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Help Publisher for FrontPage
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With this 3rd party FrontPage add-in, you can create full-featured HTML help files as easily as making a Web site. Help Publisher can produce HTML Help 1.x and MS Help 2.0 format help files as well as publishing help topics to Microsoft Word for proofreading and the production of manuals. Automatically creates the help file’s table of contents from the web's navigation structure and can even create an expandable/collapsible JavaScript contents for website hosted help.
Download it from MSDN.
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VSTS Pricing and Licensing
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This is an interesting read for me. It clearly outlines how the components of the VSTS bars are getting sold. Interesting thing was, even though VSTS looks like a single bundled software I see its potential only when it is used end-to-end in a system. If the pricing gets distributed, the problem is the products potentials are not realized. Anyways, these are my views.
Also read this entry by Eric. Expands more on this issue.
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Webcasts: SQL Server 2005
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This April there are a series of webcasts on SQL Server 2005 that you might want to bookmark.
Check the webcasts listing here ...
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Error: Installing Feb CTP Build (Version: 2000.90.1090.0)
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Today I was trying to install the SQL Server 2005 Feb CTP build on my Windows 2003 Server on a VPC environment. But the setup keeps failing stating:
“Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP setup support files.
Then the setup program produces the following error: Error 1203 - No network provider accepted the given network path“
This was a strange error. I restarted my VPC instance and tried all sorts of activity. It just didnt get past the support files stage. A complete road block. Then I decided to read the Release Notes. And under the OS requirements 3.3.2 I see this note:
Note :There is no support in this release for Virtual Server, Virtual PC, Windows 2003 Embedded Edition, Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Media Edition, Windows XP Tablet Edition, or Windows "Longhorn."
I thought “Gosh !!! Give me a break!!!“. Has someone really tried to install this CTP build on a VPC? Or am I missing something here. I dont plan to install the Beta version on my host machine. Ideas welcome !!!
Have a long weekend, hope to see some resolution to this problem.
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New Tricks in ADO.NET 2.0
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The Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0 delivers an updated ADO.NET that will streamline your data access development efforts. The ADO.NET team has worked with both the System.Xml team and the SQL Server™ team to provide a consistently rich developer experience, crossing technology boundaries from ADO.NET to XML and back. This will all be apparent as you dig into ADO.NET 2.0. There are improvements on so many fronts that you will certainly be pleased. Read the article here.
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Vote your Favourite MVP !!!
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An interesting poll going on for the Indian MVP community, wherein you can select the facourite MVP in your town who has helped you in one way or the other. Now that being one part of the story, there is a chance to win some cool Swiss Army Watches too in the process ;).
Get here to vote.
BTW, if you were to select me it would be: “Vinod M Kumar“. I would be interested to see the poll results too :). Let the polling begin.
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Information Bridge Framework
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“The Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework is a set of tools and technologies that use these capabilities to extend the Microsoft Office System, enabling information workers to view and act on business data from within the familiar Microsoft Office System programs. Using the Information Bridge Framework, developers can build solutions that enrich Microsoft Office documents, providing relevant information and related actions within the context of the process or subject.“
Having said that, catch this webcast on IBF capabilities.
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SQL Server 2005 Feb CTP Build !!!
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Whatz new in this CTP build. Generally the CTP (Community Tech Preview) builds are Intermediate builds that get shipped and packaged. I've been on the late Beta2 version of Yukon on my VPC for quite sometime now. But realized that quite some stuffs have changed and I need to update myself ... Will try to get my hands on the Feb build asap.
Here is a post from Micheal Rys (XML Guy :)) on “XML changes in Feb CTP”
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Chat on SQL Server 2005 Security
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Join this chat session that will walk you through some of the security features that were introduced in SQL Server 2005 (Yukon). This will outline features like user-schema separation, signed modules, encryption capabilities, architectural changes etc. The enhancement listing is enormous and will surely demystify some of the jargons you keep hearing.
Chat Expert: Srinivas Sampath (MVP) and Vinod Kumar (MVP)
Yes, thats me on the Experts list. It is scheduled on 23rd(Wednesday) 5:00-6:00 PM IST. Add to Outlook now. Meet you there ...
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XP Reduced Media Edition
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ITs the same XP for the European market without Media Player ;) ... The name is changing but yet caught the headlines at pcworld. Read it complete here.
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The .NET Show: SQL Server 2005
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This show outlined by James Hamilton and Tom Rizzo show some of the specific features and capabilities of SQL Server 2005 that will allow programmers as well as database developers to create better database-oriented solutions.
See the webcast here ...
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Backwards Breaking Changes from version 1.1 to 2.0
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I know many will be interested in book-marking this page. This will surely be updated as we get closer to the RTM. Hoping this doesnt get too long. From the GotDotNet Site read the Breaking changes ...