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Duncan Mackenzie has too much time on his hands
Converting an Application to use the Application Updater Block from PAG
Setting up the directory structureOk, so the first thing I did.. I created a little directory tree...
Author: Duncanma Date: 07/17/2003
Visual Basic Bloggers Revisited
"anon" (why not leave a name, it is much more fun) posted a comment in response to my previous...
Author: Duncanma Date: 07/14/2003
Visual Basic bloggers
As some folks may know, I come up with the content for the Visual Basic developer center on MSDN...
Author: Duncanma Date: 07/14/2003
Retrieving File Icons for specific file types
I just uploaded a new sample to microsoft.com, pulling some useful code out of another MSDN sample...
Author: Duncanma Date: 07/02/2003
New Editor's Note (Letter from the Editor... whatever...) up on vbasic
It won't show up in the MSDN RSS feed(s), but at least it will appear on here...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/30/2003
Everything you didn't need to know about me...
Is now up on the web (I guess it was all up there before, just not in one place) as my interview...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/28/2003
New Column Is Up (Laziness .NET)
My most recent Coding 4 Fun column was just published... a fairly "fun" example, even if it happens...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/27/2003
In case you didn't notice... GotDotNet User Samples has RSS!!
Many things on GotDotNet now have RSS feeds, including User Samples!...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/24/2003
Multiple Methods for Auto-Updating, which to choose?
My last two posts mentioned two different ways of achieving similar results; deploying and updating...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/22/2003
Application Updater Block
Jamie Cool took the auto-updating technology out of Terrarium and made it into its own component...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/19/2003
No Touch Deployment in Winnipeg
I'm on my way to Winnipeg, Manitoba to give a talk on No Touch Deployment with .NET; luckily I...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/19/2003
Punitive User Interfaces
I'm sure Alan Cooper has a better name for it, but this thread on GDN caught my eye today; Question:...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/18/2003
Hmm... did we launch another Developer Center that I didn't know about?
Ed Kaim appears to "like" our new Developer Center format... I especially like his architecture...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/13/2003
In case none of you web-heads have noticed....
The new ASP.NET developer center has launched at msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net. And yes, having...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/12/2003
Better late than never... right?
My latest column is up on MSDN, Macro Madness, part of the ongoing Coding 4 Fun experience! Speaking...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/04/2003
Dinner and Drinks with some local Bloggers
A pair of Mr. Smiths (Eric and Cory) have invited me and anyone else who is into .NET to come for...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/01/2003
Not about TechEd at all, it is about a fish
Skipped out of work on Friday morning to go sea Finding Nemo with my son. He is only 2yrs old, so he...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/01/2003
1st Day
Woo Hoo, I got a bag when I registered! Lately, I haven't been getting them, something about the...
Author: Duncanma Date: 06/01/2003
So I'm here, now what?
I thought I had better write my first TechEd related post, now that I've joined techedbloggers.net,...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/31/2003
MSDN Security Developer Center is up!
Yet another Developer Center has been launched, this one is all about Security and is being run by...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/29/2003
.NET Show and VBTV are on the MSDN DVDs!
This might be common knowledge, but when Darren was in town he mentioned that downloading our...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/22/2003
Response to low MSDN pricing
DonXML was discussing the various prices he has seen on the web for MSDN subscriptions, and being...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/20/2003
Creating a new account on blogger.com
In an earlier post, I mentioned wanting to create a blog for my wife... and based on a variety of...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/20/2003
High-Powered MSFT Blog!
I thought it was shocking enough when my grand-boss started blogging, but now the Senior Vice...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/20/2003
Wow, leave Kent in front of his computer for a few hours...
and look at the stuff he produces. Pretty cool, although I'm still planning to add the GUID and...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/17/2003
Need blogging solution for spouse
My wife read my blog for the first time yesterday, and she has decided that she wants to try it for...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/17/2003
Interest Trivia about Duncan...
My wife just did a count, and my upcoming move into a house will be my 15th or 16th move between...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/15/2003
Words I didn't know existed...
After going to the movie this morning (movies in the morning just aren't natural, by the way) with...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/15/2003
Releasing binaries for my samples
Since starting my column, I've received quite a few requests for "just the install" from people who...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/13/2003
Sure it is about Zip Compression, but it is also about a whole lot more...
This recent MSDN magazine article is pretty cool. Although the title suggests it is all about Zip...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/12/2003
Pre-Mother's Day Sneaking Around
Ok, so the Oprah tickets didn't pan out... but I'm hoping some flowers and breakfast will see me...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/11/2003
Word Automation from C# vs. VB.NET
I recently received a question about doing some Word automation using .NET, and I saw an interesting...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/11/2003
Very confusing discussions...
Some folks have been discussing the idea of paying for technical work... well, they are actually...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/10/2003
Idiocy in the name of love...
At the end of May, Oprah is coming to Seattle to do an all day workshop... and I really wanted to...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/07/2003
MSDN TV
I'm signed up to do two spots on MSDN TV on Monday... thoughts on topics you'd like to hear me talk...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/07/2003
Wil discusses the emotions invoked by being a father… and he mentions tea!
A recent post by Wil Wheaton manages to show his flair for descriptive writing, his complete...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/04/2003
My Column Is Up!
My new column (Want to know what I am listening to) is up on MSDN:...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/01/2003
Leaving Las Vegas
Tomorrow is my last day here in Vegas, the N+I conference is wrapping up and I'm going to be heading...
Author: Duncanma Date: 05/01/2003
My Grand-Boss is Blogging, oh my!
Sara Williams, overlord manager of MSDN, has started her own blog. I'm sure this will be a great...
Author: Duncanma Date: 04/30/2003
Some "slightly less than documented" APIs
I wrote an article back in August 2002 on some of the API calls that were documented as part of the...
Author: Duncanma Date: 04/24/2003
New Dev Centers Are Up!!!
After many, many weeks of work by many, many people... the new developer centers are up on MSDN!...
Author: Duncanma Date: 04/23/2003
Exciting new Microsoft Insider Blog
Check it out! blogs.gotdotnet.com/thayer/
Author: Duncanma Date: 04/18/2003
Using what you write
The Coding4Fun column has had some interesting side effects. I get to use the code I write,...
Author: Duncanma Date: 04/11/2003
Command Line Switch Parser
I didn't write it (Peter Hallam did), but I was just using it and thought "wow, this is cool, it...
Author: Duncanma Date: 04/10/2003
Managed Wrapper for BITS
Wow, people pick this stuff up quick... that was just an updated version of my BITS wrapper that I...
Author: Duncanma Date: 04/07/2003