Problems with webresource.axd

I’ve been trying to make use of a new ASP.NET 2.0 feature - embeded resources using the special HTTPHandler webresource.axd.

But looks like I’m not the only one who can’t get it to work. Talk about frustrating! This should be a really nice way to embed client javascript files. Maybe I’m missing something really obvious but I can’t even get the workaround to work either.

Visual Studio 2005 and .NET Framework Version 2.0 released

Visual Studio 2005 has been released!

Microsoft have released the final version of Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 (this is the x86 version). There are also releases for i64 and x64.

There’s also the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO 2005) Redistributable Package for Office 2003 fans.

Option Strict On for ASP.NET 2.0 Web Sites written in Visual Basic

I discovered today that the project properties for VB ASP.NET projects in Visual Studio 2005 are pretty lacking - including no option to enable/disable Option Strict. A workaround is posted here (Broken link, was originally lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=3c1c9898-8076-4f69-a5e2-e99573d03c6e).