It appears VB is not only alive, but is growing strong. It seems that the feature is all about data and merging the divide between application and data. Hmm.... So is the n-tear design supposed dying... doubt it http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/future/
Well, nother dollar waisted due to the music format incompatibilities (and bickering between companies) I just purchased a song from music.msn.com It came in WMA format. However, my IPod does not play WMA files, even though ITunes player does. And apperantly you can not convert "purchased" files to MP3 even though you purchased them, and they should be yours to do with what ever you want. Can someone explpain me the logic in selling me something, and yet not allowing me to do with it what I want? When I buy a car I can alter it how I want. When I buy a house, I can rebuild it. True.... I can not break the rules, but I am not planning on doing so. I am only trying to listen to the song that I paid good money for. I would not even let anyone else listen to it.... I promice.
it is interesting how the more computers enter our lives, the more software bugs effect us. Computers are everywhere now, and I am not talking about the deskktops or laptops that we use, I am talking about everythng from Cars to appliances that we use in our daily lives. No matter how different those 'computers' look from the desktops and laptops, the software running on them is still the same software.... just as buggy. Here are some examples: My DVR slows down to a crawl after about two weeks of continuous operation. My MP3 player stops connecting to the USB port and requres a 'reboot'. There are old jokes on what would happen if cars would be designed by Microsoft. I don't think it's really Microsofts fault, however it is disappointing, that the reach of computers advanced, howver, the quality of software decreased. I understand that the complexity increased, however, you can't argue that since our cars are more complex then they used to be, they should crash more often...
Main new notable features that I was waiting for are:
One very important note: The server is fully backward compatible (new features will not work witht the old client, however, all the old features will work perfectly)
Enjoy....
Finally - Great Theft Auto for XBox - Are there still any reasons to get the PS2? Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Xbox Hands-On - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Previews for Xbox at GameSpot
We are in the process of selecting a grid product for the next order management application. Even though the list of available grids is pretty big, once you start getting into the evaluation of the products, it narrows down pretty fast. I was not the one to do the research on the grids, so would like to give credit where it's due. All research on the grid products was done by Victoria Nemoytina, one of the senior developers on my team.
Grid Requirements:
| SyncFusion Grid | SyncFusion Inc |
| Infragistics Grid | Infragistics Inc |
| XtraGrid | XtraGrid |
| ComponentOne Grid | ComponentOne |
| Feature | Infragistics | DevExpress |
|---|---|---|
| Periodic Data Updates | Yes - When sorting if off, new rows can be added and existing rows updated in the underlying recordset while the user is in edit mode. The grid is going to reflect the changes, but the user won't be kicked out of editing. | Yes - When the new rows are added to the underlying recordset, the grid does not reflect the changes unless you do a refresh, which kicks the user out of edit mode. If you try to add new rows directly to the grid, the user also gets kicked out of edit mode once you try to commit your change (which you have to do to be able to add another new row). You can set a new value for a particular cell without switching focus from a row that's been edited. So, the real-time updates are possible. |
| Splits | Yes | Yes |
| Formulas | Yes | Yes |
| Export to Excel | Yes | Yes |
| Import from Excel | Yes | Yes |
| Virtual Mode (no data resides in a grid) | Yes - Can apply grouping, sorting and filtering in virtual mode | Yes - Can apply grouping, sorting and filtering in virtual mode. Applying grouping is faster in this mode than in Infragistics |
| Filtering | Yes - You can hide, disable or change appearance for the rows that are filtered out. For a hierarchical grid you can filter the child or the parent rows only. | Yes |
| Summaries | Yes - Can have header of footer Summaries | Yes - Can choose to display summaries for collapsed rows only. Can have header or footer Summaries. |
| Merged Cells | Yes | |
| Excel like presentation | Yes | |
| Create Columns automatically by adding them to the end | Yes | |
| Refresh Hierarhical Grid while keeping expansion status the same | ||
| Multicolumn Drop-down list | Yes | |
| Save one grid's Layout and apply it to other grid | Yes | Yes |
| Rotated Column Headers | Yes | Yes |
Hey, it only took me 3 years to get a new computer (meaning I panned on getting one for the last three years), and finally to switch switch to Windows XP. So now I have a brand new, far from the top of the line, P4, 3.0GHz, 512MB, 160GB HD Dell 3000. For a bargain price of $450. Hey, more then enough to read some blogs. Some of the coolest features I am going to miss while working on the laptop (still 2000) are: Fast Bootup TIme All of the powertoys (Virtual Screens, Task Switcher) Better security lockdown Ohh well, may be my boss will get me a new laptop (let's see if he's reading my blog on this one :)
