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UPDATE (2006-May-18): I am no longer running Xtras.Net As many of you know, my company produces a printed catalog called Xtras.Net which we subtitle Your Source for Quality .NET Tools. However, we are revising the design for the next printing, and also adding features to our website to coordinate with some of the changes. For …
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A ton of people have already pointed to Adam Nathan’s PInvoke Visual Studio Add-in and related wiki site PINVOKE.NET, but it is very cool and I wanted to add to my lists of free tools and favorites.
I blogged about the "My" classes here, and also video interviewed Joe Binder about the "My" classes here, but now I want to make an open request to Microsoft to see the "My" classes sooner than later. As I understand it the "My" classes include a set of VB 2005 IDE features but are otherwise …
For the month of May I’ve signed up a vendor new to Xtras.Net named LaMarvin, and we are offering their Dynamic AutoComplete Tool for FREE this month to XDN Professional members ($99/year.) This component adds auto-complete functionality to WinForm Text Boxes and Combo Boxes just like the auto-complete you get in Internet Explorer’s Address (URL) …
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Paul Vick posted about VB @ The Movies. Check it out as Microsoft is giving away a free not-for-resale copy of Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Edition to anyone in the USA or Canada who views and rates five of their movies. This is very, very cool. Pass it on to anyone you’d like to get started …
As I just posted, I was inspired by Channel 9‘s video interviews so decided to get a digital camcorder to film interviews with our vendors about their products for posting on Xtras.Net. However, when I get the opportunity I’ll interview anyone related to the .NET development and post those interviews on my blog. Case in point, …
As many readers of this blog know, I run Xtras.Net which sells third party tools, though I haven’t blogged that much about 3rd party tools. But Bill Ryan over at Bill’s House O Insomnia just posted about IP*Works! Red Carpet Subscription. I’ve been in this business over 10 years now, and I have to agree. /n …
For the past week I’ve had a nasty sinus infection I couldn’t shake, so today I finally got the doctor to give me some antibiotics. Hopefully they will bring me back to life soon. Anyway, since lack of energy kept me from posting anything interesting lately, I decided to do something easy. :) Today I …
Roy Osherove at ISerializable is holding a contest for the "Most Useful Add-in/Macro for Visual Studio .Net" Contest." Submissions accepted through May 31st, and there are tons of cool prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place plus a Bonus finisher. One of the best(!) prizes is an XDN Professional Membership from Xtras.Net. :-) Be sure …
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At this point, because of my posts here, here, here, here, and here, and the fact my company is a reseller of components at VBxtras and Xtras.Net, you probably think me to be a shill for the component industry. Unfortunately, I’m far too idealistic for that to be true. :-) I think ComponentOne was …