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• Advanced SQL Reporting Services - Code & Slides from SADeveloper Event

  Sorry this has taken so long. I've finally managed to upload some of the content from our sadeveloper event on “Advanced SQL Reporting Services” - although it's not as well prepared as I would have liked. I'll be spending some time getting this organised and hope to post up a new article on writing delivery & data extensions for SRS. In the meantime, here are some links to the content from our session last Thursday: Presentation SlideShow MSMQ Delivery Provider Windows Forms Report... Posted Nov 30 2004, 07:08 AM by stuartg with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Events

• SADeveloper Reporting Services meeting last night

  Thanks to everyone that made it to last night's event on SQL Reporting Services. I think it went really well... partly because I got to take stacks of extra snacks home with me :-) Seriously though, we had a good evening and I hopefully managed to convince at least one or two people that programmability features in SRS are really easy to use. The basics of what we covered was: Reporting Services Architecture Interacting with the Web Service Report Subscription (the tricky bits) Building Custom Extensions... Posted Nov 26 2004, 07:15 AM by stuartg with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Events

• SADeveloper Event Series: Back to Basics

  This thought was something that ran through my mind some time ago. Unfortunately it was one of those busy times when most thoughts flew straight out again, so it didn't stay long. It was recently provoked by this post on Ahmed 's blog (see the comment by Bernard). Lately a lot of events are targeted at the more “advanced” (or experienced) developers in .NET. The problem is that “beginners” (or less experienced in .NET) have really been left out in the cold and have needed... Posted Nov 23 2004, 07:41 PM by stuartg with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Events

• SQL Reporting Services: Custom Delivery Extension for MSMQ

  After spending the day uninstalling and reinstalling SQL Reporting Services (many many times), I've finally managed to wrap my mind around the way security works for scheduled reports! It's actually very simple when the penny finally drops, but until then it's quite a difficult concept to grasp! Not because of the complexity of the concept, but more because of the lack of relevant documentation available (see my last blog entry about that). So now that I've managed to understand how the security... Posted Nov 16 2004, 03:55 PM by stuartg with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Development, Events

• SADeveloper Event: SQL Reporting Services

  Ok fellas We've organised an sadeveloper event this month on SQL Reporting Services. Topic: SQL Reporting Services - Whiteboard Session Date: Thursday, 25 November Time: 17h45 for 18h00 Venue: CS Holdings, Derby Downs, Westville We'll be doing a follow-on session from the MSDN Event on 23 November, and will hopefully be covering some more in depth content. The purpose of this session is also to have interaction with the audience. So bring along any questions you may have about SQL Reporting Services... Posted Nov 12 2004, 09:29 AM by stuartg with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Events

• SADeveloper Feeding Frenzy

  Ok boys and girls! It's happening... We're having a Durbs dinner with the sadeveloper gathering! Here are the details: Date: Thursday, 18th November Time: 19h00 Venue: News Cafe, Gateway All you need to do is pitch up and find us there! This'll be a good time to meet other people in the area and chat about anything. It's completely social and we're all just out to have a chilled evening. There's no need to RSVP, but it's always good to know who's coming. If you RSVP, we'll make sure to book you a... Posted Nov 09 2004, 05:00 PM by stuartg with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Events

• ASP.NET & SQL Reporting Services

  For those who haven't yet seen, there are some MSDN Events happening this month that promise to be really really good! I strongly recommend that everyone takes advantage of this opportunity to get on board before the train leaves the station! You don't want to be running after it... it's hard enough keeping up, let alone catching up! Check out the details here Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Nov 01 2004, 04:26 PM by stuartg with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Events

• Backup Plan - sadeveloper webcast

  Ok... I've had a brief look at the webcast event we have planned for early November, and have a possible replacement in case the ASP.NET Threading webcast isn't very good. Here's the other suggestion. Of course, we could just screen this one if most people want to watch it instead. Title: MSDN Architecture - Solving Real Architecture Problems with .NET Design Patterns Level: 300 Description: This session helps architects and developers uncover the world of design patterns as they relate to Microsoft®... Posted Oct 23 2004, 03:11 PM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Events

• Off to Tech Ed 2004!

  Only 2 more sleeps to go! Already booked my sessions (although I may change them when I get there)... got my gear together. Taking an extra bag for all the goodies I'll be bringing home. Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Posted Oct 22 2004, 01:02 PM by stuartg with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Events

• Next SADeveloper Webcast Club - ASP.NET Threading

  Ok... we've planned the next sadeveloper webcast club . The first was really good (except for the webcast) and we got to chat about some cool stuff and share some ideas. I'll screen the webcast first and make sure it's decent, but the little bit I've seen looked really nice! It's very technical (delivered by Wade Mascia from the Microsoft Support Team). I think a large percentage of the development industry works with ASP.NET and would benefit from a better understanding of ASP.NET Threading and... Posted Oct 18 2004, 10:52 AM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Events

• sadeveloper webcast club... it starts!

  So we had our first sadeveloper webcast evening yesterday. The webcast we watched was “Enterprise Library Sneak Preview”... unfortunately the guys that led the webcast were sooo boring that we decided to can the webcast and just chat about stuff. Scott brought his notebook and showed us some of the documentation for the Enterprise Library, so it was cool to get a good glimpse of what to expect. It really does look like an excellent tool to help developers focus more on business problems... Posted Oct 14 2004, 07:41 AM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Events

• TechEd Socialising...

  Simon posted a link on sadev about How to get the most out of conferences , which I skimmed briefly and picked out something that I feel is very valid. Here's the extract: The benefits and drawbacks of going with coworkers In some cases you might be attending a conference with some of your coworkers. This can be great. You’re likely to bond more, and spend time together in a way that doesn’t happen at work. I’ve made lots of friends from work by meeting them for the first time at... Posted Oct 12 2004, 12:17 PM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Events

• Tech Ed Sessions Booked!

  I've just finished booking my sessions for Tech Ed Africa 2004... looks to be a good one! This is what I'm up for: Connected Systems: Using WSE v2.0 to Secure Web Services BizTalk 2004 for the Visual Basic and C# Developer Understanding and Optimizing ADO.NET Performance Mainframes and SOA made possible with HIS 2004 and BizTalk 2004 Managing SOA using Existing Platforms Threading, Synchronizing and Performing Asynchronous Operations Visual C# Best Practices: What's Wrong with this Code? What's New... Posted Oct 11 2004, 01:23 PM by stuartg with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Events

• Webcast Club Kick-Off

  Hey guys We've decided to kick-off the sadeveloper .net webcast club earlier than expected. Instead of started after TechEd, we're starting next week! These are the details: Topic: Enterprise Library Sneak Preview OR Smart Client Architecture and Design Date: Wednesday, 13 October Time: 17h30 Venue: GFC Consulting 4th Floor, 5 Walnut Rd Cnr Walnut & Commercial Rd Durban We're going to decide on the topic when everyone pitches up. Being the first webcast, we thought we'd leave the options open... Posted Oct 06 2004, 05:32 PM by stuartg with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Events

• More on the sadeveloper webcast club

  Ok... I've given a little more thought to this (see original post ) and have come up with some ideas on which webcasts to screen. We need to cater for people from all walks of life, so I'm thinking of starting off with some fairly “across the board” type webcasts (see General Topics section below), and then we can get into some more specialist topics for ASP.NET, WinForms, etc. General Topics Enterprise Library Sneak Preview Lessons from the Patterns & Practices Summit Building Applications... Posted Oct 05 2004, 04:41 PM by stuartg with | with no comments Filed under: Events