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So much bad code arises from the fact that people don’t know that there’s a better way. If a developer doesn’t know about “split” and “join” functions, they might write a cumbersome for loop to manipulate a string. If they don’t know about regexes, they might really overcomplicate some string munging .
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The Bing Maps documentation set provides information on the APIs that power Bing Maps, an online mapping service that enables users to search, discover, explore, plan, and share information about specific locations. By using traditional road maps, labeled aerial photo views, low-angle high-resolution aerial photos, and proximity searching capabilities, Bing Maps provides unique opportunities for developers to incorporate both location and local search features into their Web applications. Get Started Using Bing Maps Bing Maps APIs The Bing Maps APIs include: Additional Resources
Virtual Earth Map Control SDK 6.2
Bing Maps ™ is an online mapping service that enables users to search, discover, explore, plan, and share information about specific locations. By using traditional road maps, labeled aerial photo views, low-angle high-resolution aerial photos, and proximity searching capabilities, Bing Maps provides unique opportunities for developers to incorporate both location and local search features into their Web applications. The Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3 software development kit (SDK), Version 6.3 consists of a complete set of reference topics that cover the Bing Maps AJAX Control 6.3 application programming interface (API). You can find information about the newest Bing Maps AJAX Control, Version 7.0, in the Version 7.0 SDK . Bing Maps also provides an Interactive SDK available at http://www.microsoft.com/maps/isdk/ajax .IMPORTANT: MapPoint Web Service was retired on November 18, 2011.
Optimizing MapPoint Web Service Find Calls
Microsoft® Bing Maps SOAP Services is a set of programmable SOAP services that allow you to match addresses to the map, search for points of interest, integrate maps and imagery, return driving directions, and incorporate other location intelligence into your Web application. The Bing Maps SOAP Services software development kit (SDK), Version 1.0 consists of a complete set of reference topics that cover the Bing Maps SOAP Services programming interface (API), Version 1.0. If you are reading this SDK online, you can download the Bing Maps SOAP Services SDK CHM file or PDF file for offline viewing.
Virtual Earth Web Services SDK, Version 1.0
Today we released updates to the Microsoft Virtual Earth AJAX control and a new version of the Virtual Earth 3D map control.
Virtual Earth, An Evangelist's Blog : Virtual Earth API Release
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PRB: Cannot visit SSL sites after you enable FIPS compliant cryp
When you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to visit a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Web site, "Cannot find server" is displayed the title bar, and you receive the following error message in the content pane of Internet Explorer: The page cannot be displayed.
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FIX: You may receive an error message when an ADO.NET-connected
When a Microsoft ADO.NET-connected application uses the SqlBulkCopy class, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following:
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4 Tips for using Log4NET's ADONetAppender in ASP.NET I'm using Log4NET for almost a year now, and I must say I'm very pleased with it. This logging framework is very easy to learn and extend; same goes for installation and configuration. The most commonly used log4net appender is probably the ADONetAppender (look at Ryan's post for an easy walkthrough to set this up). However, I spent a couple of hours getting the ADONetAppender working the way I want.
4 Tips for using Log4NET's ADONetAppender in ASP.NET - Dr.
ASP.NET 2.0 has greatly improved the tools and functionality to create localized applications. One of the new key components is the introduction of a provider model for resource localization that makes it possible to use resources from sources other than ..Resx files. In this article I’ll describe how ASP.NET Resource Providers work and how you can create a custom provider. As a practical example I’ll show you how I built a data-driven provider along with a fairly rich ASP.NET front end application that allows editing of resources at runtime in a context sensitive fashion against the live application. This article assumes that you’re somewhat familiar with the new ASP.NET 2.0 localization features.
http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/wwDbResourceProvider/defa
The boss of a successful US hedge fund has quit the industry with an extraordinary farewell letter dismissing his rivals as over-privileged "idiots" and thanking "stupid" traders for making him rich. Andrew Lahde's $80m Los Angeles-based firm Lahde Capital Management made a huge return last year by betting against subprime mortgages. Yesterday the 37-year-old told his clients that he had hated the business and had only been in it for the money. And after declaring he would no longer manage money for other people, because he had enough of his own, Lahde said that instead he intended to repair his stress-damaged health; he made it clear he would not miss the financial world.