Francesco's Blog

Brian Keller presents in his blog how to download, install and use a virtual machine with VS 11 developer preview.

You can find all materials and info at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/briankel/archive/2011/09/16/visual-studio-11-application-lifecycle-management-virtual-machine-and-hands-on-labs-demo-scripts.aspx

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First session of cdays2012 in Microsoft Italy... spectacular! (information and material on http://www.communitydays.it/)

And now waiting for Bari, 8/9 May 2012!

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Hi, today we mark a new extension for VS 2010: Microsoft Ribbon for WPF October 2010.

You can find files and examples here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2bfc3187-74aa-4154-a670-76ef8bc2a0b4

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I point out to you a place to find a Silverlight web os, http://www.silveos.com/.
The site is very similar to a Windows desktop, with many applications such as a media player, games, a text editor, browser and other delicacies (like the file manager, control panel, etc. ...).
You can log on after registrate or you can simply use the Guest account.
In my view there are still many bugs, but for speed and innovation, I consider it a major step forward in the use of Silverlight technology.

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Yesterday I build a project successfully.

when I started the application I got a strange message from Visual Studio:

Could not load the assembly ... dll. This assembly may have been downloaded from the Web.  If an assembly has been downloaded from the Web, it is flagged by Windows as being a Web file, even if it resides on the local computer. This may prevent it from being used in your project. You can change this designation by changing the file properties. Only unblock assemblies that you trust. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179545 for more information.

For those who are lazy, I point out here the steps:

- Find the file .dll reported;
- Right-click on the property;
- Click "Unblock" the bottom of the "General" tab.

Now the application will start correctly.

Tags: Visual Studio, .Net

Hi, I added a music section here.

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L'uomo è l'immagine dei suoi pensieri.

It's a beautiful phrase of Gandhi (I write it in italian). It says that in a world where is only the hustle and the technology - in this world - there is still space for man.

Man is emotion. Man is thought. man is image. If you want to see my images, click here. 

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Hi, yesterday I installed Office 2010 (cute, but to be explored in depth). After I opened a web project visual studio 2008 but I discover that designer did not work (and if I click on "designer" or "split" VS hangs).

The solution is the follow:

It 'should run again the setup of the Visual Studio Web Authoring Component, and choose to repair the installazine.

The setup is launched with administrative privileges (right click on and then runs as Administrator) and is located in:

Windows 64bit:  C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Common Files \ Microsoft Shared \ OFFICE12 \ Office Setup Controller \ setup.exe

and for Windows 32bit: C: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ Microsoft Shared \ OFFICE12 \ Office Setup Controller \ setup.exe


(Who wants to read the article about it can be found at: http://www.alessandromiele.it/Articoli--ReadArticle_Visual_Studio_2008_si_blocca_dopo_aver_installato_Office_2010_visualizzando_pagine_ASP_Net.aspx#Main_Content)

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Many developers cannot use subreport in local reports, because they fail to pass the parameters in the subreport.
I solve this problem using events for this.

In the Code page there is a wpf example that handles the rendering of a subreport; I also upload a very common database (Northwind).

Bye,

Francesco

Tags: .Net, Reporting services, Wpf

This morning I explored some new features of Visual Studio 2010 and I found "Microsoft Test Manager 2010". This new feature looks very interesting... at regard I point out a brief overview http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb385901.aspx.

Only two weaknesses I found are the dependency of the project to be tested from TFS and the fact that MTM only supports TFS 2010 (not 2008).

For anyone interested in MTM I mark this webcast: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/fsharp/ff685653.aspx and http://www.microsoft.com/italy/beit/Msdn.aspx?video=45e5c22d-ddda-4eac-b843-861f7764c49a.

Tags: Visual studio, Test