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We established that Windows Workflow Foundation isn't an end user product in a recent entry . In this entry I want to give my opinions on what software developers should be using WF for. WF is a new capability in the .NET Framework 3.0 that developers
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I get asked this question a bit from people who have heard of WF but have not read much about it. This applies to BizTalk Server 2006, Office SharePoint Server 2007, SourceCode K2, Skelta, Captaris, other BPM products, etc. Here's how I explain it. I'll
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I'm here in Barcelona and the news is that the .NET Framework 3.0 is released. It's available now for download targetting Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The Visual Studio extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation are also released. The download
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Microsoft Learning has just released online e-clinics for .NET Framework 3.0. These 2 hours premium e-clinics cover the new capabilities in .NET Framework 3.0. There is a course on Windows Presentation Foundation, one on Windows Workflow Foundation and
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Today marks the publication of the last in the set of overview level White Papers that David Chappell was commissioned to write on .NET Framework 3.0 technologies. We've all put a lot of effort into ensuring that these papers answer a software architects
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My old .NET user group is doing a code camp in April 2006. You should all go. I'm sure there's going to be some workflow content too.
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Don Box and Chris Anderson show Avalon, Indigo, Workflow, an Xbox 360 controller and a nice baby grand piano in this MSDN Holidays Show. They show the workflow about half way through just before the, ahem, singing. Lotsa fun. Some other workflow articles
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I spent some time today trying out the MapPoint Web Services and the mapping data for New Zealand. I've been trying to get ASP.NET Atlas working so that the map updates seamlessly when you drag it. I can't quite get it working so I took it out and the
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Today I decided to create a family photo album web site. I settled on using nGallery (from www.nGallery.org ). The hoster I am using has a fairly locked down environment so nGallery didn’t work out of the box. Here are the things I had to do to make it
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Yesterday I built a small web site and I tried to publish it to my usual web site www.dotnetlounge.co.nz . This site has been entirely running Windows Sharepoint Services until now. I used Sharepoint Central Administration to exclude my virtual directory
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In New Zealand May is .NET Framework Survey month. I thought it would be interesting to find out what parts of New Zealand are doing the most .NET development work measured by machines deployed from the developers home city (per capita). So for pretty
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Today I read Keith Short's why Whitehorse is not using UML? In it he describes why the Whitehorse designers use DSL's (Domain Specific Languages) rather than UML. Whitehorse includes the Distributed Service Designer, the Logical Infrastructure Designer
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My group at Microsoft in New Zealand is hiring a Community focussed .NET Developer Specialist. A .NET Developer Specialist's time is split between supporting in-person and online developer events and working informally with leaders in the developer community.
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I'm sitting in a presentation about Itanium hardware from a hardware vendor. He just told us that the .NET Framework would come in 64 bit version in Microsoft's Wide Bay release . Classic.
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A user on my local .NET mailing list was having trouble with MDI child menus not combining, so today I've entered this simple sample from Ken Getz and Paul Sherrifs article on the subject . The C# sample code is here. http://www.winisp.net/home/blogpics/mdiapplication.zip
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