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The Validation Application Block (VAB) of the upcoming Enterprise Library v3, uses attributes to describe validations. This gives us for example the opportunity to generate ASP.NET validators based on the attributes decorated on the properties. Take for example the...

That’s what I call a christmas present. A CTP for Enterprise Library v3.0 has been released on CodePlex. More info can be found in this post.

Tom Hollander revealed some features/scenarios about the upcoming Validation Application Block that will be included in Enterprise Library v3. There are already some validation libraries available, for example .net Validation Framework Validation Application Block (another one)...

VISUG has a brand new website. All the necessary features are already available and more functionality is coming soon. The two last VISUG events for year 2006 are announced. One of the events is a panel discussion about exception handling and logging, and it will take place...

This macro enables you to nest project items inside Visual Studio .NET. Until now, there is no easy way to nest project items through the Visual Studio IDE, you can only do it by manipulating the project (.csproj or .vbproj) file and adding the DependentUpon element. Inside the...

I must have missed that one, but some weeks ago, version 3.0 of Windows Desktop Search for Windows XP/2003 has been released. If you need to search in netwerk files you can download Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for UNC/FAT. If you want to recognize more filetypes, check out the...

PowerShell 1.0 has been released for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. The bits can be downloaded here. If you already have installed a previous release of PowerShell, you need to uninstall by selecting ‘Show Updates’ in the ‘Change or Remove Programs’.

One of the oldest and most basic programs is certainly the command prompt (cmd.exe). One thing is certain, you still can’t do without the command prompt, and certainly being a developer.  I came across a nice tool, called Console, which enhances the command prompt. I...

I am currently building software factories and I needed a way to have a list of running Visual Studio instances and the corresponding EnvDTE._DTE object to manipulate the solution. Windows internally keeps a list of COM objects that are currently running, called the Running...

The Microsoft Patterns & Practices Team recently released a new version of the Web Client Software Factory that can be found on CodePlex. One of the things I noticed directly, is that they implemented a web version of the Composite UI based on the ObjectBuilder. The goals of...