YAG;

I think the bear got you! I bet this was generated by someone other than yourself! Darn bear! :)

Tom


>Status Report – July 11, 2002
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>Exhausting week – lots of meetings. I’m going camping this weekend in the Olympic mountains – if you don’t hear from me next week, I’ve been eaten by a bear. <g>
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>Spent some of this week meeting with various customers to hear what kinds of apps they’re working on. Helped out with the folks from the VB team who’ve been going online – getting some started, answering some questions. Big announcement for this week is that I posted an app that is a front end that adds XML Doc features for VB (and C# if you don’t like them in your source code). You can download it from http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/vb! Let us know what you think by posting a message here…
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>Another cool thing that’s new is the .NET Architecture Center. The .NET Architecture Center is a new site devoted to business, software, and infrastructure architects. The Center is a collaborative effort involving Microsoft product teams, MSDN, TechNet, and Microsoft's new Architecture Review Board, and it spans the boundaries of MSDN, TechNet, and other sources to serve multiple perspectives, or views, of enterprise architecture. You can find it at http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture.
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> The highlights for the week:
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>1. In case you missed it… WE HAVE UPLOADED AN XML DOC FRONT END FOR VB.NET TO GOTDOTNET!!!! <g> http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/vb.
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>2. The GotDotNet site is all approved and ready to go. Now working with the folks who run the servers to get everything on there. I should have a scheduled date early next week and then I’ll start loading things on the server. WOO HOO!!!!
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>3. Work on the next version of VB .NET. As things get firmed up, I’ll let y’all know.
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>4. Chats, chats, chats! As always, if you miss them, the transcripts are put online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats.
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>-yag
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>Upcoming chats (http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats):
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>Deploying Visual Studio .NET Applications
>Tuesday, July 16, 2002, 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 – 22:00 GMT)
>Join Microsoft in an online chat about the brave new world of deployment using Visual Studio .NET. This session will use the "Deployment Changes in Visual Basic .NET" whitepaper as a starting point; please feel free to ask any deployment questions that you may have.
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>Chat with Visual Basic Management
>Tuesday, July 23, 2002, 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 – 22:00 GMT)
>The management of the Visual Basic team would like to hear your suggestions for what features should be in the next major version of Visual Basic .NET. We’ve been collecting feedback via newsgroups and meetings, but we’d like to here from everyone.
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>Dynamic Webforms from Databases
>Tuesday, July 23, 2002, 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 – 22:00 GMT)
>The rich interaction between ASP.NET Web Forms and databases allows developers to create a variety of compelling business solutions. The whitepapers "Survey Sample: Web Form Design in ASP.NET" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/surveysample1.asp) and "Survey Sample: Development of an ASP.NET Web Form" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/surveysample2.asp) discuss some of the things to keep in mind when dynamically creating Web Forms. Come discuss this and other solutions you have implemented that feature Web Forms and databases.
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>Building International Applications Using Visual Basic .NET
>Tuesday, August 6, 2002, 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 – 22:00 GMT)
>Planning and executing the development of an internationalized application can be difficult without the right preparation. Come talk with the experts about any questions you have regarding internalization.
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>Become A Help Power User
>Tuesday, August 13, 2002, 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 – 22:00 GMT)
>There is a lot of great material in the Visual Studio help system. This session will cover various tips and tricks for getting the most out of it and will collect your feedback on the help system.
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>Rich Editing User Interface in Windows Forms: The PropertyGrid Control
>Tuesday, August 20, 2002, 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 – 22:00 GMT)
>The .NET Framework PropertyGrid control is a great way to surface a number of options to users. The whitepaper "Getting the Most Out of the .NET Framework PropertyGrid Control" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/usingpropgrid.asp) discusses where, when, and how to implement this control. Come discuss this and other solutions to the user interface problems you are encountering when creating Windows Forms.
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>White Papers
>Sorting ListView Items by Column Using Windows Forms
>Describes how to provide sorting of items in a ListView control in Microsoft .NET based on the column that is clicked.
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/listviewsort.asp
>Printing Reports in Windows Forms
>This article discusses how to create your own reports using the printing features of GDI+ in Microsoft .NET.
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/printwinforms.asp