Monthly Archives: July 2007

TableAdapters And Transactions

Posted on 7/29/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I’ve been doing some more work with TableAdapters and transactions. I’ve learned how to extend the TableAdapter class to include support for handling transactions. Being able to extend a class to override a method or provide new methods is an … Continue reading →

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Adobe After Effects™ 6.0 ACE Exam 9A0-039

Posted on 7/28/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I bought a practice exam for the Adobe After Effects™ 6.0 ACE Exam 9A0-039. It was expensive but I could not find any braindumps for this exam and there are no study guides or books available. Most of the questions … Continue reading →

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Wireless Network Set Up Accomplished

Posted on 7/21/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I have completed the set up of my wireless network using a Buffalo Broadband Router & Access Point with High Gain Antenna. It took less than half an hour to set up my wireless network. Now I can get my … Continue reading →

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Going Wireless

Posted on 7/19/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I’m finally setting up a wireless network in my house. I’ve bought some wireless networking cards and I should get my wireless access point soon. I decided to go wireless because I have a new computer to run Windows Vista … Continue reading →

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WordPress Code Markup Test

Posted on 7/16/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I have been frustrated with WordPress’s inability to accept my code in my blog postings. I either have to give up on including code in my blog or waste my time struggling with the formatting. Today I have installed the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup – 3D Invigorator, YouTube For Dummies, Stickam Widget

Posted on 7/15/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

Today I finally got around to learning how to use the 3D Invigorator software I bought from Zaxwerks. I created some 3D titles and figured out how to rotate them in 3D space. I was extremely pleased with the result. … Continue reading →

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Web Parts Export, Import and User Controls

Posted on 7/14/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I am still studying web parts. I’ve learned how to export and import web parts but I’m not sure how useful this is because you can’t share web parts with other sites. You can only export a web part that … Continue reading →

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Video Production And Programming

Posted on 7/12/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I missed out on the big YouTube gathering on 07/07/2007 which appears to have been a lot of fun. I was made really sad by this because I could have meet a lot of my online friends that I’ve grown … Continue reading →

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Web Parts Properties, Verbs, And Connections

Posted on 7/10/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

Today I expanded my knowledge of Web Parts, which is my favorite addition to ASP.NET in ASP.NET 2.0. I learned how to create custom properties for my web parts and I added a property to my Newsvine web part so … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2005 Annoyances

Posted on 7/9/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

One of the many annoying things about SQL Server 2005 is how it replaces SELECT ALL written as “SELECT * FROM”with a complete list of the column names. After testing a SQL statement in the SQL Pane to determine that … Continue reading →

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BABY/400 ODBC

Posted on 7/3/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I have figured out how to use the BABY/400 ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) driver to query the physical files. I’m hoping to use this to populate my physical files with data because it is very tedious to do data entry … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! Widget For Stickam Online Presence

Posted on 7/2/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

Over the weekend I developed a custom Yahoo! Widget to show the online presence of a single Stickam friend. Yahoo! Widgets are little desktop applications based on the Konfabulator application platform that Yahoo acquired. Developing a Yahoo! Widget requires a … Continue reading →

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ASP.NET 2.0 – Control Adapters

Posted on 7/1/2007 by Robert S. Robbins

I recently did some research on control adapters, another new feature of ASP.NET 2.0 that I read about in the book “Essential ASP.NET 2.0” by Fritz Onion and Keith Brown. Control adapters allow you to change the rendering of web … Continue reading →

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