I know, I know, I know, alright? I knew that if I re-wrote any of my apps for Beta 1 of VS2005 that there was a good shot that they wouldn’t work with Beta 2. There was never any discussion about migrating the Beta 1 projects forward… in fact, since you weren’t allowed to release any applications based on Beta 1, why should there be a forward upgrade path?
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Some time during the summer Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2005 was released to the public. After having seen the new controls in the 2.0 release of the .NET Framework, I felt it was time to give SharpMT a mini-facelift. As I type this, I’m working on the first “alpha” of SharpMT 3.0… the quandary is what the hell do I do with it now?
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This unexpected, unplanned, and un-beta-tested release comes to you with a bunch of TypePad related tweaks and a new TypePad feature.

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Just after the Beta 1 release of Whidbey (Visual Studio 2005) I decided that the time was Right to start a conversion. Sure, I could have just opened the existing 2003 project in using the new IDE, but I opted not to do this… basically, this would give me a chance to play with the new IDE and Framework in a project that I was very well acquainted with. It also gave me a chance to update some of the external controls with built-in Microsoft-coded controls, which usually makes for an easier install to manage. The question is, where’s SharpMT 3.0?
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SharpMT 2.5 adds support for Plug-In’s that support the ISharpMTExtension interface – the 2.5 release includes a Plug-In that will search Amazon for a book using an author’s name and a book’s title. Once a book is selected, the URL of the book at Amazon is inserted into your current draft. The ISharpMTExtension interface is described in a text file that’s in the Plug-In directory and any .NET developer can write a Plug-In for SharpMT, with or without their own Windows Forms…

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This is probably the version that I should have waited for before releasing a beta at all but a) I wanted feedback on the Interface and b) I didn’t think I would be able to hook up to Amazon’s Web Services and get them working in under an hour’s worth of effort. But here it is: Plug-Ins and the Book Search one is now included.
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And now the Plug-Ins suck less.
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And so begins the era of the Plug-In.
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The desktop version of SharpMT 2.4 offers some HTML encoding for the upper characters of the Latin alphabet; the mobile version of Pocket SharpMT 2.4 also includes the HTML encoding and a couple of tweaks for the Second Edition of Windows Mobile 2003.

Download SharpMT 2.4: EXE | MSI

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Download Pocket SharpMT 2.4: ZIP | ARM

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I had a thought the other day. Maybe it was today. It doesn’t matter, really, but I was thinking… wouldn’t it be neat to have a menu item that you could open a dialog that – when online, of course – let you enter a book title and have it return a link to Amazon? Or maybe a list of books, in the event that there’s more than one that fits. It’s very easy to do, with the Amazon XML Services interface exposed – and I’m certain that there’s other service to grab from online – but then I got to thinking some more, and now I have a quandary.
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And here’s another “minor”, yet massively requested update, and it’s been added to the desktop and pocket version: HTML encoding. Sadly this doesn’t seem to work for all language, but it will enable me to support non-English Latin-based languages. For more information, click more, to read the rest of this post.

Download SharpMT 2.4 Beta 1: EXE | MSI

Read: SharpMT FAQ

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Download Pocket SharpMT 2.4 Beta 1: ZIP | ARM

Read: Pocket SharpMT FAQ

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After a rather fast beta cycle, SharpMT and Pocket SharpMT 2.3 have been released. This time out, for the desktop I’ve included proxy support; for the mobile version, I’ve added proxy support, better form rendering for landscape mode, and a couple of tweaks to be compliant for a Microsoft Certification attempt. The landscape mode is a tricky business so please report any anomalies; I’ve tested it on hardware and emulations, and don’t expect any trouble.

Download SharpMT 2.3: EXE | MSI | FAQ

Download Pocket SharpMT 2.3: ZIP | ARM | FAQ
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Looking for a fast turn around on this beta run, both because there’s really only one new feature and because I changed a couple of things in a hope to get Pocket SharpMT certified for free (but it’s a limited time offer). This latest version offers nothing remarkable: just a couple of bug fixes and a few changes on the Pocket side.
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Only one thing added for this release, but it’s been requested: proxy support, for both the desktop and pocket version of SharpMT.

Download SharpMT 2.3 Beta 1: EXE | MSI

Read: SharpMT FAQ

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Download Pocket SharpMT 2.3 Beta 1: ZIP | ARM

Read: Pocket SharpMT FAQ

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This marks the official release of the 2.2 version of SharpMT. The feature list and download links follow…
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