Anyone used any good macro recorders for Windows Vista? I need to automate some point/click/type tasks with multiple windows and tools.

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Passing parameters to RenderMacroContent

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 by David Conlisk

RenderMacroContent can be very tricky to get right. You need to escape your macro text perfectly, and even then passing parameters can be tricky. I just spent a couple of hours getting it to work, so I thought I'd post here so next time I'll know how to do it!

An Umbraco AutoForm intranet - my first steps

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by David Conlisk

I started to have a play around with inline editing, a la Jesper Ordrup's excellent presentation at Codegarden 08. This is a post about my experiences with AutoForm, and how to get around some of the potential issues.

Turn on XSLT Autocomplete for Visual Studio 2008

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 by David Conlisk

I have been using visual studio 2008 for a while now, and I just found out how to turn on XSLT autocomplete! This is very handy for any XSLT development, but especially nice for Umbraco developers.

One for the Technorati spiders

Monday, July 21, 2008 by David Conlisk

In order to 'claim' a blog as your own in Technorati, you need to create a post on your blog to prove that you control it. Well, this is mine. Technorati Profile

Umbraco UK Developer Meeting State of the Art

Sunday, July 20, 2008 by David Conlisk

This is the last of the series of blog posts about the Umbraco UK Developer Meeting in London last Friday. It is kind of like the results of an Umbraco focus group, and details how we think about Umbraco, what we like, what we dislike, and also a number of confusing issues and unanswered questions that we have about Umbraco. I'm sure this is one to kick-start some interesting debate!

Umbraco UK Developer Meeting Tips and Tricks

Sunday, July 20, 2008 by David Conlisk

During the course of the day lots of handy nuggets of information were traded back and forth across the table. I've tried to pull these into a single post, here, to save you from trawling through the minutes to find them.

Umbraco UK Developer Meeting Summary of the Day

Sunday, July 20, 2008 by David Conlisk

This is a walkthrough of what we covered during the day, from start to finish. Disclaimer: does not include details of what was discussed in the pub over a long lunch, or after the meeting had finished!

Umbraco UK Developer Meeting Overview

Sunday, July 20, 2008 by David Conlisk

On Friday last, ten of us met up at the SAS offices in London for the first Umbraco UK Developers Meeting. I came away with lots of notes, and this is my introductory blog post about the day.