Nov 26, 2008
In VS 2005, you can drag and drop an extender control anywhere on the design surface. However, in VS 2008, you can drop an extender only on an ASP control which the extender can extend its functionality. When you drag an extender and hover it over a control...
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Filed under: Visual Studio 2008, VS2008, VWD, tips and tricks, Designer, ASP.NET, VSTS, Ajax
Nov 24, 2008
Microsoft's Web Platform Installer has been a cool and simple tool that install's Microsoft's entire Web Platform including IIS 7.0, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and .NET framework. The user interface gives...
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Filed under: Visual Studio 2008, tips and tricks, IIS, ASP.NET, Web PI
Nov 24, 2008
Remind me to tell you some time why the IIS team is so evil clever. It' cool to see the first steps of a master plan to make things awesome start to come to fruition. I've said over and over that IIS7 is rocking sweet and once you start using it...
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Filed under: IIS, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC
Nov 24, 2008
I’m excited to announce the availability of the Release Candidate version of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI). Web PI is a free tool that makes it simple to download and install the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform, including...
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Filed under: IIS7, ASP.NET, IIS News Item, Developers, Administrators, Extensions, Deployment
Nov 24, 2008
In case you haven’t already heard the news, ASP.NET will now be enabled on Windows Server Core starting with Windows Server 2008 R2. If you're not familiar with Server Core, it is a low footprint Server installation option that lays down just the...
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Filed under: IIS7, ASP.NET, IIS News Item, Developers, Administrators
Nov 24, 2008
The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS7, Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 Express Edition and the .NET Framework. Using the Web Platform Installer’s user...
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Filed under: Misfit Geek [IIS], Misfit Geek [Syndicated], ASP.NET
Nov 21, 2008
If you are taking advantage of the App_Code folder to develop an ASP.NET WebSite some times you need to use code files that are written in different .NET languages. For example, you may want to use C# files and VB.NET files in the same web site: To be...
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Filed under: Visual Studio 2008, VS2008, VWD, tips and tricks, Visual Studio, Development, ASP.NET, VSTS
Nov 20, 2008
Every time I talk with customers in meetings or at conferences I’m struck by how many cool amazing new capabilities IIS7 has. I can go on for literally hours talking about the new features and benefits, and showing demos. And with each new...
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Filed under: IIS7, ASP.NET, Extensibility, Administration, Troubleshooting, IIS News Item, Developers, Performance, Videos, Media, Administrators, Configuration, Security, Deployment