The Daily Grind 1128

by Mike Gunderloy
Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Just what I needed, a boy who wants to be the early bird when he grows up.

OrgPlus Enterprise 3.0 - The most serious organization charting app I know of has added a batch of new features.They also have more entry-level versions.
Easy SQL Deploy 2.0 - Pack up a SQL Server schema and data into a single .exe for deployment. Free trial is here, pricing from $99.
ASP.NET Splitter Bar - Resize panels, table cells, and controls. - A server control for two-column layouts.
SequenceViz 0.4 :: Dependency Explorer - Now with cross-module dependency display.
Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh - No clue why it's been refreshed, but it has.
PdfGrabber - Export Acrobat documents to all sorts of formats, including Word, ASCII, and XML depending on which version you buy.
Device Simulator for Windows SideShow - Test SideShow gadgets without having any physical hardware.

Telerik's new Reporting Tool - Julie Lerman reports on reports.

SearchDotNet - Dan Applemen has been adding all sorts of features to his targeted search site including Google Desktop and Firefox and IE7 integration.
The Worse Than Failure Programming Contest - Think you have what it takes to write stunningly bad code? You could win a laptop.

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SPG.Net eliminates the Microsoft PropertyGrid shortcomings and introduces a totally new control rewritten from scratch. With this component you can:

Build its content dynamically (using reflection or not) with an infinite number of subcategories like in a tree,
Use lots of inplace controls like updown buttons, trackbars, progress bars, radio buttons, checkboxes, color pickers and more,
Customize the appearance of each property and the global look of the grid,
Reuse your existing TypeConverter, UITypeEditor and ICustomTypeDescriptor classes,
Add TAB navigation, custom sorting, value validation, hyperlinks, property enumerators, searching, tooltips, ellipsis, ...
Now supports .Net 1.1 and 2.0.

All this and a lot more is just one click away at www.visualhint.com.

And don't forget the free PropertyGrid for MFC!!

telerik radControls is the leading UI suite for ASP.NET, combining highly-efficient rendering with unsurpassed client-side functionality. The comprehensive toolset enables developers to rapidly build AJAX-enabled, cross-browser, and standards compliant applications for even the most demanding scenarios.

EasySQL Deploy pack database data and schema, for easy distribution. It generates SQL scripts for user selected objects and pack them as .exe file. It can be used to fully or partially deploy databases or database updates, to synchronize databases or to backup databases as compressed SQL script. Command line interfaces available.

2.0 release features:

Full support for SQL 2005 objects
Parameterized script generation
Script preview before generation
Region based SQL Viewer with syntax highlighting

Download trial version today and speed up your processes!

Check the online demo and read more details at www.easysqltools.com

Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET newspaper of record.

The Daily Grind 1128

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