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Mike's latest presentations to the
Queensland MSDN User Group and
Queensland SQL Server User Group

Mike is a regular contributor to QMSDNUG, the Queensland Microsoft Developer Network User Group.  He was also recently invited to present his experiences with SQL Server on a Cluster to the inaugural meeting of QSSUG, the Queensland SQL Server User Group.

The PowerPoint slides and sample code from Mike's latest presentations are available at http://www.fitzsimon.com.au/qmsdnug.

Quoter – a Compact Framework Sample Application

15 February 2005 -- This presentation describes practical tips for beginning PocketPC/Smartphone developers.  As a demonstration, Mike developed Quoter, a simple sales force automation quoting tool on a Pocket PC.

The PowerPoint file (77 kb) also includes links to various MSDN articles on developing Compact Framework applications.  The complete source of the Quoter application is available for download. (31 kb, VB.NET)

Quoter utilises the Communication Controls for the .Net Compact Framework from Mooseworks Software.  A trial version is available for download here.

SQL Server on a Cluster

26 February 2004 -- This presentation describes the fundamentals of setting up a Cluster to run SQL Server.

The PowerPoint file (available at the link above) also includes links to various practical Microsoft knowledge base articles on MSCS, Microsoft Cluster Services.

The .NET Windows Forms DataGrid

19 August 2003 -- This presentation demonstrated how to use the .NET Windows Forms DataGrid.

The sample code shows how to programmatically load a three-table (grandparent, parent, child) DataSet and then set relationships between the tables e.g. Customers - Orders - Order Items.  This hierarchic data is then displayed in a DataGrid.

The sample also illustrates binding a collection of objects to a DataGrid.

Printing Support in the .NET Framework

18 March 2003 -- This presentation demonstrated how to use the .NET Framework's  PrintDocument object and its associated dialogs.

The sample code includes a very simple "Hello World" (or more correctly, "G'day World") VB.NET project which prints a single string on the default printer.

Also included is a more complex VB.NET project called "PrintDemo".  This illustrates printing multiple pages, incorporating vector graphics, images and barcodes in printed output.  It also demonstrates the use of the various printing dialogs: Print, Page Setup and Print Preview.

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