Hello, I'm   Jason

One of my good friends from our area, Doug Reilly, recently wrote an article regarding his illness over the past few years. I’ve known Doug since 2003 and he’s always been a great resource for information and a good friend. We run into each other from time to time at events in Philadelphia. You can read more about Doug here: http://www.simple-talk.com/2006/03/06/coming-out-as-a-cancer-survivor-a-guide-for-software-developers/.

This event will be held at Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke on February 22nd, 2006. For directions to the facility and for room information, click here. The event will begin at 6:00pm. Here is the schedule:

An error occurs in SBA when the No. Field has data longer than 20 characters…

Ever receive an error message similar to: “Can’t create file: FILE NAME.pdf. Right-click the folder you want to create the file in, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder.”? Well, I have the solution. It appears that when you install any Microsoft Small Business products (including Small Business Accounting 2006 and Business Contact Manager), the OutlookSecureTempFolder key in the registry is changed from ..\\Temp\\... to ...\\Temporary Internet Files\\....

I posted the question on the ASPAdvice.com technical list and received a response from a good friend, Paul Murphy. His solution is documented at http://aspadvice.com/blogs/pmurphy/archive/2005/02/09/2084.aspx. I haven’t tried it yet, but it just might work. Looks like I’ll have to try it sometime soon.

This event will be held at Luzerne County Community College, Nanticoke on January 25th, 2006. For directions to the facility and for room information, click here. The event will begin at 6:00pm. Here is the schedule:

6:00pm Open Forum

I saw a post come around about some cool XBox 360 Tracker resources. Check these out:

The 2.0 version of the Enterprise Library has been released and is currently available for download at the Microsoft site. It has been redesigned to take advantage of some of the new features in 2.0.

Windows XP Service Pack 3 won’t be out until 2007…

One of the sites I visit frequently to convert images from GIF to a Base64 string is http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp. It’s a quick and easy way to do the conversion. It would be pretty nice if VS.net eventually had a conversion tool built in.