Hello. I am Paul Kinlan.

I'm having trouble using the Microsoft Feed Management API in IE7 Beta 2. Specifically, I can't create a FeedFolderWatcher object to track feed item count changes. The error I'm getting suggests the required COM class (CLSID {281001ED-7765-4CB0-84AF-E9B387AF01FF}) isn't registered on my system. I'm looking for help troubleshooting this issue. Is it an installation problem, or is there a broader problem with the API itself? Any insights or code examples (especially a C# screensaver example) would be greatly appreciated.

A quick link to Heath Stewart's blog post on MSDN.

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IE7 Beta 2 fixes a rendering issue present in IE6 where select boxes would always appear as the topmost element, overlapping other elements like menus. This fix improves the visual presentation of web pages with select boxes. For more details, refer to the provided MSDN blog link. Further testing with CSS styles is pending.

In a previous post, I shared a regular expression for extracting CSS class names, and a reader asked for clarification. This post addresses the question with a corrected regex and C# code example using Regex.Split and Regex.Match. The regex is designed to capture class names from CSS, even those containing escaped characters, and the example code demonstrates splitting a CSS string by class names and suggests using Regex.Match for obtaining the names themselves.

I've been testing Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 and noticed a significant improvement in font rendering, likely due to ClearType. The difference is subtle but noticeable, especially when comparing the BBC News website between Beta 1 and Beta 2. More info on IE7 changes can be found on the IE Blog.

I'm puzzled why Microsoft's new Feed Manager API is COM-based instead of a managed API. Given their push for managed code in Vista and .NET's excellent XML handling, a managed API for RSS (which is XML-based) seems logical. It's frustrating to need interop to use this new feature.

I gave out a bit of duff information in my last post. Thanks Rasmus!The code should have been:string css = @".class1{color:pink;}.class2{color:blue;}";string patt = @".[-]?[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9-]|[^\0-\177]\[0-9a-f]{1,6}(\r\n[ \n\r\t\f])?|\[^\n\r\f0-9a-f]*";MatchCollection arr = Regex.Matches(css, patt);}The "arr" Collection will contain all the class names found in the input string. arr.Count will be the number of matches, and it can be indexed like so: arr[0].Value etc. etc.Sorry about that :)

I'm exploring Microsoft's Simple List Extensions for RSS and looking for real-world examples of their implementation. I'm particularly interested in seeing how these extensions can be effectively utilized and would appreciate any insights or examples.

I've previously blogged about IE7 Beta releases, and now it's time for another update! Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7 is now available for download. Check out the IEBlog post for more details, and stay tuned for my upcoming impressions.