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AJAX Date Picker is a free ASP.NET 2.0 calendar control that utilizes AJAX techniques to get data from the server without an entire page postback. You can specify the clickable dates on a given month as well as other days like holidays, etc. A great application for this control is for those sites that uses some reservation system to select valid dates. For example a travel site can use this control to render only valid dates. This controls limits the user on what dates to click. As a result you have a hybrid client/server validation.

This control is free along with the source code.

By Maynard Cuellar
Download: Download source project (zip file)

The most important new feature is that debugging is working now. This means that you can load an assembly in DILE and then debug its IL code.
The debugging features briefly:

• step into/step over/step out
• start/stop/detach from/attach to process
• debugging is stopped when exception thrown
• add/remove/activate/deactive breakpoint
• “Object Viewer”
• call stack: including going up and down in the current call stack
• local variables/arguments
• debug messages
• debug events (e.g.: process started/exited, class loaded/unloaded)

And there’s one more feature which is not related to debugging: Quick Search. It’s similar to the Visual Studio File Finder Add-In. It helps you to find a definition (method definition, type definition etc.) faster if you know its name. Often it’s more comfortable to use this than searching in the tree.

The zip file: dile_v0_2_beta.zip
readme.txt: readme.txt
license.txt: license.txt
change_log.txt: change_log.txt

What is ieHTTPHeaders?

ieHTTPHeaders is an Explorer Bar for Microsoft Internet Explorer that will display the HTTP Headers sent and received by Internet Explorer as you surf the web. It can be useful in debugging various web-development problems related to cookies, caching, etc.

Download ieHTTPHeaders

ieHTTPHeaders is freeware, meaning you don’t have to pay to use it. I do accept donations, but found that only a precious few are willing to donate for free sofware they use and like. I appreciate the donations you’ve made (you know how you are)! ieHTTPHeaders can run on Windows 2000 and later. Just download and execute the installer in order to install.

The DirectX® Team is pleased to announce the release of the DirectX 9.0 SDK October 2005 Update! The October Update includes the first public release of the XInput SDK. This SDK will allow game developers to fully support Xbox 360 Controller for Windows. To download or learn more about this release please visit http://msdn.com/directx/sdk.

Features added in the October 2005 DirectX SDK update

- XInput

XInput is an API that allows applications to receive input from the Xbox 360 controller for Windows. Controller rumble effects and voice input and output are supported.

For a quick start guide to using the XInput API, see “Getting Started With XInput”, and the “XInput Reference”. Four XInput Samples are available in the Sample Viewer. See “XInput Frequently Asked Questions” for answers to commonly-asked questions about XInput