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8/11/2008 6:25:00 PM
.NET Framework 3.5 bridges the gap between Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). In this second of two articles, Maurice de Beijer shows you how to use ReceiveActivity, which enables a developer to publish a workflow as a WCF service.
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8/4/2008 12:30:04 PM
In this article Jared Parsons shows a technique to achieve maximum performance from LINQ queries on large sets of data in order to create a responsive UI.
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7/26/2008 4:48:18 AM
This how-to video series is focused on data-based application development in Windows Presentation Foundation using Visual Studio 2008.
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7/16/2008 12:14:44 AM
.NET Framework 3.5 bridges the gap between Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). In this first of two articles, Maurice de Beijer shows you how to use SendActivity, which enables you to call WCF as well as standard web services, in your workflows. The next article will show you how to use ReceiveActivity, which enables a developer to publish a workflow as a WCF service.
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7/1/2008 8:06:58 PM
Visual Basic 9 in Visual Studio 2008 has a set of language features that allows developers to work with XML in a much more productive way using a new API called LINQ to XML. This article will help you master these new features for working with XML in Visual Basic.
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6/11/2008 9:37:07 PM
Visual Studio 2008 includes tools for Office that allow developers to build custom components, such as add-ins, for Microsoft Office System applications writing managed code. See how you can create a custom task pane for Microsoft Word 2007 and how to integrate Text-to-Speech capabilities provided by .NET Framework.
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5/13/2008 7:35:13 PM
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta introduces full support for SQL Server 2008, improved performance in the IDE and WPF designers, improved Web development and site deployment, as well as many Team Foundation Server enhancements.
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5/13/2008 7:35:12 PM
Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta for improved features for both client and Web development. Additionally, SP1 for the .NET Framework introduces the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services.
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4/9/2008 6:56:14 PM
In this second article about developing custom Workflow Activities, Maurice de Beijer takes a look at some of the more advanced aspects of Workflow Activity development. The most important of these could well be how to create event-driven activities.
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4/8/2008 10:07:45 PM
Matthew DeVore shows you how to
to integrate your own My Namespace extension into the Visual Basic development environment using the My Extensibility feature available in Visual Basic 2008.
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3/31/2008 6:03:48 PM
Join Ken Getz as he walks us through LINQ to XML and the Community Technology Preview (CTP) edition of the Microsoft SDK for Open XML Formats. These two technologies can change the way in which you access the parts of the 2007 Office system Open XML documents (created by Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) when retrieving or modifying data.
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3/18/2008 10:11:45 PM
Workflow Foundation (WF) is part of the .NET 3.0 Framework alongside Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Where WCF and WPF enable new and improved ways of doing things we have been doing for a long time, the same can’t be said for Workflow Foundation. Using Workflow Foundation enables a developer to create a whole new style of application, the long running and event driven application.
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3/17/2008 6:26:53 PM
We added 48 How Do I videos (Forms over data, Windows development, Office development and Security) to the Visual Basic developer Center in addition to adding new download formats for 12 others. This includes audio files, and additional videos files to make these videos as accessible as possible. You can go directly to the How Do I video series main page to see the complete list.
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3/14/2008 10:59:19 PM
Last year Microsoft released the .NET Framework 3.0. Unlike previous releases of the framework this version was not an upgrade or change to existing functionality but it was shipped as a number of additions to the existing .NET Framework 2.0. One of these additions was Workflow Foundation (WF), the others being Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows CardSpace. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of what Workflow Foundation is abou ... [ read more ]
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3/14/2008 10:59:17 PM
Many distributed architectures use DataSets on the client and the server when both are written with .NET. In this video, Visual Basic developers will learn how to use the new N-Tier DataSets in Visual Studio 2008 that makes this architectural scenario easy to accomplish.
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3/14/2008 10:59:07 PM
Visual Basic programmers will learn how to properly control updates, inserts and deletes in multi-user applications on forms that edit master-detail related data using the TableAdapterManager in Visual Studio 2008.
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2/27/2008 6:06:07 PM
Welcome to the launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008. Together these three products provide a secure and trusted platform for building your most mission-critical applications. Learn more about these products and launch events in your area at HeroesHappenHere.com.
