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.NET User Group May Meeting - Nblogr

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 4-May-2007 05:49

Ivan Porto CarreroSenior developer Xero Creator of Nblogr
What is Nblogr?Blogging Engine Base library for other projects My experimental project Extensible Showcase for technologies Decided to actually go through making it a proper application b (read the entire post)...



MSD2D .NET Newsletter

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 3-May-2007 08:46

.NET I really liked this one… especially the 'Today in History'! I also tried the Orcas download (all 1.1 GB of it) - I got Windows Server 2003, but no Visual Studio! April 27, 2007 Today in History April 27, 4977 BC - Universe is created, (read the entire post)...



txtsurvey.co.nz

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 25-Apr-2007 06:22

From: darrylburling@hotmail.com [mailto:darrylburling@hotmail.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Burling
Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2007 10:13 p.m.
To: James Hippolite
Subject: txtsurvey.co.nz Hey dude,

I know you have kids, but I do (read the entire post)...



Minutes from SQL Server Users Group Meeting

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 24-Apr-2007 05:52

Patrick Okeefee Patrick.okeeffe@quest.com Product Architect for Quest Software's spotlight on SQL Server product family What problem are we trying to solve?We are trying to get the best performance and the most efficiency from SQL Server We are in th (read the entire post)...



Minutes from MS Architects Forum

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 24-Apr-2007 05:51

The Aspiring ArchitectContent Management and Search GadgetsDaryl ChantryArchitectArchitecture Strategy Team (Redmond)Thursday 19 April 2007 Microsoft Wellington, Level 12 Mobil on the Quay
Glossary FY08 begins 1 July 2007 Skills, Knowledge & De (read the entire post)...



MS architect Forum Wellington, Thurs 19 April at 4:00pm

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 24-Apr-2007 05:50

From: Mark Carroll (NZ) Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:18 PM
To: Mark Carroll (NZ)
Subject: MS architect Forum Wellington, Thurs 19 April at 4:00pm Hi, Thank you for your RSVP for attending this session. Details from the invitation are (read the entire post)...



Passed Exam 70-528

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 19-Apr-2007 10:29

Passed Exam 70-528After failure to pass exam 70-551: UPGRADE MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework (which incorporates all three exams 70-528, 70-536 & 70-547) on Thursday, 8 February 2007. Sat and passed exam 70-528 (read the entire post)...



Passed Exam 70-536

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 13-Apr-2007 06:02

After failure to pass exam 70-551: UPGRADE MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework (which incorporates all three exams 70-528, 70-536 & 70-547) on Thursday, 8 February 2007. Sat and passed exam 70-536: Technology Speci (read the entire post)...



Parameter-Driven SQL Query from Excel

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 27-Mar-2007 21:26

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim TheQuery As QueryTable Dim TheSheet As Worksheet Dim FirstLetter As String Dim RunDate As Date Dim parm As Parameter Set TheSheet = ActiveSheet With TheSheet FirstLetter = (read the entire post)...



Thank you for attending the Microsoft Technical Briefing Event

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 24-Mar-2007 05:41

Hi

Thank you for attending the Microsoft 2007 Technical Briefing Event. We hope that you enjoyed the day and got some insights into the exciting potential of the new and upcoming technologies. If you would like to review the presentations (read the entire post)...



Tools for working with databases

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 15-Mar-2007 21:23

Tools for working with databases
Mike Zeff Developer Evangelist Developer & Platform Strategy Group Microsoft NZ http://blogs.msdn.com/mikezeff Or how to make the database guy part of the development team. Visual Studio Team SystemTeam Edition f (read the entire post)...



Extending the Reach of your Applications

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 15-Mar-2007 20:26

Extending the Reach of your ApplicationsJeremy (Jeremy@mindscape.co.nz) & JD (jd@mindscape.co.nz) Remoteness…1990 - MSDOS 6.22 2000 - MS IE 4.0 2007 - Windows Sideshow; Mobile Apps; XBOX; Smart Phones; MS Exchange ServerWhat has enabled this? (read the entire post)...



Building Composite Applications

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 15-Mar-2007 20:25

Building Composite ApplicationsJeremy Boyd Mindscape Lots of ground to cover! New concepts, code! Look for code, samples and presentation downloads http://turtle.net.nz/blog/ Jeremy@mindscape.co.nz Composite ApplicationsThe whole is greater than the (read the entire post)...



Building Standards Compliant Websites

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 15-Mar-2007 20:25

Building Standards Compliant WebsitesJohn-Daniel Trask Mindscape What is a Standard?Agreed upon protocols Three types De-facto Industry GovernmentImportance of Web Standards· Ensure durability · Ensure accessibility &middo (read the entire post)...



Welcome to the Microsoft Technical Briefing Sessions

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 15-Mar-2007 20:22

Welcome to the Microsoft Technical SessionsSean McBreen Director | Developer & Platform Strategy Microsoft New Zealand Blogs.msdn.com/smcbreen People Drive Business Success(People Ready) Microsoft's Promises to You Enabling IT Pros & Development team (read the entire post)...



Wellington SQL Server User Group meeting

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 10-Mar-2007 06:09

Venue: Microsoft, Level 12, Mobil on the Quay, Lampton Quay, Wellington.Time: Thursday 8 March 2007 @ 6pmWho: Rob HawthorneWhat: Disk ManagementDisk TypesIDE SATA SCSIDisk Management SAN - Best for Enterprise Class environments NAS - Best for Medium (read the entire post)...



Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 (Part 4 of 4): ASP.NET 2.0 Configuration and Deployment

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 6-Mar-2007 06:11

Listening (Friday 23 Feb @ 11AM) to Fritz Onion of PluralSight.com. He's the guru.Missed quite a bit of it (had a work meeting just before that ran overtime. Don't you hate it when that happens?)http://www.pluralsight.com/fritz/webcasts.asp (read the entire post)...



VB.NET Soup-to-Nuts Webcast: Class Libraries

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 6-Mar-2007 06:10

Am currently (Tues 20 Feb @ 9AM) listening to Ron Cundiff's webcast (#3 of 22!) on Visual Basic .NET: Class Libraries. This is a Microsoft Office Live Meeting (free training). This is a 200-level 1 hour lecture. Might be a bit below me, but it& (read the entire post)...



.NET User Group "Lightening Talk"

By James Hippolite, in , posted: 6-Mar-2007 06:06

(Am moving these next few entries over from Family Blog so my political and business interests do not drown out my family photos.)Took part (on Wed 7 Feb) in kick-off of Dot Net User Group for 2007.I gave a 5-minute presentation "Inside Telecom".If y (read the entire post)...



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James Hippolite
Wellington
New Zealand


Welcome to my technical blog. 

Here, I attempt to distill the Microsoft Certified Professional Developer knowledge I have accumulated since first qualifying MCP in 1996.  This blog started on 13 September 2007 as an off-shoot from my mixed up personal blog.  But it took a shot in the arm from Scott Hanselman's talk at TechEd New Zealand 08 "32 Ways To Make Your Blog Suck Less".