http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_BlogPart=blogview&_c=BlogPart&partqs=catDevelopmenten-USSun, 20 Jul 2008 13:37:12 GMTSun, 20 Jul 2008 13:37:12 GMTMicrosoft Spaces v1.1http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification60http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/blog/feed.rssblogcategory-3657354010876223112denglishbihttp://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CD3E77E793DF6178!252.entry<p>I know this isn't BI or database related, but I still enjoy checking out the development stuff from time-to-time.  The VB team has released a new <a href="http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/bb735936.aspx" target="_blank">Power Pack</a> for Visual Basic and the new item that they have added is the DataRepeater control.  Very cool.  This allows you to drag-and-drop a dataset within the control and lay the data out the way you want it displayed.  You are not restricted like with a grid control.  You can put the data in a vertical or horizontal format and then in runtime the data will simply be repeated within the control for each row just like you placed it on the form.  <p>Check out a quick 7 minute <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/f/26faa69b-933a-4148-b624-0efc8ff5d331/JohnHartPowerPacks.wmv" target="_blank">video</a> on it on the Channel9 site if you are interested in this new control and a quick demo of the Print Form control (and the Line control). <p><img src="http://channel9.msdn.com/Photos/383940.jpg" border=0><br><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/f/26faa69b-933a-4148-b624-0efc8ff5d331/JohnHartPowerPacks.wmv">Watch the screencast(WMV)</a> <p><a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/f/26faa69b-933a-4148-b624-0efc8ff5d331/JohnHartPowerPacks.wmv"></a><img src="http://c.services.spaces.live.com/CollectionWebService/c.gif?cid=-3657354010876223112&page=RSS%3a+VB+Power+Pack+3.0+-+DataRepeater+Control&referrer=" width="1px" height="1px" border="0" alt=""><img style="position:absolute" alt="" width="0px" height="0px" src="http://c.live.com/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;NA=1149&amp;PI=73329&amp;RF=&amp;DI=3919&amp;PS=85545&amp;TP=denglishbi.spaces.live.com&amp;GT1=denglishbi">http://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CD3E77E793DF6178!252.entry#commenthttp://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CD3E77E793DF6178!252.entrySat, 23 Feb 2008 03:49:42 GMT1blogentryblogentryBlog entryhttp://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!CD3E77E793DF6178!252/comments/feed.rsshttp://denglishbi.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!CD3E77E793DF6178!252.entry#comment2008-02-23T03:49:42Z