It seems like by last Friday, November 3rd, at approximately 2:30 PM Microsoft Office Team has signed off on build 4518.1014 as the 2007 Microsoft Office system and has released it to manufacturing.
How you can get Office 2007?
Office 2007 products will be available at retail by early 2007 so you’ll be able to get your hands on them soon. Business customers will be able to get Office 2007 through the volume licensing program before the end of this year.
Red Gate has released a public beta of a new tool, SQL Doc.
SQL Doc is a simple tool for documenting your SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 databases. You can download this beta from here.
This beta release of SQL Doc includes the following features:
- Document one or many databases
- Produce documentation in HTML, with or without frames
- Includes all cross-database dependencies
- Live preview pane
- Command line access version
Limitations:
As you know, this is a beta release and will probably contain some bugs.
And they claim that the following are the known issues which they claim will be fixed by the final release:
- Menus do not work correctly under Windows Vista
- Connection properties dialog does not always behave correctly when editing an existing project
The picture below will give you an idea of what SQL Doc can do. Click on the picture to view the original size.
Breaking News:
Just few minutes ago, Jim Allchin, Co-President of the Platforms & Services Division at Microsoft , announced that Windows Vista is ready for RTM (Released To Manufacturing). There are no further updates on when it is going to be available for the MSDNeners to download. I’ll keep you updated as soon as I come to know.
Congrats to the folks involved and Congrats Jim!!! Well done!!!
Microsoft just officially released the .NET Framework 3.0 version.
You can download the .NET Framework 3.0 components here:
Note, if you are using Windows Vista the .NET Framework 3.0 Runtime Components are installed by default. For all other operating systems you have to install it manually by clicking on the appropriate links above.
The Readme for the released version of the .NET Framework 3.0 is available here. If you have a previous .NET Framework 3.0 CTP installed, please be sure to review the uninstall instructions. If you have questions about installing the .NET Framework 3.0, please post your questions to the .NET Framework Setup Forum.
