I have been fighting this for a while, and after speaking to Microsoft I think have the correct procedure, I have to say I found the documentation on Index server querying and management a little confused. Create a Word document or Excel sheet and on the file menu select properties. Pick the custom tab and add a custom …

Richard, Iain and myself are off to TechED Developer on Monday, if you are going and would like to catch up , let us know. b. Technorati tags: TechEd-Developers

A while ago I spoke at the Nxtgen User group (see the post Black Marble @ the Coventry NxtGen User Group). Whilst there I did an interview with David McMahon. This is now available on their web site, just follow the link Richard Fennell Interview to view a transcript.

Voting has opened at http://www.developerday.co.uk/ddd/agendaddd4.asp for the sessions you would like to see at the event in December. So if you want to see me speak on "But it works on my PC!" or continuous integration to improve software quality (or don't want to) getting voting for sessions. Irrespective …

Due to complications with Ed Gibson's schedule we have to postpone the Leeds leg of Ed Gibson - On the Road and as a consequence Black Marble's first event 'Making the Most of your IT Systems using Business Intelligence', has been postponed to 27 February 2007. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope you will be …

Microsoft have just launched two Power Packs for VB.NET to help provide more functionality out of the box for VB. PrintForm Component 1.0 With the new PrintForm component you can layout the Windows Form exactly as you want it and to print the form as a quick report http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa... …

I've just published our new schedule of events for Autumn/Winter 2006/2007. Coming next year - events on BizTalk, SharePoint 2007, Longhorn Server and Exchange Server. All our events our free, and refreshments/lunch is provided. Feel free to bring a colleague! We have also moved to a new venue - make sure you check the …

This event will provide a technical update covering Microsoft's latest shipping products, as well as what's forthcoming and the development environments that will be available to customise them. Our aim is to provide a review of up and coming products, as well as highlighting any from the past year you may have missed, …

A welcome return for our Technical Update in January 2007. This event will provide a technical update covering Microsoft's latest shipping products, as well as what's forthcoming and the development environments that will be available to customise them. Our aim is to provide a review of up and coming products, as well …

Microsoft has launched Visual Studio 2005, a major new release of its developer tools environment, and the foundation of Microsoft platform development for the next few years. This marked the arrival of the lifecycle tools, Visual Studio Team System and the Team Foundation Server, to support end-to-end system …