Foo Theory

Browse by Tags

• .NET Framework
• Blog Tool
• Community Server
• IE
• Microsoft Office
• Tech Watch
• Tips and Tricks
• Tools
• Visual Studio
• Windows Communication Foundation
• Windows Vista

• Visual Studio 2008 RTM Bit Me!

  So I went home Tuesday night with the downloaded RTM bits in hand prepped for a late night install. The download experience was excellent: it took all of about 10-15 minutes to pull it all down while in the office - couldn't wait. And I had it prior to... Posted Nov 27 2007, 12:59 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Visual Studio, Beta Review, .NET Framework, Tips and Tricks, Tech Watch

• Visual Studio 2008 and Netfx 3.5 Released!

  So Rob Bagby sent over an email that stopped me in my tracks titled "VS2008 RTM today". Well, I intended to spend time with my mother-in-law while she's out this week but sorry Grammy (as the kids call her) - I'm going to be locked in the office. Oh heck... Posted Nov 19 2007, 01:54 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Visual Studio, Beta Review, .NET Framework, Tech Watch

• Orcas Beta 2's Svcutil.exe Is Broken But There Is A Quick Fix

  So I went to generate a service proxy using Orcas Beta 2's svcutil.exe and received the following error. After a quick web search it turns out that the this is a known Beta 2 svcutil.exe bug . The MSDN forum moderator (LorenzP) describes that the svcutil... Posted Sep 05 2007, 02:42 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Visual Studio, Beta Review, .NET Framework, Windows Communication Foundation

• What Happened to the WCF Configuration Editor Context Menu in Orcas Beta 2?

  The WCF Configuration Editor doesn't show-up in the right-click menu for WCF Service Host app.config files when the project wasn't created using a WCF project template. You can, however, wire it up given a quick trick. From the Tools menu choose WCF SvcConfigEditor... Posted Sep 03 2007, 08:10 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Visual Studio, Beta Review, .NET Framework, Tips and Tricks

• Orcas Multi-targeting - Feature Complete

  I intended to post about this a couple of months ago and am finally getting around to it. Good news though - my un-posted solution was already in the pipeline, it seems, and multi-targeting is now feature complete. Supported multi targeting in VS 2008... Posted Aug 09 2007, 10:15 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Visual Studio, Beta Review, .NET Framework, Community Server, Tools

• Upgrading to Orcas Beta 2 on Vista with VS 2K5 Side-by-Side

  First, I want to welcome Shane Bishop the newest Foo Theory blogger! Shane is one of those band members that worked at ********* with us back in the day but I didn't actually meet him until he came on at Statera : you know - different clients - we get... Posted Aug 08 2007, 12:03 AM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Visual Studio, Beta Review, .NET Framework

• Windows Live Writer (Beta) has been Let Out of the Bag

  I was reading through my AZGroups Digest from Monday and Tim Heuer's post about a new tool Windows Live Writer caught my eye. I've used Qumana, another blogging client, and really liked it and I've recently written about Word 12's features. When I installed... Posted Aug 16 2006, 11:28 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Blog Tool, Microsoft Office, Beta Review, IE

• Windows Vista, a Chronicle in Beta (2)

  I've had Windows Vista Beta 2 on my laptop (only OS) for about a weeks now. I really like the out-of-the-box "mountain tunnel" (as my son calls it) background - really sharp. I do like the Sidebar, can't wait to see some more Gadgets for download. Windows... Posted Jun 20 2006, 07:17 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Beta Review

• Blog with Word 2007

  Word 2007 Beta 2 provides the ability to publish blog entries. Very cool! There’s a “New blog entry” template for those times when all you want to do is post an entry. Using the template will display the “Blog Post” contextual menu on the Word 2007 ribbon... Posted May 29 2006, 11:30 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Blog Tool, Microsoft Office, Beta Review

• Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Released

  Beta 2 releases of Windows Vista and 2007 Office System were released. Both betas provides testing and trial version software to help in the evaluation and deployment for organizations, partner ISVs and Systems Integrators. The beta releases are, of course... Posted May 24 2006, 10:19 PM by Matt Ortiz with | with no comments Filed under: Windows Vista, Microsoft Office, Beta Review