April 2007 - Posts

BUG in VS 2003 with MSSCCI 1.2 Provider in TFS
Mon, Apr 30 2007 2:01
Dear All, I'd like to share with you a problem on VS 2003 ONLY and not in VS 2005. The bug as follows; if you install MSSCCI 1.2 Provider for TFS in VS 2003,you can't switch to VSS as a source control. This problem will affect you because you...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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MIC Openings in Kuwait
Sat, Apr 28 2007 11:19
Dear All, This is an article for Vimal Sethi - DPE Group Manager in MS Gulf,talking about MS efforts during last year which yield to the opening of MIC in Kuwait,and the competitive advantgaes for kuwait in the gulf market which push MS to open MIC in...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
Download Team Explorer for VS 2003
Wed, Apr 25 2007 2:11
Hi Folks, If you have VS 2003 and you want to integrate with Team Foundation Server (TFS),simply download "Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider.msi" provider if you have one of those development environment : Instructions Download...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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All About Team System
Wed, Apr 25 2007 1:54
Hi Folks, This post is all about the Visual Studio Team System,i want to inform all of you if you dont know that the new release of Team system "Rosario" will have alot of tools and fetures which make the developers more happy with the integrated...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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Ten Cool Features of Orcas
Sun, Apr 22 2007 8:58
Hi folks, as mentioned on my earlier post,Beta 1 is availbe for Orcas and for who don't know about the features available in orcas,read the following article to tell you in brief what's the new in Orcas which will be released by the end of this year Read...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
Orcas Beta 1 Now is available
Sun, Apr 22 2007 0:49
Good morning Folks, Now Orcas Beta 1 is available to download,ISO images and VPC is availble. Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” Beta 1 Visual Studio code name "Orcas" is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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Arabic Problem when Export Data to Excel
Wed, Apr 18 2007 2:21
Hi Folks, I faced a problem when you are trying to export arabic data binded in a datagrid or gridview in asp.net 1.x or 2.0 in VS.Net. The problem is the arabic data is exported as a un-recognized letters "@@@???#######",since my system is arabic enabled...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
C# Free sample chapters
Tue, Apr 17 2007 7:24
Hi Folks, below link is a redirecting to a free sample chapters from C# 2005 step by step book, download them and read it and enjoy with C# http://www.microsoft.com/learning/vs2005/digdeep/default.mspx#SAMPLES Regards, Moustafa arafa Read More...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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Lotus Domino to Active Directory
Tue, Apr 17 2007 7:06
Hi Folks, New tool has been released to migrate from Lotus Domino to Active Directory ,Exchange Server 2007 and WSS 3.0 have a look on this tool : Microsoft Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6604764 Microsoft Transporter...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
Migrate from Oracle to MS SQL
Tue, Apr 17 2007 6:58
Hi Folks, Microsoft has released a new tool to migrate from Oracle to MS SQL,this is a cool tool ,download it now and use it :) "SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle V3.0 " http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6604763 This download is a complete suite...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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System.Data.OracleClient Requires Oracle Client version 8.1.7 or greater
Thu, Apr 12 2007 4:00
Hi Geeks, If you developed .Net Applications with Oracle Backend,you may face this problem if you installed Oracle Client Version 9.1.x or greater,when you try to connect to Oracle DB you will get this error : "System.Data.OracleClient Requires Oracle...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
Format Your Code by manoli
Mon, Apr 9 2007 1:41
Hi all, one of the good practices is to format your code while your development,its good for all development staff to put their guidelines and standards on their code policy. i found a good tool to format all your code C#,VB.Net and even T-SQL... it's...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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Migrate your portal from Non DNN to DNN 4.x version
Sun, Apr 8 2007 9:31
Hi Folks, I tried to migrate a non dotnet nuke portal to dotnet nuke portal version 4.x,the first problem you will face is that you want to migrate your existing users to the new portal ? this post will show you how to do it in easy steps : 1) Export...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
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Export more than 1 Grid in Excel File
Wed, Apr 4 2007 8:22
Hi Folks, This Post is to tell you how to export more than 1 grid in 1 excel file. this is a tricky post since we all know that its easy to export any complex data controls in asp.net 1.x or asp.net 2.0 to excel,but we will show how to export more than...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
Paint.Net
Mon, Apr 2 2007 2:20
Hi Folks, Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. It started development as an undergraduate...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby
TOP N doesn't exist in Oracle ??????
Sun, Apr 1 2007 7:23
Hi Folks, I have shocked when i tried to integrate with Oracle DB in one of my projects,and i found that TOP keyword doesnt exist in oracle,and you have to change it and the workaround also depends on backend DB version !!!. if you used to write this...
by Moustafa Arafa El-Zoughby