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Developing HTML5 with Javascript and CSS3 online courses from Virtual Academy

eralper — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:39:00 GMT

Hello web programmers, and additionally Windows Phone 8 programmers,

Since all we can now code in HTML5 in our environments or devices where our apps or applications will run on.

I've been attending to courses that Microsoft offers free over Virtual Academy. After attending Windows Phone 8 development training courses, I now started Developing in HTML5 with Javascript and CSS3 and I want to share the first session's evaluation notes with you.

In fact this is some small notes not to forget for future while HTML5 programming.

The first note can be the difference between canvas and SVG graphics improvements in HTML5.
Don't forget if complex, SVG will be slow in rendering process. Although developers can identify and work with each object on SVG seperately, canvas will perform better if the graphic is too complex.
All graphic reach apps use canvas.
Here I mentioned an other important difference between canvas and SVG is that, SVG images can be searched within a DOM. But canvas is to be repainted one image everytime.

And the improved and new forms elements in HTML5.
For example, when you place an input element within an HTML5 form, you can mark the field as required in an input form just by adding the "required attribute" or setting the required attribute value to "required". Here is the sample HTML5 markup code. Both usage is correct.
<input type="text" required />
<input type="text" required="required">

An other evaluation questions were about the new HTML5 semantic tags.
For example if you want to place author and copyright data in your HTML5 web page, you can use the footer semantic tag.

If you want to place a stand-alone content seperated from others, you can use the figure semantic tag.
Figure semantic tag can be used for grouping stand-alone content like video or image.

And that is all for today's HTML5 self-training and evaluation

I hate SAP Smartform code editor

eralper — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:48:00 GMT

SAP Smartform code editor is the ugliest development IDE I have ever worked with.

I can not understand the logic of keeping such a limited code development IDE in SAP system. Maybe ABAP developers are used to work with notepad type working environments but as a developer who has worked and been working on development environments like Visual Studio, Reporting Services, etc. I feel angry while working on SAP Smartform

The hardware environment I'm working with provides me extended desktop on multipe screens with full HD resolutions, on the other hand I'm limited with 60 characters while coding on SAP Smartform.

I'm getting old just because of coding ABAP and SAP Smartform.

Windows Phone API poster for Windows Phone 8 app developers

eralper — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 06:10:00 GMT

Are you a software programmer developing apps for Windows Phone 8?

If so Windows Phone API poster from Microsoft will be a good resource for you just like many other Windows Phone 8 app developers.
You can download the Windows Phone API Quickstart poster from DevCenter for free.

If you are looking for more resources and samples for Windows Phone 8 app development then you will probably refer to Official Microsoft WP Dev Center
There you will find sample code, sample apps, show cases, videos and more links to necessary blog posts and Windows Phone development tutorials

Play Mastermind Game using T-SQL on SQL Server

eralper — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:11:00 GMT

Hello all T-SQL masters,

Do you think is it possible to play mastermind game using T-SQL on SQL Server?

I tried to develop sql code for managing game setup, making guess and evaluating the results to demonstrate a mastermind game actions on a SQL Server.

But I get stuck.
I need your comments and help to progress to finish sql mastermind game :)

Soon I'll place the transact-sql codes I have developed besides the database design and table structures for simulating the mastermind game on a SQL Server environment.

Stay tuned and share your comments!

Oracle Security Inside Out will be held in Istanbul on 24th of February, 2011

eralper — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:58:00 GMT

Oracle will be holding the Security summit Security Inside Out in Istanbul on 24th of February, 2011.

Oracle professionals can register for the Security Inside Out seminars from Bilgi Çözümleri

Windows 7 SP1 is released

eralper — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:59:00 GMT

Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 is released and now available for public download at Microsoft Downloads

For more information about Service Pack download and install SP1 using Windows Update please refer to guide Free Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Download (Windows 7 SP1)

Register for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Certification Exams (Beta)

eralper — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:31:00 GMT

Microsoft announced the availability of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Certification Exams beta versions.
If you have taken a beta certification exam from Microsoft, you know that beta exams are free.
If you have programming experience using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, I strongly suggest you to register for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 certification exams which will be done in April, 2010

For beta promotion codes and beta exam codes please go to Register Free Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Certification Exams

How to Recover Windows 7 Bitlocker with MBAM

eralper — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:18:00 GMT

Microsoft has announced Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring tool in short MBAM tool which will be available with new Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1.

Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate editions enable the Windows feature BitLocker that enables disk encryption to secure your data on Windows 7. But many Windows 7 users experience Bitlocker recovery key problems and ask for how to recover Bitlocker encryption.

MBAM or Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring tool manages BitLocker in Windows 7 provides IT professionals solution to recover Bitlocker key as well as provisioning and Bitlocker monitoring.

Tomorrow, Windows 7 SP1 (as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) will be available for public download. We will be sharing more information and detailed how-to guides about MBAM Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring tool soon.

Windows 7 SP1 Download and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 available for MSDN Subscribers

eralper — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:53:00 GMT

Microsoft has released Windows 7 SP1 download and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 download on MSDN Subscribers portal for MSDN Subscribers.

The Windows 7 SP1 release date for public will be within a week.
You can check here or Microsoft Downloads portal for the next days for Windows 7 SP1 download available for public.

Microsoft chooses to share such new releass first with MSDN subscribers and customers taking support from Microsoft.

The Windows 7 SP1 release date is finally 22nd of February and the Windows users can download Windows 7 SP1 (and also Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1) from Microsoft Downloads web portal.

For more details about Windows 7 Service Pack 1 download and how to install Windows 7 SP1 using Windows Update please check the Free Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Download (Windows 7 SP1) guide.

Please refer for what is included in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 here

Microsoft WebCamp Istanbul on 1st of February, 2011

eralper — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:57:00 GMT

Microsoft WebCamp will be held in Istanbul for developers and IT professionals living in Turkey on 1st of February, 2011 at Microsoft Istanbul office.

Web developers who want to attend the Microsoft Web Camp should be quick to register for the limited seats left for Istanbul WebCamp.

Please go to Microsoft WebCamp Istanbul registration pages for registering online.

Microsoft SQL Server 2011 aka SQL Server Denali CTP1 Community Technology Preview is released

eralper — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:37:00 GMT

Microsoft has released the upcoming version of SQL Server, SQL Server 2011 code-name SQL Server Denali CTP1 (Community Technology Preview 1) for SQL Server database professional, SQL Server database administrators and developers.

The MS SQL Server 2011 release date of first CTP, CTP1 is 8th of November, 2010.
We can expect the next CTP within 3 months time. And a similar timing schedule is leading me to expect the MS SQL Server 2011 release date of RTM version at the end of 2011.

You can find the MS SQL Server 2011 download link at Microsoft Downloads

After you download Microsoft SQL Server 2011 CTP1 from Microsoft Downloads and install SQL Server 2011, to see what is new in SQL Server 2011 and work with samples, you can also download SQL Server 2011 sample databases and AdventureWorks sample database for SQL2011.

You will find more information about next version of SQL Server, MS SQL Server 2011 or SQL Server Denali at MS SQL Server 2011.

Download Report Viewer - Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 Redistributable Package

eralper — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:34:00 GMT

Microsoft has released Report Viewer 2010 for Web and Windows applications. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services report developers can use Microsoft Report Viewer to display sql reports in their Windows and Web programs and software.
To summarize, Microsoft Report Viewer control enables developers build applications that are running on Microsoft .NET Framework in order to present Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports.

SQL Server Reporting Services developers can download Report Viewer 2010, Microsoft Report Viewer 200 Redistributable Package from Microsoft Downloads portal.

The free Report Viewer download file ReportViewer.exe is about 4.5 MB in size.
Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 redistributable package requires MS SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services or higher versions for server processing mode and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or .NET Framework 4.0

Download SQL Server 2008 SP2 which has been released by Microsoft today

eralper — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:01:00 GMT

Microsoft has released a new Service Pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Microsoft SQL Server users can download SQL Server 2008 SP2 from Microsoft Downloads portal for various editions of MS SQL Server 2008.

The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) available for download includes :
15K partitioning Improvement
Reporting Services in SharePoint Integrated Mode
SQL Server 2008 R2 Application and Multi-Server Management Compatibility with SQL Server 2008,
including :
SQL Server 2008 Instance Management
Data-tier Application (DAC) Support

Please refer to Microsoft Downloads for more detailed information, download files and related downloads.

