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My name is Andrew Sutton, aka Shandy.

I am currently living and working in the UK within the garment industry as an IT specialist. This blog contains mainly IT related issues.

I was a Microsoft VB MVP for a couple of years (Apr 2004-Mar 2006) and was a vbCity Leader between April 2003 and June 2007.

If you are looking for my Sri Lanka or Morocco experiences check out Shandy's Sri Lanka Blog or Shandy's Morocco Blog. My personal (Non IT) blog is now at Shandy's Place

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 #

Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers : All 8 Chapters Now Available

Following on from my post, Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers thought I'd mention that chapters 6 - 8 of the free book at MSDN, Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for Developers are now available. This means that the entire contents of the book are now available.

Note that you will require MSDE (including the Northwind sample database) to use the samples included in the book.

posted @ 1:20 PM

The Hive : Beta Web Site For Community Leaders

Microsoft have recently announced a new web site, The Hive . It claims to allow community leaders to connect with one another. If I get chance I'll look at joining on behalf of vbCity unless one of the other leaders fancies giving it a go?

posted @ 11:02 AM

New MVP Logo

I have just signed up to get hold of the new, official Microsoft MVP logo. I can't say at the moment I think its as good as the current one but I'll go with the flow. Maybe it will grow on me ;-) Anyway I now have to wait 7-9 days for the logo to be emailed to me along with guidelines on how to use it. Until then I'll refrain from using it but I noticed other bloggers are already displaying it on their sites, see Blink.Nu.

Update: My MVP Logo Kit Has Arrived Today

posted @ 10:54 AM

.NET Survey

I came across this survey, 2005 .NET Survey. I did notice that develop was spelled develp right at the top of the page but hey, my blog is full of spelling/typing errors too ;-) This survey is done by the same people who are doing the Visual Basic 2005 World Wide Survey

posted @ 10:38 AM

How To Open A Command Prompt From Windows Explorer With Current Folder As Default

Ever wanted to be able to open a command prompt from windows explorer where the current command prompt folder is the current windows explorer folder? Well here's how to do it: (Tested under XP Pro)

Open the windows registry editor (Start, Run, RegEdit)
Select the node HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell.
Create a new key, DOS Prompt. (Right click, New, Key, type Command Prompt).
Select the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\Command Prompt.
Create a new key, Command. (Right click, New, Key, type Command)
Edit the string Default. (Right click, Modify, type c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe %1)

If you now go to the windows explorer and browse to a folder and right click you will see an option Command Prompt. Selecting that option will open up a command prompt window with the default folder as the one selected in windows explorer.

Note that editing the registry can seriously damage your health! Always back up your registry before editing.

posted @ 10:21 AM

OnTime User Discussion Group

I thought I'd mention I'd accepted an invitation to join the OnTime user group. Participation is by approval only but if you want to join in I'd suggest sending an email to the group owner, details here.

Although I joined over a month ago I've not had time to really get involved yet but I started to read through the postings for the last month this morning and will hopefully be able to join in the debates a bit over the weekend.

For those of you who are wondering exactly what OnTime is; it is a defect and feature management system.

posted @ 7:29 AM