*** MSDN Flash *** A Twice-Monthly Newsletter for the Microsoft Developer Community Visit us today on the World Wide Web at: http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/ In this issue: PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS *Free Developer Edition of Windows NT 4.0 Workstation *Look Out for a Special MSDN Flash *Watch Bob Muglia's Keynote Live from Spring Internet World *SAP Delivers Free COM Connectivity to its Systems RESOURCES *Mastering Chapter for MSDN Online Members *MSDN Online Chat: HelpDesk Sample Application *MSDN Online Chat: VBA and Office Development *New Download for MSDN Online Members *March/April MSDN News Now Online *Windows 98 Resource Kit *Introducing TechNet ITHome EVENTS *Web TechEd - Australia *XML Conference *XML Xposed *VBITS *Windows CE Developer Conference *Visual C++ Developer Conference *Visual J++ Developer Conference *Visual FoxPro Devcon 98 *Microsoft TechEd *Developer Events - United States *Developer Events - Europe MSDN FLASH TIP OF THE WEEK *Visual J++ Developer's Journal ================================================= PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY NEWS ================================================= FREE DEVELOPER EDITION OF WINDOWS NT 4.0 WORKSTATION. For a limited time developers can get a free Developer Edition of Windows NT Workstation 4.0 when they buy the Professional Editions of Visual Basic, Visual C++ or Visual Studio. If the Enterprise Edition of these same products are purchased, developers can get a free Developer Edition of BackOffice Server 4.0. Developer Editions include the full feature set with a development and testing license; the BackOffice license is limited to 10 simultaneous connections. For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/developer/offer LOOK OUT FOR A SPECIAL MSDN FLASH Watch for a special MSDN Flash update later this week to fill you in on an exciting product announcement. WATCH BOB MUGLIA'S KEYNOTE LIVE FROM SPRING INTERNET WORLD Bob Muglia, Microsoft Senior Vice President, will discuss effective business applications on the Web at Spring Internet World, Los Angeles, CA. Watch it live on the Site Builder Network at http://www.microsoft.com/sbnmember/sbnlive/iworld-f.htm Wednesday, March 11 at 5:45p.m. (Pacific Time). Visit this site early to test your NetShow player and preferred bandwidth. SAP DELIVERS FREE COM CONNECTIVITY TO ITS SYSTEMS Download a free beta version of the SAP DCOM Component Connector at http://www.sap.com/bfw/dcom.htm. The connector makes it possible to integrate the rich business rules of SAP R/3 into your applications and solutions using Microsoft's award-winning Visual Tools and Microsoft COM. ================================================= RESOURCES ================================================= MASTERING CHAPTER FOR MSDN ONLINE MEMBERS Gain the skills you need to build dynamic, data aware, client/server Web sites. Check out this online training module on Using Microsoft Transaction Server from "Mastering Web Site Development using Visual InterDev" to start learning now. For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/training/mastering.htm MSDN ONLINE CHAT: HELPDESK SAMPLE APPLICATION Tuesday, March 10, 11a.m. - noon Pacific Time Chat about building the HelpDesk Sample Application How did the MSDN developers build the HelpDesk sample application? What went wrong? How did they correct it? Ask them yourself in our MSDN Online chat. For more information visit http://microsoft.com/msdn/newsgroups/chats.htm If you can't make it to the chat but have a question, submit it to msdn@microsoft.com with "MSDN Chat" as the subject line. Then check back on MSDN Online for the transcript a day or two after the chat for the answers. MSDN ONLINE CHAT: OFFICE AND VBA DEVELOPMENT Tuesday, March 17th, 11:00 am to noon Pacific Time Join Microsoft VBA staffers for an on-line chat. You'll get a chance to pose your questions about developing solutions with Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, or any other VBA host application. Microsoft product managers, test engineers, and software designers will be on line to provide answers and guidance, so don't miss out. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/newsgroups/chats.htm for more information NEW DOWNLOAD FOR MSDN ONLINE MEMBERS Chili!ASP is an open, cross-platform web application environment that is the functional equivalent of Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP). Chili!ASP provides ASP functionality to Netscape, Lotus, IBM, and other web servers on Windows NT and 95, and soon on UNIX as well. For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/downloads/ MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 BETA RESOURCE KIT Get a head start in evaluating Microsoft Windows 98 and reviewing the architecture. The Microsoft Windows 98 Beta Resource Kit is the first full technical overview. And it includes a time-limited evaluation