September 2007 Entries

SilverlightDevCampChicago Wrap Up

Here are the cool things I learned at SilverlightDevCampChicago: You have to have an Intel CPU to use Silverlight 1.1 Alpha on the Mac You can get files from inside zip files just by referencing the file in your code We saw a great demo on beer (really got my attention) that called back to web services to get data and then from a zip file showed a raster image of the beer selected in the Silverlight app (see #2 above). The ability to create Facebook application with Silverlight is really easy.  I will be looking...

posted @ Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:09 AM | Feedback (0)

SilverlightDevCampChicago: Introduction to Silverlight

Great talk and I learned that older Mac computers will only support Silverlight 1.0 and to use Silverlight 1.1 on the Mac platform you must have an Intel CPU.  Very excited to get into the rest of the day.  I may give a talk on the Netika GOA WinForms controls for Silverlight to the group.

posted @ Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:09 PM | Feedback (0)

I am at SilverlightDevCampChicago

I will be posting more during the day about the SilverlightDevCampChicago.  Here is the agenda for the day.  I will try to blog after each session.   11:00am - 11:30am Welcome, registration, get settled 11:30am - 12:00ish Keynote - Overview of Silverlight Jon Rauschenberger 12:00ish - 1:00pm lunch, networking, games 1:00pm - 1:30pm Architecting a Silverlight .Net Application - George Durzi / Jonathan Heupel 1:30pm - 2:00pm Silverlight / Facebook - Ryan Powers 2:00pm - 2:30pm Silverlight / Twitter - Dave Bost aka SilverTwitter 3:30pm - 4:00pm A 30 minute look at Adobe’s Flex...

posted @ Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:09 AM | Feedback (0)

Its about how you lead your life…

I found this video from Dan Woolston's blog and it moved me.  I guess being almost 40 and having 3 kids I have started to imagine the world without me and what I could do to make it a better place.  I really liked the message that Prof. Randy Pausch of Carnegie-Mellon gave to all.  In the end if you lead your life the right way the dreams will come to you.  I hope I keep that inside me for a long time.  

posted @ Monday, September 24, 2007 3:09 PM | Feedback (0)

The First 10 Sessions for Day of .NET in Ann Arbor

We have selected the first 10 sessions for the Day of .NET in Ann Arbor October 20, 2007.  The final 10 sessions will be announced later this week.  The event is shaping up to be a very great day and will will be informative and hopefully will build a stronger developer community in Michigan and Northwest Ohio.   Selected Session List 1. Jeff McWherter: ASP.Net Performance and Optimization (300)So, you’ve created a slick ASP.NET web application, but the performance isn’t what you were expecting. In this session I will demonstrate tools to...

posted @ Saturday, September 15, 2007 6:09 PM | Feedback (0)

Day of .NET in Ann Arbor Registration Open

The event registration is now available for people wanting to attend the event on Saturday October 20.  Please go here to register.  Thanks.   Also tomorrow is the deadline for anyone that wishes to speak at the event.  The Speaker page on the event site has the details.  

posted @ Friday, September 07, 2007 1:09 PM | Feedback (0)

Viewing SQL Server 2005 Reports from ReportViewer Control in DMZ

So I had to change the way an ASP.NET 2.0 application called reports from pages.  Originally, I used JavaScript to open a new window.ViewCostReport.OnClientClick = "window.open('" + Report.GetProjectCostURL(_PromotionID) + "','ProjectCost','resizable=yes')"; The issue I had was that the window.open call would only work within the client network and not on a new web server located in their DMZ.  I had to create a new report WebForm that embedded a ReportViewer control to view the reports. The other issue I had is that the Report Server had to be accessed with windows Authentication since it was being used by another application for reports and...

posted @ Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:09 PM | Feedback (0)