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Microsoft WPF Certification

I'm seriously thinking about getting this certification. I already contacted Apex InfoTech and they gave me prices and everything. This is the description of the course. It lasts for 3 days, and the price is $1,495. What do you guys think, is it worth it? I've already been using WPF for a a bit more than a year, but I think a little Mi...

Microsoft Training in .NET

Hey guys, A quick question about training. My company are offering to put me through a 5 day course in .NET programming with C#, on the proviso that I work for them for a minimum 12 month period immediately after the training has been completed. IF I don't work for them for 12months I will be expected to pay them back teh cost of the t...

JQuery problem IE8 name attribute

Hello... In IE8 this input.attr("name","exam.exam_Normal['" +normal_id_unique + "'].boolean_v"); Outputs this only in IE8.... <input propdescname="exam.exam_Normal['1'].boolean_v" type="hidden" value="0"/> WHY WHY?? Why everywhere are problems... why ...

Deploying plugins for Internet Explorer

Hi everybody. I'm looking for a way to deploy an Internet Explorer plugin for SVG-rendering without manually installing it on every client machine. Is there a way to use some ActiveX voodoo stuff to automatically install a plugin? I have no reliable information about the IE versions that are used on the client side so I assume the wor...

How Does the Office Communicator Presence Status Work?

Hi, I'm interested in finding out more about the Microsoft Office Communicator IM client, and how it determines your presence (i.e if you are at your computer or away). Can anyone point me towards a tutorial that explains this, or details of the API? Thanks, MagicAndi ...

How can I get the GUID from a PDB file?

Hello, Does anyone know how to get the GUID from a PDB file? I'm using Microsoft's Debug Interface Access SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f0756hat.aspx and getting E_PDB_INVALID_SIG when passing in the GUID i expect when trying to load the PDB. I'd just like to know the GUID of the PDB so I can be certain that it's mism...

Is there a legal way for me to embed the Calibri font into a website for non Windows Vista/7 visitors?

I would like to use Calibri for my website. I would like to use the Calibri font for my website even when the visitor does not have the font installed (ie. non Windows Vista/7 visitors). Does Microsoft allow embedding of the Calibri font into a Web Site? If so, what technology do they allow this? EOT? Thanks. ...

Problem installing Umbraco with Microsoft Web Platform Installer .

I've been trying to install Umbraco using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. I'm not sure what credentials to enter for "Database Administrator" and "Database Administrator Password". I've tried the default "sa" as "Database Administrator, and for every password i use i get the error message: "Login failed for sa". Please what really ...

Was there a book about the creation of NT4?

Someone told me once there was a good novel around the story of the development of NT4. Does anyone know about this novel, what was its name? ...

Changing default settings in SQL Server Enterprise

In Microsoft SQL 2008 Enterprise manager, when you right click a table to open it the option only grabs the first 1000 rows. Same thing with an edit except it limits the result to 200 rows. Is there a way to increase this in the context menu? I know I change the SQL once it loads, but I'd like to set the default value myself so I don't h...

Microsoft equivalent of Eclipse RCP

I have heard positive things about Eclipse RCP (Rich Client Platform) - does Microsoft has similar plugin UI framework available? I found an article from the Eclipse.org marketing director where he states: "An organization that is 100% Microsoft probably won't/shouldn't consider Eclipse RCP." A colleague pointed out that this artic...

How to view the contents or the changes done in a msu file

Hi, I got an hotfix from microsoft (msu file). How can i find the contents or the changes done in that file? Thanks in advance. ...

Using DataSets and DataTables, Microsoft opinion

I heard that microsoft does not recommend using DataSets and DataTables in new projects. Instead it recommends using their new technologies or build own class structures. Is that true? If yes, then could someone please give me the official link. Thank you :) ...

hiding exectables using ADS (Alternate data streams)

i hear that NTFS alternate data streams can be used to hide running executabes. eg supporse i have an exe called hiddenProgram.exe on windows xp,using cmd.exe or system(char*) calls in c, type hiddenProgram.exe > c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe:hiddenProgram.exe start c:\windows\system32\svchost.exe:hiddenProgram.exe starts svchost a...

Is there a Java (Sun/Oracle) equivalent of the Microsoft MVP Program?

We already run a NFR (not for resale) program where we give Microsoft MVP's a reduced cost licence of our software. We would like to extend this to the Java community, but I'm having trouble finding the equivalent program in the Sun/Oracle world. Is there such a thing? ...

SQL Server Upgrade 'Developer > Enterprise'

Hey guys, My company purchased Visual Studio Pro 2008 last year, which had a 'free' copy of SQL Server Developer, which I have been using for development. We are wanting to upgrade the copy of developer edition to enterprise (As we now want to use the server as a production server), and have purchased the licenses for this. Now... Mor...

Which course or tools should be the best to learn graphics creation and web site creation?

Please recommend !!! ...

Is it possible to access a COM Object from Linux

Office is running in Wine, meaning I have a running Version (2003). But when I try to create a new COM object I just get the following error: Fatal error: Class 'COM' not found <?php $com = new COM('Word.Application'); $com->close(); Is there a way to get this working without installing Windows? ...

How to create filter option in RDLC report column ?

I wanted to have filter option (like the one available in Excel sheet) in rdlc report column. is it possible and how ? http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2223/sample1n.png i am trying in Visual studio 2005 and Microsoft report viewer. kindly let me know the option for this or a work around for it. Thanks ...

Resource for Microsoft beta certification exam 71-515 Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

I am looking for good resources to study this beta exam. Until now the best I have found is this list of post gathering links covering the topics. These are mainly MSDN documentation links and is not always ideal to face the exam. Do you have any resource/tests to train against the corresponding 3.5 exam? is it the 70-528? Any help/adv...