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1/31/2008 5:44:17 PM
LINQ-enabled languages like Visual Basic give you a rich set of query operators that can be applied to various data sources, such as in-memory collections, databases, datasets, and XML. Visual Basic 9.0 actually goes beyond that and makes XML a first-class data type directly in the language. In this article Jonathan Aneja shows you how you can become much more productive using XML in Visual Basic 9.0.
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1/22/2008 2:55:26 AM
The newly launched Microsoft Software Licensing and Protection (SLP) Services enables software publishers to more effectively protect their code from reverse engineering, as well as package, license, and include activation for their applications. SLP Services offers a developer toolkit that enables protection of .NET code to help prevent piracy and intellectual property theft.
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1/14/2008 7:57:21 PM
The Microsoft .NET Framework exposes information about generic types and methods differently than it does for those that are non-generic. Join Ken Getz as he investigates reflection features as they relate to generics.
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12/3/2007 9:50:06 PM
Learn how to use LINQ and the new XML features in Visual Basic to easily visualize map data and dynamically draw them with Windows Presentation Foundation.
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11/21/2007 2:04:34 PM
Learn how extension methods can be used to extend any existing type's functionality, even when a type is not inheritable, and how they play a crucial role in the implementation of LINQ.
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11/19/2007 10:23:38 PM
.NET Framework 3.5 builds incrementally on the new features added in .NET Framework 3.0 and is now available as a separate download.
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11/19/2007 2:52:32 PM
The Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition is the ideal deal tool for productively building object-oriented applications for Windows on the .NET Framework.
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11/19/2007 2:52:28 PM
Get it here first! With Visual Studio 2008, you can develop connected, compelling applications for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, mobile devices, and the Web.
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Beth Massi via
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11/1/2007 8:40:20 PM
Visual Basic developers will learn about all the new XML features included in the next version of Visual Basic which makes creating, querying and transforming XML easier than ever before.
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Adrian Bowles via
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10/30/2007 8:48:54 PM
Learn how extension methods let you extend any existing type's functionality, even when a type is not inheritable. Extension methods play a crucial role in the implementation of LINQ in Visual Basic.
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10/12/2007 4:27:46 PM
Visual Basic 9 in Visual Studio 2008 offers a new approach to programming with XML. Find out how to get started using XML in your Visual Basic applications.
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10/12/2007 4:25:54 PM
Help us help you by taking 10 minutes to fill out our Visual Studio Content Survey on how to improve the Visual Studio documentation. We appreciate it!
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9/17/2007 11:59:43 PM
The XML to Schema tool is a free project item template to automate creation of XML schema sets from any number of XML documents. If you are working with Language Integrated Queries (LINQ) to XML in Visual Basic 9, this utility can significantly improve your editing experience by adding XML schemas (.xsd files) to your project that add IntelliSense for XML properties.
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9/17/2007 11:58:49 PM
The Visual Basic Pack for the Visual Studio 2005 SDK includes SDK samples converted into the Visual Basic language and a new wizard for generating Visual Basic-based integration packages for Visual Studio.
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9/17/2007 11:54:55 PM
Tim Ng from the Visual Basic Team explains lambda expressions, a new feature added to Visual Basic 9 to support Language Integrated Queries (LINQ), which adds data programmability to Visual Basic.
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8/20/2007 8:24:25 PM
Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 3.0 now includes a new DataRepeater control. The DataRepeater control enables you to use standard Windows Forms controls to display rows of your data in a scrollable container, giving you more flexibility and customization than standard grid controls. This version of the Visual Basic Power Packs also includes updated versions of the previously released Visual Basic Power Packs, Line and Shape controls, the PrintForm Component and the Printer Compatibility Libra ... [ read more ]
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8/2/2007 5:22:38 PM
The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 is the latest preview release of the .NET Framework. In support of existing users, the .NET Framework 3.5 has a minimal number of breaking changes. Download it today.
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8/2/2007 5:22:16 PM
See all of the improvements that are coming in Visual Studio 2008 with next-generation Web development, integrated development for the Microsoft Office system, and industry-leading designers for Windows Vista.