Today, I got Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) on my Windows Update at my home PC running Windows 7 Ultimate. The SQL Server 2008 SP2 was among optional updates

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-070 for Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Information Disclosure

eralper — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:19:00 GMT

Microsoft has recently released a security update which resolves the publicly disclosed vulnerability in ASP.NET

I strongly suggest ASP.NET developers, IIS Administrators, system administrators and security administrators to take care on Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-070.

The security problem Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Information Disclosure was known for a period of time and a few work-arounds were already been suggested to ASP.NET developers.

For more information on security update please refer to Microsoft TechNet portal web page Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Information Disclosure.

Download Internet Explorer 9 Beta - IE9 Download

eralper — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:46:00 GMT

Microsoft has released Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 download which is available for public download.
Microsoft Windows users can download IE9 Beta from Microsoft Downloads web portal.
Unfortunately Internet Explorer 9 - IE9 download is not available for Windows XP computers.
Windows Vista and Windows 7 users can download free IE9 and install Internet Explorer 9 on their computers.

Windows users who want to download and install Windows Internet Explorer 9 on their Windows Vista or Windows 7 (including Windows Server 2008) can find more detailed information at : Windows Internet Explorer 9 - IE9 Download Links and IE9 Installation.

MS SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access v4.2

eralper — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:21:00 GMT

Microsoft has released MS SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access v4.2 for Access and SQL Server developers in order to enable data migration from MS Access to SQL Server.

Developers and database administrators can download Microsoft SQL Server migration assistant for Access free tool from Microsoft Download Center
Using migration assistant tool, developers will enable Access to SQL Server 2005, Access to SQL Server 2008, Access to SQL Server 2008 R2 and Access to SQL Azure with minimal effort

I think SQL Server Migration Assistant is a good database migration software who are looking for a free well performing data migration tool.

Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant or its common name SSMA, is a toolkit which enables developers easily convert Microsoft Access database objects to MS SQL Server database objects. SSMA then deploys converted MS Access objects to SQL Server.
SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access can also be used as a data migration tool from Access to SQL Server.

Using SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access administrators and developers can migrate sql database objects and migrate data from Access 97 and higher versions to any edition of the Microsoft SQL Server.

Download Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Beta is available

eralper — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:13:00 GMT

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Download (beta) and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Download (beta) are available in Microsoft Download web portal.

Windows users who are willing to test the Windows 7 SP1 can download required files from Microsoft Download Center

SAP Crystal Presentation Design software Free Download

eralper — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:01:00 GMT

SAP has released the SAP Crystal Presentation Design software for free download of SAP users.

SAP Crystal Presentation Design software enables SAP users create interactive data visualizations and professional presentations.

SAP users and ABAP developers who requires this professional SAP tool, can download free using SAP Crystal Presentation Design download URL

SAP Design tool users can create amazing presentations very quickly. Presentation makers can add add maps as well as charts into their presentations.

This free SAP tool SAP Crystal Presentation Design tool is released to public in 13 different languages in order to let a wide range of customers to use it for free. It is possible to set the tool language during software setup. After a fast registration at SAP site, you will be sent a product key code to your email. This product code will enable you get the fully licensed version for free.

Main SAP Crystal Presentation Design software tool features are :
Built-in quick start guides
Ready-to-use data presentation templates

System Requirements :
MS Office XP, MS Office 2003 or MS Office 2007,
Free 350 MB hard disk space,
Microsoft Windows XP, MS Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista

SAP CRM 2010 - Istanbul is being held today

eralper — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:51:00 GMT

SAP CRM 2010 is going to be held in Istanbul today.

SAP CRM Road Map is one of the most interesting topics today.
SAP TPM solution is a topic of an other session.

Then solution partners will show their solutions to the audience.
You can check the agenda of the SAP CRM 2010 Istanbul for more detail on the sessions.

Microsoft Istanbul Summit - MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event : SQL Server Presentations

eralper — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:58:00 GMT

Microsoft Istanbul Summit will be held in Istanbul on 17th and 18th of May, 2010. Microsoft 2010 products including MS Office 2010, MS SharePoint 2010, MS Project 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, etc and the main interest point of me, MS SQL Server 2008 R2 will be main products of the Microsoft Show on these two days.

