Win32 <-> .NET API Mapping- February 15, 2005 This is another of those links that you simply must add to your favorites if you develop using .NET. This page tells you when not to use that other very handy website - PInvoke.net. So before you go the pinvoke route, make sure there isn't already a .NET equivalent API available. Someday, when you can do everything you want purely in managed code and everyone has forgotten Win32, these links will become irrelevant. But today, they are definitely useful!http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu/archive/2005/02/15/372845.aspx Smart Client in focus again- February 9, 2005 Good to see that Soma's keynote at VSLive! San Francisco brings the concept of 'smart client' back in focus. This is something I am personally passionate about and it is also the theme of this blog. Here is Soma's blog post on the topic and you can view the keynote video here. Still not sure what a smart client is as opposed to a simple client application or a 'rich client' I don't blame you - there are too many of these terms floating around. Believe it or not, 'smart client' isn't...http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu/archive/2005/02/09/369712.aspx |