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7/20/2007 3:53:20 PM
Understand the key concepts that drove the design of LINQ, and get a custom query provider that shows how this information can be used in real-world applications. You can download it from the MSDN Magazine Web site. This article assumes a working knowledge of database programming and a passing familiarity with LINQ.
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7/6/2007 10:05:43 PM
Have you ever wanted to use data querying techniques in your code? Now you can. The next version of Visual Studio includes a new set of language features known collectively as Language Integrated Query (LINQ), which adds data querying capabilities directly to Visual Basic.
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Beth Massi via
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6/29/2007 10:31:53 PM
This how-to video series is dedicated to getting Visual Basic developers productive on areas of data-based Windows Application development. The series starts with the basics of database development with SQL-Server 2005 Express then walks through the details of connecting to and querying databases, Windows Forms development basics, Reporting, and Deployment using Visual Basic 2005.
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Beth Massi via
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6/29/2007 10:26:16 PM
This how-to video series is focused on the Interop Forms Toolkit and working with Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 6 together. The Interop Forms Toolkit allows Visual Basic developers to migrate their Visual Basic 6 applications over to .NET using a phased migration strategy. Instead of having to convert the entire VB6 application at once, the toolkit enables.NET Forms and User Controls to run directly in Visual Basic 6 applications so that you can build the pieces that you need over time.
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Beth Massi via
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6/29/2007 10:26:14 PM
This how-to video series is focused on more advanced data binding techniques using object binding in Visual Basic 2005. The series walks through creating business objects and how to associate them in one-to-many relationships, how to provide searching capabilities and how to enable sorting.
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6/28/2007 6:17:16 PM
Visual Studio 2008 is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and the Web. Download and try this early release of the next version of Visual Studio.
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6/7/2007 11:09:47 PM
These Visual Basic LINQ Hands-on Labs provide an introduction to the LINQ Project. Learn basic LINQ features, including the Standard Query Operators, and see how these features can be used against in-memory collections, connected databases, and XML documents. The labs also provide a clear picture of the relational data access support provided by the LINQ Project, referred to as LINQ to SQL.
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5/24/2007 7:25:00 PM
Did you know that a lot of the content at TechEd 2007 is developer-focused? If you are looking to develop and deploy mission-critical Web applications with the latest generation of Web technologies, attend TechEd 2007. You will find a track that covers everything you need to know about ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Internet Information Server (IIS), Internet Explorer 7, and more.
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5/24/2007 7:23:52 PM
See what it takes to develop Visual Basic applications that run cross-browser and cross-platform! Silverlight 1.1 is here and it will allow Visual Basic developers to create rich applications that will literally run everywhere.
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MSDN: Visual Basic
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5/24/2007 7:23:09 PM
MSDN now has a new look. You asked us to make it easier to switch between product-focused resources and simpler to find information through search and site navigation. We’ve responded with improvements that will roll out across MSDN in the coming weeks.
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5/4/2007 5:28:52 PM
This how-to video series is dedicated to getting Visual Basic developers productive on areas of data-based Windows Application development. The series starts with the basics of database development with SQL-Server 2005 Express then walks through the details of connecting to and querying databases, and Windows Forms development basics using the built-in designers in Visual Basic 2005.
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5/3/2007 4:53:09 PM
See what it takes to develop Visual Basic applications that run cross-browser and cross-platform! Silverlight 1.1 is here and it will allow Visual Basic developers to create rich applications that will literally run everywhere.
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5/3/2007 4:51:55 PM
In Microsoft Office Word 2007, automation is a great mechanism for populating business documents with data from backend systems. Learn techniques for using Visual Basic 2005 and automation to remote control Word 2007.
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5/3/2007 4:51:53 PM
Bring the Power of .NET to Visual Basic 6 with the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0. This free add-in simplifies the process of displaying .NET forms and controls in a Visual Basic 6 application.
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5/3/2007 4:51:52 PM
Leverage your existing development skills to become more versatile and productive by attending our new Visual Basic 2005 Labcast Series. Select from six informative labcasts and find out how you will be eligible for a complimentary copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition.
