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Visual Basic 9 (VB9) .Net Framework Version Targetting

Visual Studio 2008 supports targetting different versions of the .Net framework. In previous versions you had to use the version of Visual Studio which corresponded to the version of the .Net framework you are targetting (e.g. VS2002 = .net 1.0, VS2003 Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:43 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments
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How to implement Windows Forms Based Authentication in ASP.Net

This is an updated version of an article I wrote in March 2003 for ASPAlliance. I corrected some minor errors and updated the code samples a bit. C# and VB.Net samples are both attached at the bottom of the page. Introduction The Windows authentication Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:23 AM by Brian Desmond | 5 Comments
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Broken Links

If you find any broken links here, send me an email or leave a comment. I think I caught them all, but the manner in which the software this site runs on makes URLs is rather complex and I don't really understand the config files, so it's pretty entirely Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:23 AM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments

Site Fixed

I had some issues with the server this site is hosted on the last week of May/first week of June. Six weeks later I've finally gotten everything all fixed. I took the downtime as an oppurtunity to upgrade the software that runs this site and think Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 16, 2006 11:13 AM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments

Site Move/Upgrade

I decided to get a box, actually a virtual server over at www.bitshop.com . I'm in the process of getting that all squared away and working, and then I'm going to swing this site over, and hopefully in the process upgrade the blog software and get rid Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 03, 2005 4:09 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments

Back!

My server amchine that I ran this site off of from the house lost its motherboard a few weeks ago. I've been so swamped I still haven't fixed it. To make things easier, I've moved the site off to a shared host instead. Hopefully will have some time to Read More...
Posted Monday, May 16, 2005 5:40 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments

Mailbox Enabling a User in .Net

A while back, I promised I'd continue talking about CDO, .Net, Exchange, AD, and good stuff like that. Albeit belatedly, I thought I'd post how to mailbox enable a user in VB.Net. I'm goign to assuem that the user is already in the directory, as we already Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 10, 2004 3:27 PM by Brian Desmond | 9 Comments
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Using LDP to find the Distinguished Name of an object

Sometimes remembering or deriving the full distinguished name of an object in the directory can be painful to do by hand. Luckily, Microsoft provides a nice little browser utility with the server os' and the 2003 admin pack. Beware that you can do A LOT Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 10, 2004 3:19 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments
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intraVNews Tip

I've noticed this issue where intraVnews will periodically stop downloading certain feeds. It appears, based on my extensive research (err interpetation of the dialog), that after an error getting a feed, intraVNews will stop downloading it. This is easy Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:13 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments
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FIX: VS7 Debugger Error

I thought I'd post a solution to a debug issue I had today. I've had it before, and now I'll be able to google my blog for the solution. When trying to debug a WinForms app, VS reports “The debugger is not properly installed. Run setup to install Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:43 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments
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OWA Version Compatibility

I found out this afternoon that OWA 2003 will not work with an Exchange 2000 BackEnd configuration. “Darn!” is all I can say. I was counting on it to work, and I'm not sure why I didn't recall that OWA2000 didn't/doesn't work with exch55 back Read More...
Posted Saturday, February 14, 2004 11:38 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments

Datagrid Sorting with Viewstate Disabled

I learnt how to enable sorting on a datagrid with Viewstate disabled for the grid. Quite simple, actually - here's how: You have to rebind on every page load, and manually put the SortExpression in Viewstate: Sub Page_Load (sender as Object, e as EventArgs) Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 01, 2004 6:57 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments
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Creating a Contact in AD

Well, this new Agg Views thing indicates that my babbling about Active Directory stuff is mildly interesting, so, I'm continuing the series here. This morning's task is creating a contact in AD. Before we get going, let me give a brief overview of my Read More...
Posted Monday, December 29, 2003 12:55 AM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments
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CDOEXM & System.DirectoryServices

Well, I haven't posted here recently because I've been a busy sysadmin & haven't had time to touch my copy of Visual Studio.Net. A new project, writing an Intranet for Payton's teachers and students has cropped up, and, I've been doing some new stuff. Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 27, 2003 11:20 PM by Brian Desmond | 1 Comments

MSDE Deployment Kit

MS has posted an add-in for VS.Net which will allow you to package MSDE into setup & deployment projects, it appears. Here's the info on it: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) Deployment Toolkit (Release Candidate) The MSDE 2000 Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 13, 2003 10:32 PM by Brian Desmond | 0 Comments
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