Published by nb September 13th, 2007
in .Net.
The Power Toys for .NET Compact Framework 3.5 CTP (September 2007) has just been released as an MSDN download.
This was originally slated to be released with the Core .NET Compact Framework, but was spun off as a side download.
Included in this release:
Remote Performance Monitor and GC Heap Viewer – Provides real time counter data (ranging from Garbage Collector activity to type loading info) on a running NETCF application. The GC Heap Viewer feature allows you to capture the managed heap at any moment your app is running to view live references, and allows you to compare multiple snapshots to find memory leak issues.
NETCF CLR Profiler – CLR Profiler is an instrumenting allocation profiler for NETCF applications. It provides detailed allocation visualizations, allocation callstacks visualizations and useful for diagnosing memory management issues.
App Configuration Tool (NetCFcfg.exe) - On-device tool for specifying what version of the NETCF runtime an application will run against, displaying installed versions of NETCF and displaying info about DLLs in the GAC.
NETCF ServiceModel Metadata Tool – The .NET Compact Framework ServiceModel Metadata Tool (netcfsvcutil.exe) allows you to generate a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) client proxy to help developers consume WCF services on device. Like svcutil.exe, which is the desktop version of the utility, netcfsvcutil.exe is a command-line tool that generates service model code from metadata documents and generates metadata documents from service model code.
Remote Logging Configuration Tool – The Logging Configuration Tool enables users to easily configure logging options on a NETCF device including: loader, interop, network, error and finalizer logs.
NETCF Network Log Viewer – A utility for viewing NETCF network log data.
Source: .NET Compact Framework Team
Published by nb September 5th, 2007
in Software and .Net.
Microsoft Corp. today released to the Web (RTW) Silverlight? 1.0, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer user experiences on the Web. In addition, Microsoft will work with Novell Inc. to deliver Silverlight support for Linux, called Moonlight, and based on the project started on mono-project.com.
Silverlight significantly reduces development and deployment costs and provides enhanced Web audio and video streaming and playback using industry-leading Windows Media® Technologies. Microsoft unveiled new Silverlight customer experiences on ?Entertainment Tonight,? HSN and World Wrestling Entertainment, and also launched the Silverlight Partner Initiative, a program designed to foster collaboration among solution providers, content delivery networks, tools vendors and design agencies.
?Our expectations for compelling, immersive experiences on the Web are increasing daily,? said Ray Ozzie, Microsoft?s chief software architect. ?With today?s release of Silverlight 1.0, we?re making it possible for developers and designers to deliver to individuals the kind of high-def experiences they crave by integrating data and services in rich and unique ways. Silverlight will further accelerate the growth in rich interactive applications by giving developers and designers new options for delivering great experiences that span the Web, PC, phone and other devices.?
Full story at PressPass
Published by nb April 28th, 2007
in .Net.
The Microsoft Pre-Release Software Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Beta 1, a separate installation is available at Microsoft’s Download Center. In last two week it was first released in the Visual Studio “Orcas” Beta 1 pack. .NET Framework 3.5 is planned to release at the end of 2007. Some new features including:
- Deep integration of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and data awareness
- ASP.NET AJAX for quickly creating more efficient, more interactive and highly-personalized Web experiences that work across all the most popular browsers
- New web protocol support for building WCF services including AJAX, JSON, REST, POX, RSS, ATOM and several new WS-* standards
- Full tooling support for WF, WCF and WPF including the new workflow-enabled services technology
- New classes in the base class library (BCL) for the .NET Framework 3.5 address the most common customer requests
Published by nb February 7th, 2007
in Windows and .Net.
Microsoft now opens its Windows Vista Innovation Café featuring new and  innovative applications built especially for Windows Vista. The Innovation Café have 18 partners which had been built more than 15 applications ranging from for business, lifestyle, news & sport, media, and learning. Some of interesting applications were introduced by Nick White including long-known The New York Times Reader, British Library Turning the Pages 2.0, and iBloks (why “i”?).
All application as being said it built for Windows Vista and requiring .Net 3.0. Some application like iBloks can run on Windows XP SP2 but the most are not. You can visit Vista Innovation Café near you here.
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