Seit gestern ist die Final von SharpDevelop 2.0 verfügbar.

Details gibts bei Chris, heise und natürlich auf der Projektseite.

Im #develop-Wiki existieren bereits Infos zu Features der Version 2.1.

Ab sofort gibt es eine neue ScreenRecording-Kategorie bei glengamoi.com (für Mitglieder): SharpDevelop - kostenlose Schulung für eine kostenlose .NET IDE - was will man mehr ;-)

SharpDevelop gibts übrigens hier.

Seit heute ist SharpDevelop2 Beta 2 verfügbar. Näheres dazu in der Release-Info.

Microsoft today released a site to sign up for the MSN Messenger 8.0 Beta program. This next generation version Messenger will include Yahoo! integration allowing for users to talk to people who are on the Yahoo! IM client.

All you need to do to sign up is click the link below and insert your e-mail address into the box and click the buttom. You can change the last two letters on the URL to go to your specific language. You'll notice that the site is at the URL imagine-msn.com, which is owned by Microsoft. Microsoft will then e-mail people who signed up later this year with instructions on how to download the beta.

MSN Messenger 8.0 Beta Sign-Up

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Today I tried to create a SQL Server 2005 Diagram using Microsoft Office Visio 2003. But when calling the Reverse Engineering command using the SQL Server / SQL Native Client for SQL Server 2005 I got the following error message:

After googling a for a while I read about a Visio 2005 for Enterprise Architects beta (when participating in the VS 2005 beta program), but I also read some posts that it expired already.

But I found another solution that works fine with Visio 2003:

Instead of using the SQL Server / SQL Native Client I'm using the Generic OLE DB Provider:

After clicking "Next", I'm selecting the SQL Native Client which I'm configuring as I used to do it before:

Then I click the "Next" button

After clicking "OK" I can select the desired database objects being displayed in the diagram - et voila:

You're using Firefox Web Developer Extension and miss a tool like this for Internet Explorer?

You don't have to wait any longer, here it is: Web Accessibility Toolbar allows Page validation, browser resizing, CSS validation & manipulation, image  lists, color manipulation, page structure, and more tools.

Here are some nice tricks when using Google Talk.

"Do you know the security status of your network? Get a visual. The Visio Connector for Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) lets you view the results of an MBSA scan in a clear, comprehensive Microsoft Office Visio 2003 network diagram. You must have both Visio 2003 and MBSA, a free security tool from Microsoft, for this connector to function. The Visio Connector for MBSA has been updated to support both MBSA 2.0 and MBSA 1.2.1."

Sounds pretty cool - needs to be tested asap ;-)

"Welche Visual Studio Beta läuft mit welchem SQL Server 2005 CTP?"

"Warum funktioniert SQL Server 2005 Express Beta x nicht mit .NET 2.0 Beta y?"

Hilfestellung zur Kompatibilität der aktuell kursierenden Beta-Versionen der Microsoft Produkte Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 (Express), Longhorn, Avalon und Indigo sowie WinFX leistet Channel 9 mit seiner Seite CTP Madness, die einfach durch Auswahl eines Produkts anzeigt, welche anderen aktuellen Betas und CTP's damit kompatibel sind.

Die neue MSN-Toolbar erlaubt nun auch Tabbed Browsing im IE:

Jetzt müssen nur noch die Sicherheitslücken gefixt werden, damit ich ihn wieder benutze.