See: http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-and-net-fx-3-5-sp1-beta-available-now.aspx Edit: ScottGu has also a post about the SP: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/05/12/visual-studio-2008-and-net-framework-3-5-service-pack-1-beta.aspx There are lots of stuff in that SP... Summary Web -ASP.NET Data ...

I see a lot on forums and newsgroups that Session variables are constantly recommended to pass state between ASP.NET pages. Yes, it is simple mechanism, reliable with out-of-process modes and really nice to customize with the providers. Session is very familiar for developers working with various web technologies (not just Microsoft ones), and one ...

I've replied a lot to these questions lately.  I'm not going to go to very deep with this, Scott Hanselman has excellent post covering this, see that: How to set an IIS Application or AppPool to use ASP.NET 3.5 rather than 2.0 http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetAnIISApplicationOrAppPoolToUseASPNET35RatherThan20.aspx Simple way ...

I promised to spread the word. :-) Phil and his peers have a developer event, DDD Ireland, in Ireland on 3rd of May. And here's the "official poster" :-) Developer Event? Ah go on, go on, go on. Check it out at www.DDDIreland.com

 Shell MegaPack.Net 2008 recreates the entire Windows Explorer file & folder browsing UI functionality in your app in just a couple of seconds. Consisting of a folder tree control, a file/folder list control and a drive-selection control, it completely mimics the Windows Explorer UI including Thumbnail, Detail & Group View, ...

My MSDN for VS2008 started suddenly to raise this error. and I had no idea why. This occurred on my home machine which is XP Pro with latest upgrades.  I tried following steps: - I uninstalled and reinstalled entire MSDN Library for VS2008 - I tried to repair IE (basically by reinstalling IE7) - I even deleted everything from ...

Looking at the web service factory more I see some possible value.  I had problems installing the version with source,  but it turns out that it was my directory structure.  I initially used My Documents to store the project and the documentation does mention that you might get this error.  Apparently my brain was thinking ...

I posted about this some time ago. My previous post: Potential solution for "Validation of viewstate MAC failed" http://aspadvice.com/blogs/joteke/archive/2007/08/14/Potential-solution-for-_2200_Validation-of-viewstate-MAC-failed_2200_.aspx And the original one: ASP.NET 2.0 and "Validation of ViewState Mac failed" ...

Telerik, a leading vendor of developer tools and components for .NET, is happy to present Sitefinity CMS v3.2 – a flexible, hassle-free development platform for the construction and management of websites, intranets, and community portals. Sitefinity v3.2 is the succeeding milestone in Telerik’s quest for a feature-rich web ...

The next DevConnections show is rolling into Orlando in April. This should be a great show, including a couple of pre-conference workshops that Steve Walther and I will be presenting on ASP.NET AJAX. Don't miss lots of other exciting sessions and the keynotes by Scott Guthrie and other Microsofties as well as the numerous third party ...