WARDY IT SolutionsSQL Server BlogJuly 08 SQL Server Newsletter- July 31, 2008 The July 2008 edition of the WARDY IT Solutions SQL Server Newsletter has been e-mailed to everyone on the distribution list. For those not on the distribution list you can view the newsletter using the following URL http:www.wardyit.comnewslettersjul2008.htm.http://wardyit.com/blog/blog/archive/2008/07/31/july-08-sql-server-newsletter.aspx Windows Forms Videos- July 30, 2008 If there is one consistent thing that I have learned about programming it is that there is always more to know. Being a visual learner, I gravitate towards videos. Here are some excellent videos on Windows Forms Controls, Data Binding and Windows Forms "under the hood": Visual C Developer Center : Visual C How Do I Video Series WindowsClient.Net : Windows Forms Videos The videos I found most interesting were: How to create a System Tray application using the NotifyIcon controlHow to call...http://wardyit.com/blog/michaelodeajones/archive/2008/07/30/windows-forms-videos.aspx August 08 WARDY IT Community Dinner- July 30, 2008 The WARDY IT Community Dinner is a casual event for IT professionals in South East Queensland. It is a fun way to meet new people and find out how other IT professionals are dealing with the challenges that we face every day. For something different the August WARDY IT Dinner will start with a few buckets of balls at the Victoria Park Golf driving range from 6:00PM and then head to the Newmarket Hotel for dinner from about 8:00PM. The August WARDY IT dinner is being held on Monday the 18th of..http://wardyit.com/blog/blog/archive/2008/07/30/august-08-wardy-it-community-dinner.aspx Double Buffering Windows Forms- July 30, 2008 I'm working on an application where the presentation is very important and I want it to look great. I am overriding the Form's OnPaint() method so that I can create a Gradient background. I thought that I had done a fantastic job until I started to resize the Form and Noticed that it was flickering. Not to be outdone I researching the issue I came across a technique called Double Buffering that made a big difference. Double Buffering is the process whereby the Painting is done in memory first..http://wardyit.com/blog/michaelodeajones/archive/2008/07/30/double-buffering-windows-forms... Michael O'Dea-Jones has entered the Blogosphere- July 29, 2008 Michael O'Dea-Jones, WARDY IT Solutions Senior .Net Developer has started blogging. His blog can be found here.http://wardyit.com/blog/blog/archive/2008/07/30/michael-o-dea-jones-has-entered-the-blogos... Why is Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name empty- July 29, 2008 I am trying to get an audit trail going and want to record the user who created and modified the record in the database. I'm developing a .Net Windows Forms Application and assumed that the Current Principal's Identity was being set magically to the current user's identity. That's where my assumption was wrong. Apparently you have to set the Principal yourself. Here is the code that you can use to set the Application thread's Principal to the current User: Thread.CurrentPrincipal =...http://wardyit.com/blog/michaelodeajones/archive/2008/07/29/why-is-thread-currentprincipal... WARDY IT is now a Gold Microsoft Partner- July 18, 2008 WARDY IT Solutions has continued to demonstrate its experience with the Microsoft data platform and has been awarded as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Gold Certified Partners represent the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, and have the closest working relationship with Microsoft.http://wardyit.com/blog/blog/archive/2008/07/18/wardy-it-is-now-a-gold-microsoft-partner.a... We are getting close- July 9, 2008 The release of SQL Server 2008 is getting very close. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference it was announced that SQL Server 2008 will be available on the price list for partners and customers. Full details of the Press Release can be found here.http://wardyit.com/blog/blog/archive/2008/07/10/we-are-getting-close.aspx Last Mondays Date- July 9, 2008 Often when reporting there is a need to determine what Monday's date was for the previous week. For example give me all sales from Monday to Sunday for last week. The following Reporting Services snippet will calculate what last Monday's date was: DateAdd("d", -6,DateAdd("d", 1 - Weekday(Today), Today)http://wardyit.com/blog/blog/archive/2008/07/09/last-monday-s-date.aspx |