Month June 2010

Windows 8!

The guys at Microsoft Kitchen have some very interesting slides that were left lying around the internet somewhere and got picked up by the Italian Windows site “Windowsette“. They’re all about Windows 8. One of the slides addresses the number…

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2 Feature Pack

Available from today, a collection of useful bits and bobs for use with SQL Server 2008. Amoung the included features is a new version of Report Builder, which includes support for the new visulisations, such as sparklines and maps. You…

Development Manifesto

I was going through some old files the other day, and came across a poster I created about 4-5 years ago. I was working – actually I wasn’t working on a project that was going wrong. Some of my colleagues…

CheckedListBox Woes

Recently, I had a problem to solve involving displaying lists of checkable items. I found out, the hard way, the limitations of the CheckedListBox and why you may not want to try using it. My woeful tale ended with me using a third-party control to achieve what I was looking for.

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