With the PDC 2005 starting in a couple of weeks and the release of dasBlog 1.8 last Thursday, I present the TamTam PDC group blog. All content is supplied by cross-posting from our regular sites.

In Visual Studio 2005 there appears to be an allignment bug in switch/case statements as you can clearly see in this picture:

[bug details in MSDN Product Feedback Center]

Daniel McPherson points to a number of templates for Windows Sharepoint Services, available on Micorsoft downloads, to help with common tasks in every organization.

Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Room And Equipment
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Expense Report Portal
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Event Planning
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: RFP Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: HR InfoPath Forms
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Professional Services Contractual Setup
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Loan Initiation Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Change Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Meeting Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Classroom Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Legal Document Review
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Employee Scheduling
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Marketing Communications Campaign Site
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Employee Training
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: IT Developer
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: HelpDesk Dashboard
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Board of Directors
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Project Team Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management
Windows SharePoint Services Applications Template: Competitive Intelligence

Available on SourceForge.net, haven’t found anything yet, excellent work Omar, Scott and everybody else.

[full list of new features]

public static string HashPasswordForStoringInConfigFile(
   string password,
   string passwordFormat
);

In the FormsAuthentication class in the System.Web.Security namespace.

The first parameter is the string you want hashed, the second is the hashalgorithm, “sha1” or “md5”, to use.

[more info on msdn]

Be sure to visit all the options under "Configuration" in the Admin Menu Bar above. There are 16 themes to choose from, and you can also create your own.

Test

For the first time ever the help system will be user customizable; users can add their own notes to the pages for future reference.

Hope they allow you to share these annotations through some kind of community, but sounds cool.

[source: ars technica]