Here are the MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event presentations from the first day in Istanbul.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Overview by Eric King, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft
Increase IT Productivity with Microsoft Business Intelligence (Microsoft İş Zekası ile BT Verimliliğinizi Arttırın) by Vadihan Yalçın, SQL Server Support Expert, Microsoft Turkey
Data Warehouse Fast Track by Cem Güven, Platform Solutions Expert, Microsoft Turkey

Second day of the MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event.
Master Data Management (Master Data Yönetimi) by Önder Yıldırım
SQl Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse by Sedat Yoğurtçuoğlu
Reporting Services and Report Builder 3.0 Fast Reporting by Onur Ömer Öztürk
Develop and deploy CEP with StreamInsight by Thomas Kejser, Senior Program Manager

I will attend Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 presentations of the Microsoft Launch Event for full two days. I will try to put some photos and slides from Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event today and tomorrow to share the event and the information with you.
After the MS SQL2008 R2 release date, installing SQL Server 2008 R2, soon I'll also share installation notes with you here on Kodyaz.

Hello if you are excited about MS SQL Server 2008 R2 like me you can see a few photos taken during the first day of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event in Istanbul. The photo gallery includes also MS Office 2010 improvements, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 improvements, too.

Can not Upgrade SQL Server 2008 SP1 to SQL Server 2008 R2

eralper — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:43:00 GMT

Hello,

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 for RTM use of SQL Server professionals.
I have downloaded SQL Server 2008 R2 Trial , the free trial download for 32 bit OS from Microsoft Downloads.

But I can not upgrade SQL Server 2008 SP1 to SQL Server 2008 R2 Evaluation edition.
The upgrade from SQL Server 2008 SP1 to SQL Server 2008 R2 fails when the Upgrade Rules are checked.
The upgrade rule "SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature Upgrade" fails and the detail message is as follows :

The specified edition upgrade is not supported. For information about supported upgrade paths, see the SQL Server 2008 R2 version and edition upgrade matrix in Books Online

Here is my current MS SQL Server 2008 SP1 instance information :

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP1) - 10.0.2531.0 (Intel X86)
   Mar 29 2009 10:27:29
   Copyright (c) 1988-2008 Microsoft Corporation
   Developer Edition on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)

I think if I can find an indicator that marks the installed current SQL Server 2008 version as SP1 and change it as RTM version of MS SQL Server 2008, I can successfully upgrade from SQL Server 2008 SP1 to SQL Server 2008 R2

What do you think? Do you have similar problems during installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 ?

Download Touch Pack for Windows 7

eralper — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:22:00 GMT

Microsoft has finally released the Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7.

Multi-Touch screen users were have been waiting for a long time for the Microsoft Touch Pack download for Windows 7.

Please read the details at Download Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Release Date is so Close

eralper — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:36:00 GMT

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 released to manufacturing. The SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM version is build and within the shortest time with the SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Events we can expect to see the MS SQL Server 2008 R2 available for public.

The next SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event is in Bogata, Columbia on 26th of April
On the same days an other SQL2008 R2 Launc Event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic.

On 4th of May, this time the SQL2008R2 will be announced to IT professionals in Washington, USA.
One day later, on May 5, in Paris France and in Mumbai India Launch Events will take place.

In India, also on 7th of Delhi another SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Event will be held.

In Turkey, Launch Event will be done in Istanbul on 17th of May

For a full list of launch events and for registration please follow the events link.
For more detail please follow the url SQL2008 R2 release date

I finished VS2010 Download and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 installation

eralper — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:26:00 GMT

Hello .NET Framework developers,

As you know Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 release date was a few day before and many developers like me have already finished Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 download from MSDN and installation of VS2010 to see the new Visual Studio 2010 features.

I especially choose the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate download in order to see the new features. You know VS2010 Ultimate edition is covering all components of Visual Studio IDE when compared with other VS2010 editions.

I will soon be publishing a short guide in order to show how to install Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate edition and also compare Visual Studio 2010 editions.

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eralper — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:48:00 GMT

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