
Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training (Standalone Edition)
Interesting download – The Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training Standalone Edition is...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/10/2007
Creating an icon in the system tray
A standard part of many Windows forms applications is the system tray icon. Most commonly it is used...
Author: trobbins Date: 12/05/2007
New Patterns & Practices Guides
Microsoft patterns & practices recently released the following two guides: patterns &...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/30/2007
Architecture Journal Reader
A great download to check out - We're proud to announce a new offline experience for the Journal,...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/28/2007
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit
The Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs,...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/26/2007
Announcing: The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster
Announcing: The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Commonly Used Types and Namespaces poster. This very...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/26/2007
2007 Office System Document: Developer Posters
Very cool posters I just ran across Developer Roadmap for the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Download...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/26/2007
Presence Samples
I have been looking for some good example of using presence programmatically and ran across these...
Author: trobbins Date: 11/05/2007
Southern New England SQL Server Users Group
More information here November 14, 2007 6:00PM - 9:00PM, Hall of Fame Room at New England Tech...
Author: trobbins Date: 10/28/2007
Seattle Code Camp
v3.0 - November 17 & 18, 2007 Check it out here What can I expect at the Seattle Code Camp? Two...
Author: trobbins Date: 10/28/2007
Exploring SPS 2007 and Workflow
Nobody should argue that companies depend on the flow of information and documents. Often these...
Author: trobbins Date: 09/13/2007
InfoPath 2007 and the Logic Inspector
It’s a double edged sword, InfoPath makes it easy to enter logic and rules that control your form...
Author: trobbins Date: 09/06/2007
Looking to learn Windows Workflow Foundation
A nice offer by the AppDev folks: Get your free CD-ROM or download now... Get up to 3 hours of...
Author: trobbins Date: 09/06/2007
Still have users with InfoPath 2003
While InfoPath 2007 has some great new features I am sure that you have users that still running...
Author: trobbins Date: 09/05/2007
June CTP for Sandcastle
So I am a little late but if you haven’t taken a look at - Sandcastle produces accurate, MSDN style,...
Author: trobbins Date: 09/04/2007
InfoPath 2007 and the Multi Select List Box
The Multiple Selection List box is a new control for InfoPath 2007. As the name implies this control...
Author: trobbins Date: 09/04/2007
Importing an Excel Spreadsheet using InfoPath 2007 (Simple Example)
Not only does InfoPath 2007 allow you to import a Word document but also an Excel spreadsheet....
Author: trobbins Date: 08/31/2007
Importing a Word Document using InfoPath 2007 (Simple Example)
InfoPath 2007 has a nice feature that allows the importing of Word documents. Many times you may...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/30/2007
Security Benefits with Windows Vista
Thanks to everyone that attended the recent ILTA conference. As promised the PowerPoint deck for my...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/30/2007
How To: Live Search 101
I have recently started playing with some of the Live Services available at http://dev.live.com....
Author: trobbins Date: 08/29/2007
Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0
Line and Shape controls, PrintForm component, and Printer Compatibility Library Microsoft Visual...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/19/2007
Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit (Beta 3)
The Windows Server 2008 Developer Training Kit includes a set of hands-on-labs and presentations for...
Author: trobbins Date: 07/23/2007