Paul Randal SQL Server
08 Mar 2010
1-TB Table Population - Network Optimization
Paul Randal writes
"...I've been playing around with the network setup to make sure things are optimized, and this post will describe what I did and what effect it had...I kept the dat aon the faster SCSI array and the log on the slower SATA array...By separating the network traffic and moving to two iSCSI NICs, I removed the network bottleneck I had...and replaced it with..."
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Steven Smith Visual Studio
08 Mar 2010
Fix for Changing or Removing Visual Studio 2008 from DVD
Steven Smith writes
"...If you installed Visual Studio 2008 on a 64-bit operating system, you may have trouble when you try ad add or remove functionality by inserting the disk (or remounting the ISO image). I believe this is because of the path used to install the 32-bit Visual Studio program. When you run the setup.exe off of the disk, you get this..."
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Christian Nagel Silverlight
08 Mar 2010
Code Sample Easing Animation with WPF and Silverlight
Christian Nagel writes
"...With WPF 4 the animation classes support easing functions to change the animated values. The animation classes now defines the EasingFunction property of type IEasingFunction that allows assigning any object that implements this interface. The following code snippets animates an ellipse using the easing function from the ElasticEase class..."
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Barry Gervin Silverlight
08 Mar 2010
Expression Blend Pro Tip How to Add Your Own Sample Data Lists
Barry Gervin writes
"...you can do edit a simple csv file...In your Blend program directory, you will find a “SampleDataResources” folder. Inside this you will find an Images folder...You can edit this file in excel and simply edit the values or..."
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Paul Sheriff Editors Picks
08 Mar 2010
How to Use a WPF ListView as a DataGrid
Paul Sheriff writes
"...create a ListView that acts like a DataGrid. You are able to use a DataTable as both the source of the data, and for creating the columns for the ListView...You can download the complete sample code..."
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