VS 2008 Links for download

hi ,

You can download VS2008 -Beta family of products at the below locations:

(1) Microsoft Pre-release Software Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Professional Edition (OrcasBeta2ProX1394646.img, 3126.7 MB)

(2) MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 (OrcasBeta2MSDNLibraryX1400348.img, 1907.0 MB)

(3) Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2(dotNetFx35setup.exe, 2.6 MB)

(4) Microsoft Silverlight Tools Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 (VS_SilverlightTools_Alpha_Setup.exe, 3.0 MB)

VS2008 and .Net Framework 3.5 in Beta !!

MS has released VS2008 and .Net 3.5 as Beta.

The downloads can be made from :
The VPC can be downloaded at : http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx

downloads directly from : http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx

From SomaSegars Blog :
>>
The road to Beta 2 has been an exciting one for me and my team. With our focus on delivering frequent CTP’s, we really opened the door for real time feedback from the developer community, and drove the development of this product based on that feedback. With Beta 2 we are feature complete, so now is the time to have your first look if you haven’t seen Visual Studio 2008 yet, or evolve your experience if you have been using our Beta 1 or previous CTP’s. To add to this, we are also releasing a Go Live license for Visual Studio 2008, the .NET Framework 3.5, and Silverlight 1.0 to make it easier for you to start developing in our next generation of tools.

Developers can now use VS2008 and Silverlight 1.0 to build rich interactive applications for the web. With Silverlight 1.0 RC we will also be releasing a CTP for the Silverlight Add-In for Visual Studio 2008. With this add-in, developers can start building Silverlight 1.0 applications from within the Visual Studio 2008 environment and work with their designer counterparts using Expression Blend v2 preview. We expect to deliver the final version of this add-in soon after the final version of Visual Studio 2008.
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Thanks
Senthil

New Agile Users Groups Forum

new Agile Users Discussion Forum Started !!

http://groups.msn.com/bagile


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Senthil

thoughts !

My eyes captured few of these pics in few web sites.

Just added my captions to these !!

what you want to be ??

Time is Invaluable!

Learn the Basics !!

GO step by Step !!

IIS7 Settings for WCF hosting

IIS7.0 is much advanced than its previous verions. 40 feature modules and more advantages.

However i have captured the basic config steps which are a must for hosting WCF Servives in IIS7.0.

1.Make sure the below settings are done in IIS7.0 to host a service:
a. Open the Windows Programs features
b. Click , expand the nodes to Internet Information Services:
c. Click on the Web Management tools
d. Expand all the sub – nodes

Select the IIS6 Management Compatibility
select on all the sub items.

2.Now click on the world wide web services.

3.Expand the Security node:

5.Click on the Basic, Windows, Client Certificate Mapping, IIS Client Certificate, etc ..Except IP Security.
6.When Microsoft 3.0 is installed in the Vista machine, we will see a node like Microsoft Dotnet Framework 3.0.
7.Click on the “Microsoft .Net 3.0 Node” and expand.

8. Check on the Windows Communication Foundation HTTP Activation.
9. The above settings are pretty much enough for the settings for IIS7.0 to host a WCF Service.
10. To check if all the settings are done perfect open IIS7.0 now.
11. The below steps will help us to check if the settings from step 2 to step7 are reflected in IIS7.0.
12. Open IIS7.0 and click on the Application Pools in the left most corner.

13. In the application Pools check if there are 2 Pools in default, namely the Clasic.Net AppPool and the Default AppPool.
14. In IIS7.0 select a particular Virtual directory and check for the Properties.
15. Select the Handler Mappings:

16. Click on the Handler Mappings:
17. Check on the List of Handler Mappings , there will be a mapping for *.svc:

18. Check if the svc-ISAPI-2.0 is present.
19. The values of the SVC setting will be like:
a. Request Path = *.svc
b. Executable: %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll
c. Request RestrictionsàVerbsàAll Verbs.
20. Click on the Directory Settings:


21. When you do a IIS restart, have the restart done from the command prompt.

Hope the above steps will reduce 1 hr of Time to someone!!!!!!

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Senthil

XAML --1

XAML is the next next generation of the windows presentation for applications.

Think if XAML as a programing language where in the front end - GUI is all governed by XML tags...for each control which is added on the screen , there is an entry in the XAML file, in the XML node entry..

XAML is used as the front end GUI part and the Event Driven part of the XAML is coded in the back *.xaml.cs file..for example, if you want to create a message box which needs to be pop up on a click of a button of button. The Messagebox pop up code is written in the *.xaml.cs file.

1.Add the button to the XAML screen and you can see an entry like :



<--- --->

2. Now on the click button , we i have written the OnClick event.

3. The code which must be written for this click event must be written on the OnClick function in the XAML.Cs file.


MessageBox.Show("Senthil in XAML!!!!");

4.Just the above is not enogh , there needs to be a routedevent which needs to be created :


button2.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(Onb2Click);

public void Onb2Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show(textBox1.Text.ToString());
}

5. Its not just the code which is written in the Clickevent , but there needs to be a RoutedEventArgs created and which is done by button2.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(Onb2Click);

[.. deep in XAML in the next posts..]
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Senthil