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Understanding Composite Application Block Series

We've been using the Composite Application Block (CAB) and Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF) since they first emerged. Most of my focus has been on the middle tier and service layer which our smart client front ends consume. However, recently we have needed more manpower building smartparts. As...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 05-14-2007
WPF Views for CAB

Found this project http://www.codeplex.com/wpfcab on codeplex. It strives to add WPF Views to the CAB. This solution doesn't use crossbow and isn't using interop with WinForms.

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 04-11-2007
Visual Log Parser On Code Plex

Microsoft has a nifty command line utility known as Log Parser which can parse many common log file formats such as IIS, SMTP, and FTP logs. I found this http://www.codeplex.com/visuallogparser project on Code Plex which is a Smart Client front end to the Log Parser. Visual Log Parser is a great way...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 02-22-2007
South Florida Code Camp 2007

On Feb 10, 2007 I presented at the 3rd Annual South Florida Code Camp on "Hacking Report Viewer". I didn't present to a large group but we had great conversation. http://drowningintechnicaldebt.com/blogs/dennisbottjer/archive/2006/10/16/Hacking-Report-Viewer-Redistributable.aspx - This link is to my...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 02-22-2007
ClickOnce Resource Kit

Brian Noyes, author of Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce has authored the Smart Client ClickOnce Resource Kit . The resource kit download includes a 70 page how-to with best practices for implementing ClickOnce. The resource kit also provides utilities to help reduce the amount of manual procedures...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 11-02-2006
Hacking the Report Viewer Redistributable

Click Once is the most recent and most successful Microsoft web deployment strategy for Smart Client Applications. The technology is a great way to deploy and/or update .NET 2.0 applications on client machines without the need for an installer. I have used the Report Viewer Control included in Visual...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 10-16-2006
Report Viewer Control

The Report Viewer Control available with Visual Studio 2005 is perhaps one of the most powerful and most over looked control. This control is new to Visual Studio 2005, comes in both Win Forms and ASP.NET versions, and is freely redistributable. Essentially, the report viewer control allows developers...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 10-16-2006
Defining Smart Clients

There has been much buzz around "Smart Clients" lately. Large companies are building Smart Client Line of Business Applications. But how are "Smart Clients" different from traditional Thick/Rich Client Applications? Reference: MS Smart Client Definition Smart client isn't a technology...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 10-02-2006
Smart Client and No-Touch Deployment Virtual Labs

Smart clients are easily deployed and managed client applications that provide an adaptive, responsive and rich interactive experience by leveraging local resources and intelligently connecting to distributed data sources. Step into the Smart Client Virtual Lab for Free It's simple — no complex setup...

Posted to Scott Roycraft (Weblog) by dbottjer on 01-02-2006
DevDays Smart Client Web Casts

http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/devdays/sessions/ is a series of four web casts on the smart client sample app, Issue Vission. The web casts include a general into about smart clients, securtity, data access, and deployment. I especially liked the Data Access and Deploment Web Casts. Issue Vision can...

Posted to Dennis J. Bottjer | MVP ASP.NET (Weblog) by dbottjer on 08-08-2005

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