I recently blogged about using code snippets as a shortcut to writing more code in less time. In this post, I'm going to walk you through the steps to create custom snippets that you can install into Visual Studio for use in your own projects To get started, let's take a look at the anatomy of a snippet. A snippet is nothing more than an XML file, with a .snippet extension, containing configuration settings. If you open up the file foreach.snippet (located in "<Visual Studio installation directory>\VC#\Snippets\1033\Visual C#") you'll find the following XML, which defines the foreach snippet: As you can see, the XML used to...

We prepared a new build of RadScheduler for WPF that is fully compatible with the Q2 2008 SP1 release of RadControls for WPF. The ZIP file is attached to the following forum thread: RadScheduler new build for Q2 2008 SP1   You can download it and give it a go. We also featured in the ZIP file the updated examples about RadScheduler. Below, you can find a full list of all the changes that have been included in the latest RadScheduler build: New Features: SchedulerView changes   - The derived classes for each View (Day, Week and Month) have been removed   -...

Well folks that's right - MS Windows for Workgroups 3.11 is pretty much still alive and kicking. First when I found out that this 15+ years old OS was still popular in the embedded segment (please forgive my ignorance as embedded systems are not my core competency) I couldn't believe my eyes. According to John Coyne this fact changes starting October 1st, 2008 - from this date on OEM's will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11. The comments and the flame that started at ArsTechnica are very interesting though. It looks like the guys that...

Since our first official release in July, we have received lots of feedback from customers about things we need to improve. And we listened! The new release adds several important features that make working with the control easier. Here is the list: Improved selection handling. We now expose a SelectionChanged event and two convenience properties: SelectedItem and CurrentItem. The latter two are especially useful when working with the control entirely in XAML without any code-behind. Cell focus. We have added support for identifying the current cell and to navigate across cells using the Tab/Shift+Tab keys. Improved accessibility support through automation peers for RadGridView. Accessibility...

Ever wondered what technologies MS has up its sleeve for the closest future? I bet you've heard at least words like Live Mesh, Office Communications Server, SQL Server 2008, FAST, Silverlight, Oslo, Visual Studio Team System, Virtualization, SharePoint, Dynamics, XNA. You didn't? So maybe you know about ASP.NET or perhaps IronRubby? The technologies that I've mentioned will make it into the spotlight at PDC 2008 event. You can check out details on 50 of more than 200 sessions that will be presented at PDC....