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Getting around Jet Engine not installed error on 64 bit Vista

There is a problem with 64 bit Vista and that is the Jet Engine, used by ADO.NETs OleDb Data Provider, is not supported. It's also no longer supported by Microsoft so a 64 bit version is not planned. If you develop with OleDb on 64 bit Vista you get an error saying something along the lines of the...

Posted to Derek Smyth's Software Development Blog (Weblog) by dsmyth on 11-08-2007
VistaDb (100% Managed Database Engine)

Wow it's been a while, sorry for the lack of updates. It is due to a combination of studying for the MCPD (second attempt is looming) and having a bit of a deadline to meet on a project. I've been spending most of my time helping folks out on the MSDN forums. Many people ask me questions through...

Posted to Derek Smyth's Software Development Blog (Weblog) by dsmyth on 11-07-2007
Using Script# to build ASP.NET AJAX Enabled Controls

Recently I’ve finished reading the marvelous book ASP.NET AJAX IN ACTION . After that I thought to start build some simple ASP.NET AJAX Enabled Controls. Unfortunately I’m not an advanced JavaScript developer and I consider most of the scripts I wrote a simple bad coding practice scripts. So ASP.NET...

Posted to Moses on DotNetSlackers (Weblog) by mosessaur on 10-24-2007
XSL-FO to PDF, MathML, Virtual PC, and MSIs

First off many thanks to Digvijay for his comment, it was well appreciated. I'm not to clever at replying to comments, only to happy to help. You may have noticed that there was a noticable gap in time between some posts, the reason for this was two fold... I've started back with studying for...

Posted to Derek Smyth's Software Development Blog (Weblog) by dsmyth on 08-31-2007
TrueCrypt - Protecting USB Memory Sticks

For the last year I've been using a 8Gb JetFlash USB memory stick to store all my ebooks and projects on. It's a fantastic little memory stick because it comes with a piece of software called uFormat which partitions the stick into a unsafe and secure area. You need to login to the secure area...

Posted to Derek Smyth's Software Development Blog (Weblog) by dsmyth on 08-24-2007
Microsoft Patterns and Practices April 2007 DVD

Microsoft Patterns and Practices April 2007 DVD http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6724E09B-CA2E-425A-8D71-8FEBAD3BA203&displaylang=en Full DVD download of all the articles, videos, libraries, and tools posted by Microsofts Patterns and Practises team. Well worth the download...

Posted to Derek Smyth's Software Development Blog (Weblog) by dsmyth on 07-28-2007
Type Visualizers : Visualizing non-serializable types.

Well thank you PShaffer for your comment. You can indeed create type visualizers for non-serializable types using the Microsoft.VisualStudio.VisualizerObjectSource class. This object is responsible for serializing the type, in binary, from Visual Studio (debugee) to the Type Visualizer (debugger). Fairly...

Posted to Derek Smyth's Software Development Blog (Weblog) by dsmyth on 05-29-2007
XML Debug Type Visualizer

I've create a XML debugger visualizer for Visual Studio 2005 which you can download here . Just unzip and place the DLL in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Packages\Debugger\Visualizers'. You can view the XML as text and as a DOM like tree as well as run XPath expressions...

Posted to Derek Smyth's Software Development Blog (Weblog) by dsmyth on 05-22-2007
Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (May 2007)

The Microsoft ASP.NET Futures May 2007 (“Futures”) release contains an early developer preview of features providing a wide range of new functionality for both ASP.NET and Silverlight™. The functionality in the Futures release includes early experimental versions of features currently...

Posted to Moses on DotNetSlackers (Weblog) by mosessaur on 04-30-2007
Many Upcoming Changes Ahead

There are a lot of changes that are soon coming to those who are uses to the Microsoft .NET platform. For instance: Visual Studio Orcas is in beta, and I saw something stating that it would be complete Q4 of 2007. It features support for most of the features below, as well as new ways to design applications...

Posted to Brian Mains Blog (Weblog) by bmains on 04-20-2007

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Getting around Jet Engine not installed error on 64 bit Vista

VistaDb (100% Managed Database Engine)

Using Script# to build ASP.NET AJAX Enabled Controls

XSL-FO to PDF, MathML, Virtual PC, and MSIs

TrueCrypt - Protecting USB Memory Sticks

Microsoft Patterns and Practices April 2007 DVD

Type Visualizers : Visualizing non-serializable types.

XML Debug Type Visualizer

Microsoft ASP.NET Futures (May 2007)

Many Upcoming Changes Ahead