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4/20/2007 10:27:57 PM
Orcas is the code name for next iteration of Visual Studio. These samples are pre-release versions that are expected to change and evolve over time.
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2/12/2007 10:05:26 PM
Get the latest information on using and developing for Internet Information Services including articles, videos, blogs, and the latest information on IIS 7.0.
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Scott Mitchell via
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2/8/2007 8:29:14 PM
The final tutorial on master/detail reports. We'll look at how to display a list of products in a GridView where each row has a Select button. Clicking the Select button will display that product's details in a DetailsView control on the same page.
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Scott Mitchell via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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2/8/2007 8:01:52 PM
While master/detail reports can display both the master and detail records on a single page, on many Web sites they are separated out across two Web pages. In this tutorial we looked at how to implement such a master/detail report.
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Scott Mitchell via
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2/8/2007 7:47:53 PM
The DropDownList serves as an ideal user interface element for master/detail reports where there is a one-to-many relationship between the master and detail records.
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Scott Mitchell via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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2/8/2007 6:38:31 PM
Examines how to build a simple master/detail report showing a selected category's products. This is accomplished by using a DropDownList for the list of categories and a GridView for the products belonging to the selected category.
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1/26/2007 8:58:47 PM
Customize your MSDN Flash newsletter today and you’ll be automatically entered to win a chance for cool home music gear like a new Microsoft Zune™ or a wireless home digital music system from Sonos!
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1/24/2007 9:25:30 PM
Join us for this premier event filled with 4 days of in-depth training, exciting keynotes, and cool networking parties at the Marriott Orlando World Center in Orlando, FL.
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Dino Esposito via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/19/2007 11:31:14 PM
AJAX allows you to build rich browser applications using powerful combinations of existing client-side Web technologies. This month Dino delves into AJAX.
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Ted Pattison via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/19/2007 11:10:15 PM
This new column explores how you can extend and customize Microsoft Office System applications and file formats.
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Brian A. Randell via
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1/15/2007 8:40:38 PM
Here Brian Randell presents everything you need to know to get started with Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals.
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Paul Stubbs via
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1/15/2007 8:32:28 PM
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System is more powerful than ever, allowing you to create add-ins for Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and InfoPath.
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Eric Faller via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/15/2007 8:24:28 PM
If you want to create your own professional looking tabs and controls in Office, check out the RibbonX API of the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
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Dino Esposito via
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12/14/2006 10:10:26 PM
Where are the files generated by ASP.NET stored and how are they used to serve page requests? This month Cutting Edge explains.
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12/1/2006 12:56:11 AM
Have you ever wanted to emit standards compliant and CSS based markup rather than the default table based markup provided in ASP.NET 2.0? Adaptive control behavior in ASP.NET 2.0 gives you the ability to customize the functionality of ASP.NET controls.
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Ken Getz via
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11/22/2006 8:05:44 PM
This month Ken Getz explains the TableLayoutPanel in Windows Forms and shows how it can be used to create a demo system.
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11/16/2006 10:14:35 PM
Download a collection of tools you can use today with Visual Studio 2005 to develop solutions for Windows Vista and the 2007 Office system. Take advantage of these innovative new platforms to create clear, connected, and confident user experiences.
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Alex Barnett via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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11/9/2006 10:40:32 PM
Get ready for new developments in data access in the next release of Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas". These samples show you how to implement ADO.NET data access in your Orcas programs.
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Dino Esposito via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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10/17/2006 9:46:19 PM
All about activities in Windows Workflow Foundation.
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10/17/2006 9:40:09 PM
Memory issues can manifest in a wide variety of ways. This column shows you how to collect the data you need to determine what types of mem¬ory issues you are experiencing.
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Ted Pattison via
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10/17/2006 9:29:51 PM
This month in Basic Instincts, learn how to read, write, and generate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on the server without running Office.
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Scott Mitchell via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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9/11/2006 11:55:26 PM
While the ObjectDataSource's parameters' values can typically be set declaratively, without requiring a line of code, it's easy to set the parameter values programmatically. This tutorial concludes the Basic Reporting section.
