Scott Hanselman

Congrats to all! Anyone out there running their dasBlog on Mono?

Mono is a comprehensive open source development platform based on the .NET framework that allows IT and ISV developers to build Linux and cross-platform applications with unprecedented productivity.

Mono's .NET implementation is based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Infrastructure.  Mono includes a compiler for the C# language, an ECMA-compatible runtime engine (the Common Language Runtime, or CLR),and class libraries. The libraries include Microsoft .NET compatibility libraries (including ADO.NET and ASP.NET), Mono's own and third party class libraries. Mono's runtime can be embedded into applications for simplified packaging and shipping. In addition, the Mono project offers an IDE, debugger, and documentation browser.

If you have questions about the project, read the project launch statement or visit our list of Frequently Asked Questions.  For details on the project's future direction, read the roadmap, and download Mono 1.0.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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Even though it is called the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and they explicitly point you to the Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition for web site development, the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition (and no doubt others) will still upgrade your ALL YOUR ASP.NET VDIRS to version 2.0.40607.0 without asking.

You can go your %windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 directory and run:

ASPNET_REGIIS -r

to replace the ScriptMaps with ASP.NET 1.1, and you're back in business.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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Today's warning to the PVR user, SnapStream's Beyond TV doesn't work at ALL with .NET Framework 2.0 BETA.  It's a 1.1 app, and .NET 2.0 is automatically being used when it loads and it crashes stupendously.  Since I have .NET 1.1 on my box, I'm surprised it automatically used the newer Framework.  I need to refresh myself on the rules.

To fix it, add files

• WTLPVSApp.exe.config
• PVSGuideUpdaterService.exe.config
• PVSLogService.exe.config
• SSBatchProcessorService.exe.config

and to each add these lines:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
  <startup>
    <supportedRuntime version="v1.1.4322" />
  </startup>
</configuration>

NOTE: This fix (with the appropriate my.exe.config) will likely fix other apps that may start acting strange after you install Visual Studio.NET Express or the Community Edition.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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Just a quickie today, someone wanted me to give them a list of all the files that were inside an Windows Installer (MSI) and I remembered that MSI's were databases (Access?) so:

Option Explicit
Const msiOpenDatabaseModeReadOnly = 0
Dim installer : Set installer = Nothing
Dim WshShell : Set WshShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Dim szMSI : szMSI = WScript.Arguments.Item(0)
Dim folder : folder = WshShell.CurrentDirectory
Set installer = Wscript.CreateObject("WindowsInstaller.Installer")
Dim database : Set database = installer.OpenDatabase(szMSI, msiOpenDatabaseModeReadOnly)
Dim View, Record
Set View = database.OpenView("SELECT FileName FROM File") 'could include FileSize, etc
View.Execute
Do
 Set Record = View.Fetch
 If Record Is Nothing Then Exit Do
 Wscript.Echo Record.StringData(1)
Loop
Set View = Nothing
Wscript.Quit(0)

You call it like this: cscript WhateverFileName.vbs YourInstallerDatabase.msi

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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