Do You Like Posters?

Carlo Has posted an extensive list of Microsoft Posters, take a look.

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Every Build You Break

This video is hysterical.

Every Build You Break by Roy Osherove

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Where did my Akami MSDN download go.

Or where is the Visual Studio 2008 iso image downloaded on Vista.

 

In vista I found that the Akami downloader was redirected from the desktop to

C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Virtualized\C\Users\<your user name>\Desktop

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Visual Studio 2008 VC++ Intellisense settings

Jim from the Visual C++ team offers a new way to deal with C++ Intellisense with macros(Visual Studio 2008).  There is still no UI based way to turn them off ( until some one writes an addon for vs).

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Trust no one.

There is a Trojan spreading via MSN messenger.  Just remember treat an IM like you would email. Never download any thing, be weary of IM links.

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The debugger does not support debugging managed and native code at the same time on this platform.

You might receive the "The debugger does not support debugging managed and native code at the same time on this platform." error message in Visual studio 2005/2008 if you have a 32bit native/mixed mode dll linked to your x64bit assembly.  If you change the project properties so that Platform target is x86 you should be able to debug both assemblies.

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Visual C++ Performance Improvements now a GDR

The Vc++ team blog announced the release of performance improvements for vc++ as a General Distribution Release.

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Point Macro Definitions and Name's

I always seem to lose track of this information.

current location http://kb.calyxsupport.com/kb/article.php?id=308

 

Field Id Name Description
ADDRESS Company Address Pulls from Utilities > Company Defaults > Company Information.
APR Apr Displays the APR for all files on the report
ATYPE Amortization Type Pulls from Page 1 of the Loan Application. The Amortization Types are Fixed, ARM, or GPM
CITY Company City Pulls from Utilities > Company Defaults > Company Information.
CN Conditions Pulls lines of text that appear in Track > Conditions.
CNDFS Condition - Status Pulls from the right column of the Track > Conditions screen.
COMPANY Company Name Pulls from Utilities > Company Defaults > Company Information.
EQUITY Equity Pulls from Marketing > Prequalification.
FAX Company Fax Pulls from Utilities > Company Defaults > Company Information.
FOLDER Folder Name Data folder name.
FS First or Second First or Second Lien Position from the Prospect or Borrower Information screen.
HBETH Borrower Ethnicity Pulls from the Government Monitoring Section on Page 4 of the Loan Application.
HBRACE HMDA Borrower's race.
HBSEX HMDA Borrower's sex.
HCBETH Co-borrower Ethnicity Pulls from the Government Monitoring Section on Page 4 of the Loan Application.
HCBRACES HMDA Co-borrower's race.
HCSEX2004 HMDA Co-borrower's sex.
HHOEPA Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act Status Pulls from Track > HMDA Reporting.
HINC HMDA Income Based on amount shows on Page 2 of the Loan Application.
HLNA HMDA Loan Amount Loan Amount.
HOCC HMDA Occupancy Refers to the type of property from the Prospect or Borrower Information screen: Primary, Secondary, or Investment.
HPURCH HMDA Purchase Refers to the type of purchaser from Track > HMDA Reporting.
HPURP HMDA Purpose Purpose of loan: Purchase or Refinance
HREASON HMDA Reason Refers to the Reason for Denial from Track > HMDA Reporting.
HREASON2 HMDA Reason 2 Refers to the Reason for Denial from Track > HMDA Reporting.
HREASON3 HMDA Reason 3 Refers to the Reason for Denial from Track > HMDA Reporting
HSTAT HMDA Status Pulls from Track > HMDA Reporting.
HSTATE HMDA State State of property from Prospect or Borrower Information screen.
HTYPE HMDA Type Type (Conventional, FHA, VA)
LATEBAS Late Basic Docs Basic Documents from Track > General.
LATEMISC Late Miscellaneous Late entries from Track > Miscellaneous.
LATEVOD Late VODs Late Verifications of Deposit..
LATEVOE Late VOEs Late Verificiations of Employment.
LATEVOL Late VOLs Late Verifications of Loans
LATEVOM Late VOMs Late Verifications of Mortgage or Rent
NAME Full Name Borrowers first and last name: Last Name, First Name.
PDAY Days Processed The number of days the loan has been opened since the Opened date in Track > General.
PHONE Company Phone Pulls from Utilities > Company Defaults > Company Information.
PTYPE Property Type Pulls from the Transmittal Summary.
PURP Purpose of loan Pulls from Page 1 of the Loan Application: Purchase, Refinance, or Construction.
RES Residency Indicates Primary, Secondary, or Investment from the Prospect or Borrower Information screen.
SDATE Status Date Dates in the Status section of Track > General.
STAT Status of loan Reflects the current status of the loan from Track > General.
TRAMPT Trust Report Amount Paid Amount Paid from Track >Trust Account.
TRAMTR Trust Report Amount Received Amount received from Track > Trust Account.
TRBAL Trust Report Balance Report Balance
TRCHKP Trust Report Check Number - Paid Check number for paid item from Track > Trust Account.
TRCHKR Trust Report Check Number - Received Check number for received item from Track > Trust Account.
TRDATE Trust Report Date Date of item from Track > Trust Account.
TRDESC Trust Report Description Description of item from Track > Trust Account.
TRREM Trust Report Remarks Remarks for each item from Track > Trust Account.
TYPE Loan Type Pulls from Prospect or Borrower Information screen: Conventional, FHA, VA, or Other.
ZIP Company Zip Code Pulls from Utilities > Company Information > Company Defaults.
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Point of Clarification

Soma made a few announcements on his blog and at TechEd Europe, but what does "Target multiple platforms" mean.

We have a very broad partner ecosystem with Visual Studio.  Some of our partners have needs to target multiple platforms.  As a response to our partners’ request, we are going to remove license restrictions with Visual Studio and the Visual Studio SDK to enable you to use the Visual Studio IDE and build applications that target the platform of your choice.

Is multi platform a .NET thing or a c++?  Does platform relate to windows versions or other OS? Or is this targeting versions of Visual Studio such as express?

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Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Due out at the end of November?

According to CNN Money Microsoft has committed to an end of November release date.

Full story here.

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How to disable filter keys on Windows Vista.

With every fresh install of windows I am greeted with this message when I stop and think with the shift key firmly pressed down.

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Its rather annoying, kind of breaks up your train of thought too.

To disable this wonderful feature few people use hit your windows key and type "ease of access" press enter(control panel->ease of access).

Now select Make the keyboard easier to use.

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Select Set up Filter keys ( looks like a link.)

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Uncheck Turn on Filter Keys when right SHIFT is pressed for 8 seconds.

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Click Save.

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