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Scott Mitchell via
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9/11/2006 11:21:48 PM
In order to use methods with input parameters, we need to specify the values for the parameters in the ObjectDataSource's SelectParameters collection. Different types of parameters allow for the parameter value to be obtained from different sources.
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Scott Swigart via
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9/11/2006 11:17:53 PM
Visual Basic .NET and Visual Basic 6.0 developers get an introduction to building Web applications with ASP.NET 2.0, as well as the major differences between developing desktop and Web applications.
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Dino Esposito via
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9/8/2006 9:33:46 PM
Dino Esposito rewrites his task progress bar with the help of ASP.NET “Atlas”.
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Scott Mitchell via
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8/10/2006 9:35:32 PM
Accessing and displaying data from a Business Logic Layer can be accomplished without writing a line of code thanks to ASP.NET 2.0's ObjectDataSource control. The ObjectDataSource invokes a specified method of a class and returns the results.
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Dino Esposito via
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8/7/2006 10:26:59 PM
The progress bar is great for keeping users informed about the progress of a task. Unfortunately, there’s no progress bar element built into ASP.NET, so Dino Esposito solves that problem with his ProgressPanel control.
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Ken Getz via
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8/7/2006 9:55:52 PM
The System.Array and System.Collections.Generic.List classes provide methods that let you avoid writing code to loop through every element of an array or list to find the items you’re looking for. Ken Getz explains.
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Scott Mitchell via
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8/7/2006 7:12:30 PM
With the site map defined and the master page complete, we now have a consistent page layout and navigation scheme for our data-related tutorials. Now updating the site-wide page layout or site navigation information is a quick and simple process.
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Scott Swigart via
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7/21/2006 12:03:22 AM
Introduces SQL Server Everywhere, a slimmed-down version of SQL Mobile. SQL Everywhere removes the restrictions that keep the SQL Mobile product from running on a desktop or laptop, making SQL Everywhere the ideal database for many scenarios.
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Scott Mitchell via
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7/20/2006 6:34:52 PM
A well-architected application is crafted into distinct layers, each of which encapsulates a particular role; in this tutorial we build a Business Logic Layer as a series of classes in our application's App_Code folder that call down into our DAL.
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Scott Mitchell via
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7/10/2006 9:53:32 PM
When building a Web application, creating the DAL should be one of your first steps, occurring before you start creating your presentation layer. With Visual Studio, creating a DAL based on Typed DataSets is a task you can accomplish in 10-15 minutes.
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Dino Esposito via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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7/7/2006 8:03:34 PM
Dino Esposito reviews the basics of enumeration types and their implementation in the Microsoft .NET Framework.
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Ted Pattison via
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7/7/2006 7:56:52 PM
In this installment of Advanced Basics, Ted Pattison discusses the localization of Web sites in ASP.NET 2.0.
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Paul Stubbs via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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7/6/2006 5:11:36 PM
If you’re looking to increase the usefulness of your applications by making them customizable, look no further than Visual Studio Tools For Applications.
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Dino Esposito via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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6/26/2006 7:01:07 PM
This month, Dino shows how to display context-sensitive tooltips in Windows Forms applications over irregularly shaped areas.
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John Papa via
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6/26/2006 6:58:01 PM
SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services lets you embed code in a report that can be accessed by various properties of that report and also allows you to access external .NET libraries.
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Mike Downen via
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6/26/2006 6:53:53 PM
This installment of CLR Inside Out talks aboutstrong name signatures and how to use them.
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Brad McCabe via
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6/26/2006 6:50:48 PM
The System.Diagnostics namespace provides classes for interacting with event logs, performance counters, and system processes, and can really help when you’ve got bugs. Find out how.
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Ted Pattison via
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6/26/2006 6:40:03 PM
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) version 3.O is far more than a collaboration tool; it’s is a full-fledged development platform that adds tremendous value to ASP.NET.
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Luca Bolognese via
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6/23/2006 1:52:46 AM
Luca Bolognese walks through the new features in the Language-Integrated Query (LINQ) May 2006 Community Technology Preview (CTP). Specifically, he introduces the new LINQ to SQL designer, joins, and data binding support.