copy of the Beta 3 release of Windows 98. Quantities are limited. Not available outside North America. For more information visit http://mspress.microsoft.com/order/ MARCH/APRIL MSDN NEWS NOW ONLINE The new issue of MSDN News is online, with articles on adding Dynamic HTML to your VB apps, MFC for Windows CE, a new column by the esteemed Dr. GUI and more. Visit http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/news/devnews/ ANNOUNCING TECHNET ITHOME If you're responsible for selecting, deploying or supporting technology ITHome is for you. Get the latest details on new technologies, strategies, and industry issues from leading sources, including Microsoft, Network Computing, Information Week, New Riders Publishing, SAMS Publishing, and more. For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/ithome/ ================================================= EVENTS ================================================= MICROSOFT WEB TECHED - AUSTRALIA March 10, Sydney March 12, Melbourne Microsoft Web Tech Ed will be bringing you sessions on IIS 4.0, Site Server 3.0, Electronic Commerce, Dynamic HTML, and Data Access. Cost is $250 for MSDN and SBN Level 2 & 3 Members, or $350 full conference fee. To register http://www.microsoft.com.au/australia/sitebuilder/webteched.asp XML, THE CONFERENCE March 23-27, Seattle, WA See tools that support XML today and those planned for tomorrow. For more information visit http://www.gca.org/conf/xmlcon98/ XML XPOSED If you are a Web developer or using the Web for business purposes, you'll want to learn more about XML. For more information visit http://Xmlu.com/ VBITS SAN FRANCISCO '98 March 23-27, San Francisco, CA Hands-on training on topics ranging from multithreading applications and servers, to leveraging component-based solutions to the Internet or intranet. Visit http://www.windx.com/vbits/ for more information REGISTER NOW FOR THE WINDOWS CE DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE April 6-8, San Jose, CA In-depth technical sessions will teach you all you need to know about the latest advances in Windows CE-based devices. Attendees will receive a complimentary Palm PC. For more information or to register visit http://www.microsoft.com/events/windowsce/ VISUAL INTERDEV 6.0 PRE-RELEASE SEMINAR Microsoft and 32X announce a 12-city US seminar tour for developers on the Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Web development system. Seminars begin April 13, and all attendees will receive a beta version of Visual InterDev 6.0. For more information see http://www.32x.com MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ DEVELOPER CONFERENCE IV April 15-17, Boston, MA Come learn about COM and DCOM, MFC and ATL, MTS, hardcore Visual C++, and more. For more information visit http://www.vcdj.com/ VISUAL J++ DEVELOPER CONFERENCE April 27 - 30, Los Angeles, CA A technical forum on advanced Java development using Microsoft Visual J++, this event features four tracks and 48 sessions. For more information visit http://www.javaconference.com/ VISUAL FOXPRO DEVCON 98 May 17-20, Orlando, FL Come learn all about Tahoe, the next version of Microsoft Visual FoxPro at Visual FoxPro DevCon. For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/ MICROSOFT TECHED 98 June 1-4, New Orleans, LA This is the definitive technical conference for building complete solutions with Microsoft technologies. For more information or to register visit http://www.microsoft.com/events/teched/ MICROSOFT TECHED EUROPE 98 7-10th July, Nice Acropolis Convention Centre, France For more information visit http://www.eu.microsoft.com/europe/teched/ DEVELOPER EVENTS - UNITED STATES DEVELOPER CAFÉ HITS MICHIGAN AND OHIO Developers' Cafe hits Michigan and Ohio in March Learn the basics of Active Server Pages (ASP), a flexible server-side scripting environment you can use to create and run dynamic web server applications. See development environments including Internet Information Server 4.0, ActiveX Data Objects and others for creating and maintaining HTML pages. For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/greatlakes/events/ BOB AND LARRY'S DEVELOPER WORKSHOP SERIES March 12, Waltham MA (event code 14776) March 17, Farmington CT (event code 14777) The theme in March is migration. Find out how to migrate your Visual Basic 3 and 4 code to Visual Basic 5; how to upsize your Access databases to SQL Server; and how to migrate your Two - Tier Client/Server applications to the Internet. For more information visit http://www.microsoft.com/newengland/developer/boblarry/default.asp MICROSOFT COLLABORATION COMPUTING SEMINAR FOR DEVELOPERS In Michigan and Ohio: Developing Applications with Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) and the Microsoft Exchange Scripting Agent. Get an in-depth technical look at the tools developers have available to them for promoting and extending collaboration among users. 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