To: saraw @ microsoft.corn (Sara Williams) @ INTERNET
cc: ellentu @ microsoft.corn @ INTERNET, AJex Morrow(bcc: John Manopoli)
From: Noah Mendelsohn
Date: 05-26-95 05"28:01 PM
Subject: Re: OLE DB Design Preview, June 7&8, 1995
Thanks for the email followup. No .. I did not receive the fax. Do you
know to which fax number you sent it? The updated fax number that I gave
you a few weeks ago, 617-693-8676, is correct. I suspect that your
distribution lists for design review announcements may have had an old
number.
We would like to have Lotus represent ion at the design review, but it
will probably not be me this time, as I am off on paternity leave for
awhile. If you wouldn’t mind faxing the materials to the number given
above, I'll try to circulate them and get a response ASAP. We’ll
probably be picking it up Tues. or Wed, so a response by Wed. is a
little tight. Would you please hold two slots for us in the meantime,
and I'll get back to you as quickly as possible? How tight is space this
dine? Am I correct in assuming that this is the followup to the earlier
Nile review, and that it’s for a somewhat broader audience? Thanks.
Thanks also for your earlier note. Any news on VB 4.0 beta agreements?
We have a similar interest in the VC++ 3.0beta, which we were also not
invited to join. That too would be a good reference container, which I
suspect that other container venders may be using as a point of
comparison for their own work.
As to why more container reference material is needed, I don’t doubt
that some simple OCX containers can be built based on the reference
materials available, particularly if you have access to VB 4.0 to use
for comparison purposes and compatibility testing. On the other hand,
there are numerous details that Kraig doesn’t even attempt to cover, for
which the spec too is unclear.
I doubt, for example, that the implementors of VB 4.0 or VC++ 3.0 could
be implement their container support based only on cpatron and Appendix
D or the CDK reference materials. So the issue is not that it’s
impossible to write a container of any sort, but that it’s not possible
to learn the details required to correctly build sophisticated
containers that exploit the full range of features suggested in the OCX
spot.
Thanks as always for your help. Sorry I won’t be making it out there on
this trip, but I look forward to attending future OLE related design
reviews. Are any scheduled for the near future? Thanks.
Noah
To: saraw @ microsoft.corn @. INTERNET
cc: ellentu @ microsoft.corn @ INTERNET (bcc: Noah Mendelsohn)
From: saraw @ microsoft.corn (Sara Williams) @ INTERNET
Date: 05/25/95 02:35.’22. PM
Subject: OLE DB Design Preview, June 7&8, 1995
Greetings !
By now, you should have received via fax an invitation to our upcoming
OLE DB Design Preview. The Design Preview will be here at Microsoft in
Redmond, Washington on June 7&8.
If you have already RSvP’d, that’s great - we’re looking forward to
seeing you. If you’ve not RSvP’d, please be sure to do so by May 31st so
that we can reserve space for you. Also remember that you must return a
signed NDA before attending the design preview
If you did not receive an invitation, please reply (to both me and Ellen
Tucker) with your fax number, so that we can fax you an invitation.
Best regards,
Sara Williams
Manager, OLE Evangelism
Microsoft Developer Relations
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From: saraw @ microsoft.com (Sara Willams) @ INTERNET
Date: 05/08/95 08:30:49 PM
Subject: controls update
Noah,
I wanted to give you an update on the issues that we discussed during
our phone call last week.
As I mentioned on the phone, there are several other ISVs who have very
successfully implemented OLE Control Containers, based solely on Kraig
Brockschmidt’s sample and accompanying document. In fact, I met another
one last week. So, I find it difficult to understand why you feel that
you don’t have all the information that you need. A list of issues that
you feel are unclear or ambiguous in the specification and Kraig’s
document and sample would be very helpful to me.
However, I’m working with our VB group to see if they will consider you
as a beta candidate. This would be with a special non-disclosure
agreement that listed the specific developers who could use the VB beta,
that they would use it solely for the purpose of testing your OLE
controls implementations and that those developers would have no contact
with the groups at Lotus who are working on potentially competitive
technology. Again, I have not heard back from the VB group; I will let
you know when I do.
I am still looking into your questions about using the property set code
from the CDK, and I’ll let you know as soon as I’ve got an answer for you.
Sara Williams
http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02311.pdf
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