Thom Robbins .NET Weblog
A blog of the technical and only sometimes uneventful side of programming in .NET and life within Microsoft
What is an Interface?
Interfaces help to define the various properties, methods and events that classes are able to...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/26/2004
Static Site Deletion
I was visiting a customer the other week that had recently deployed SharePoint within their...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/26/2004
Code Camp 2: The Return is Back!
It seems that I am almost caught up after my recent hard drive crash. I am reposting and catching up...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/26/2004
SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services
I have been getting a lot of questions from people interested in SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services....
Author: trobbins Date: 08/26/2004
The Quick Web Services Guide
The Windows SharePoint Services Web Services provided in the Microsoft.SharePoint.SoapServer...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
Getting a Value
Let’s start with a DataGrid that looks like the following If we wanted to retrieve the value that a...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
Creating a DataGrid Programatically
Someone recently asked me how you can programmatically create a DataGrid. So here is an example that...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
Customizing the DataGrid
Let’s start with a DataGrid that binds to a DataSet that is returned from a Web Service using the...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
The Quick Web Service Guide
The Quick Web Service Guide The Windows SharePoint Services Web Services provided in the...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
SharePoint Indexing Basics
The SharePoint search architecture is organized and maintained within a content index that is used...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
SharePoint Indexing Basics
SharePoint Indexing Basics The SharePoint search architecture is organized and maintained within a...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
Looking at XSD
XSD has become a core part of many of the customers that I work with. Within these customers they...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
Introducing XSD
XSD has become a core part of many of the customers that I work with. Within these customers they...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/25/2004
Creating Custom Site Definitions
Each front end Web Server in a Windows SharePoint Server solution contains at least one Webtemp.xml...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/24/2004
Creating Custom Site Definitions
Creating Custom Site Definitions Creating Custom Site Definitions Each front end Web Server in a...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/24/2004
NewsReader Update
Well with Mobility Day over and things getting back to normal. I finally got a chance to read...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
Validating Zip Code
I was recently putting together some proof of concept for a customer and realized that I hadn't...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
Validating a Phone Number
Simple example of validating a phone number: Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
Finding a Value
Character matching is one of the most powerful features of regular expressions. They allow the...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
Validating Email
While doing some coding the other day I needed an expression to validate email addresses. The trick...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
What is a Regular Expression
Regular expressions are about finding and changing patterns. One of the most common that I always...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
Mobility Developer Days Content
I wanted to thank all who attended our recent Mobility Developer Days. As promised I have posted all...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
XPath and .NET
An XML Document is modeled as a tree as of nodes that contains a variety of different data types....
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
XPath and .NET
XPath and .NET An XML Document is modeled as a tree as of nodes that contains a variety of different...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/23/2004
Exploring Windows SharePoint Services
Exploring Windows SharePoint Services In case you haven’t heard about it yet, Windows SharePoint...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/22/2004
Call For Speakers
CALL FOR SPEAKERS Developer Code Camp II: The Return! October 16/17, 2004 October...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/22/2004
Exploring Windows SharePoint Services
What can I do with a Web.Config? In case you haven’t heard about it yet, Windows SharePoint Services...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/22/2004
DataSet, DataRow and other things
Question: I am trying to understand the dataset and how I can use it. It looks like a really...
Author: trobbins Date: 08/22/2004
Welcome Back
Welcome to the new site! I am working on moving the older content back. Stay Tuned
Author: trobbins Date: 08/21/2004