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Talk Back: Voice Response Workflows with Speech Server 2007
April 2008
Speech Server 2007 lets you create sophisticated voice-response applications with Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio tool integration. Here’s how.
Speech Server 2007 lets you create sophisticated voice-response applications with Microsoft .NET Framework and Visual Studio tool integration. Here’s how.
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Performance: Scaling Strategies for ASP.NET Applications
April 2008
Performance problems can creep into your Web app as it scales up, and when they do, you need to find the causes and the best strategies to address them.
Performance problems can creep into your Web app as it scales up, and when they do, you need to find the causes and the best strategies to address them.
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Silverlight: Building Advanced 3D Animations with Silverlight 2.0
April 2008
Animating with Silverlight is easier than you think. Here we create a 3D app that folds a polyhedron using XAML, C#, and by emulating the DirectX math libraries.
Animating with Silverlight is easier than you think. Here we create a 3D app that folds a polyhedron using XAML, C#, and by emulating the DirectX math libraries.
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Interview++: Bjarne Stroustrup on the Evolution of Languages
April 2008
Howard Dierking talks to the inventor of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, about language zealots, the evolution of programming, and what’s in the future of programming.
Howard Dierking talks to the inventor of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, about language zealots, the evolution of programming, and what’s in the future of programming.
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Office Development: Manage Metadata with Document Information Panels
April 2008
Here the author uses Document Information Panels in the Microsoft 2007 Office system to manipulate metadata from Office docs for better discovery and management.
Here the author uses Document Information Panels in the Microsoft 2007 Office system to manipulate metadata from Office docs for better discovery and management.
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Editor's Note: A Service-Oriented Editor's Note
April 2008
Here is what Howard Dierking has to say about the differences between services and distributed applications and how he has approached services in his projects.
Here is what Howard Dierking has to say about the differences between services and distributed applications and how he has approached services in his projects.
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Toolbox: Logging Web App Errors, Learning LINQ, and More
April 2008
See how to log Web application errors for better health monitoring, what to read if you’re thinking about LINQ, and which blog Scott recommends reading this month.
See how to log Web application errors for better health monitoring, what to read if you’re thinking about LINQ, and which blog Scott recommends reading this month.
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Sustainable Computing: Imagine Cup 2008: Competing for Change
April 2008
For the 2008 Imagine Cup, students have been challenged to use technology to enable a sustainable environment. Finalists in the U.S. competition recently presented their solutions in Los Angeles, and MSDN Magazine was there to see the innovative ideas participants have come up with.
For the 2008 Imagine Cup, students have been challenged to use technology to enable a sustainable environment. Finalists in the U.S. competition recently presented their solutions in Los Angeles, and MSDN Magazine was there to see the innovative ideas participants have come up with.
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CLR Inside Out: Measure Early and Often for Performance, Part 1
April 2008
In this month’s column, get the inside scoop on how to build performance into your apps from the start, rather than dealing with the fallout after you deploy them.
In this month’s column, get the inside scoop on how to build performance into your apps from the start, rather than dealing with the fallout after you deploy them.
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Basic Instincts: My Namespace Extensions with My Extensibility
April 2008
In this month’s column, learn how to integrate your own My Namespace extension into the Visual Basic development environment using the My Extensibility feature.
In this month’s column, learn how to integrate your own My Namespace extension into the Visual Basic development environment using the My Extensibility feature.
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Cutting Edge: ListView Tips and Tricks
April 2008
This month, use nested ListView controls to create hierarchical views of data and extend the eventing model of the ListView by deriving a custom ListView class.
This month, use nested ListView controls to create hierarchical views of data and extend the eventing model of the ListView by deriving a custom ListView class.
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Foundations: Code Access Security in WCF, Part 1
April 2008
Here we discuss code-access security in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and present a solution for enabling partially trusted clients for WCF services.
Here we discuss code-access security in Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and present a solution for enabling partially trusted clients for WCF services.
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Test Run: Testing SQL Stored Procedures Using LINQ
April 2008
Language Integrated Query makes lots of things easier. Here we put LINQ, or more specifically the LINQ to SQL provider, to use testing SQL stored procedures.
Language Integrated Query makes lots of things easier. Here we put LINQ, or more specifically the LINQ to SQL provider, to use testing SQL stored procedures.
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Service Station: Building a WCF Router, Part 1
April 2008
Here we take a look at WCF clients and services, and explain how to tweak the addressing and message filtering behaviors so you can route services between them.
Here we take a look at WCF clients and services, and explain how to tweak the addressing and message filtering behaviors so you can route services between them.
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Windows with C++: Windows Imaging Component Basics
April 2008
Windows Imaging Component (WIC) is an extensible framework for encoding, decoding, and manipulating images. See how to use WIC to encode and decode different image formats.
Windows Imaging Component (WIC) is an extensible framework for encoding, decoding, and manipulating images. See how to use WIC to encode and decode different image formats.
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Going Places: Provisioning Mobile Devices
April 2008
Learn how you can set up every mobile device in your company with a few lines of code and some XML--thanks to the provisioning APIs in the Windows Mobile SDK.
Learn how you can set up every mobile device in your company with a few lines of code and some XML--thanks to the provisioning APIs in the Windows Mobile SDK.
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{ End Bracket }: The Magic of Software
April 2008
Are the transparent computer screens in the movie Minority Report or the flashy fingerprint analysis software programs used on CSI closer than we think? Maybe so.
Are the transparent computer screens in the movie Minority Report or the flashy fingerprint analysis software programs used on CSI closer than we think? Maybe so.
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One ASP.NET: Nancy.Templates for Visual Studio
Scott Hanselman discusses NancyFx, an open source lightweight and flexible framework for web sites and services that uses the Ruby Framework "Sinatra" as its inspiration.
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Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3
Scott Guthrie announces the release of WebMatrix 3. This release makes it really easy to move to the cloud, with deep Windows Azure integration, source control tooling for Git and TFS, and a new re...
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April 2013 Release of the Ajax Control Toolkit
Stephen Walther announces the April 2013 release of the Ajax Control Toolkit, which includes extensive improvements of the AjaxFileUpload and the MaskedEdit controls.
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