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6/10/2006 2:44:47 AM
DevReadiness.org is the developer community site to help you get your applications ready for Windows Vista. Learn how to test your application for Windows Vista, and find simple remedies to fix the most common issues.
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Jay Schmelzer via
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6/9/2006 4:47:00 AM
Jay Schmelzer talks about source code refactoring and provides a demo of Refactor! for Visual Basic 2005, a free tool from Developer Express, Inc. that adds refactoring support to the Visual Basic 2005 development environment.
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Microsoft via
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4/27/2006 6:01:56 PM
Learn by doing in these hands-on workshops. Each online workshop covers a specific topic within one of 4 main areas, Windows and Web Development, Data/XML and Distributed Application development. Each workshop includes both C# and Visual Basic code.
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4/21/2006 11:58:26 PM
The Fabrikam Fine Furniture reference application is a feature-rich, fully-functional reference application to assist you in building mobile PC and Tablet PC solutions.
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MSDN: Visual Basic
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4/16/2006 4:15:34 AM
The Visual Studio team is at it again with another cool contest for Visual Studio Express developers: Made In Express. You could win 10,000 US Dollars!
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Dino Esposito via
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4/10/2006 6:03:30 PM
This marks Dino’s 100th installment of Cutting Edge. So how does he celebrate? By extending the GridView control, of course.
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Surupa Biswas via
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4/10/2006 5:55:05 PM
JIT compilation has its advantages, but it has its drawbacks, too. NGen may help to improve the performance of your applications. Surupa Biswas shows you why and when.
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4/10/2006 5:50:21 PM
This month: everything you wanted to know about how to handle resource localization efficiently.
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4/10/2006 4:35:18 PM
Upgrading all your Visual Basic 6 code to Visual Basic 2005 takes time and effort. Get the best of both worlds today by accessing the .NET Framework 2.0 from your existing Visual Basic 6 applications.
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3/29/2006 6:25:11 PM
Bill Sempf talks a look at the pros and cons of the Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard and shows it in action in a variety of different examples.
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3/21/2006 8:34:07 PM
Video overview of Visual Studio Team System security features.
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3/21/2006 6:48:54 PM
Developers and ISVs: Build the best new app with Windows Vista to win $50,000!
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Microsoft Corporation via
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3/17/2006 7:29:14 PM
Get a focused, first look at the features and capabilities in Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0.
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Microsoft Corporation via
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3/16/2006 9:19:57 PM
Learn how to use P/Invoke to call unmaged Win32 APIs from managed code. These sample applications show how to mute sounds, change Windows resolution, and display ballon tips from your managed code.
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3/13/2006 10:28:09 PM
Join one of the upcoming sessions to experience the new features of Visual Basic 2005 and ASP.NET 2.0. ASP.NET sessions will begin in Portugal on March 10, with the Visual Basic sessions starting in Denmark on March 17.
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Kevin Marshall via
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3/13/2006 10:11:21 PM
Learn all about Kevin Marshall's imaginative use of Visual Studio 2005 for his Foosball project, which includes score tracking, player statistics, trash talking taunts using the Microsoft Speech API, and even instant replay.
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Microsoft Corporation via
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3/13/2006 8:39:23 PM
Find out how to increase security, scalability, and availability. Choose from a wide range of live and on-demand webcasts. Or virtual labs, where you can try the features of SQL Server 2005 without any setup or installation.
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Microsoft Corporation via
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3/13/2006 8:26:09 PM
Test SQL Server 2005 in your environment to see how it boosts security, scalability, and availability. The trial DVD gives you the full features and functionality of Microsoft’s next-generation data management and analysis solution for 180 days.
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Lorenzo Minore via
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3/9/2006 5:08:04 PM
In this column, learn how to use how to use and edit the IntelliSense code snippets in Visual Studio 2005 and how create your own.
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Michal Altair Valášek via
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3/8/2006 3:59:23 PM
Learn how to leverage the advantages of Visual Studio 2005 by following Michal Valášek as he creates a fun puzzle game application and teaches you how to do more with less code.
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Ken Getz and Paul D. Sheriff via
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3/6/2006 10:19:53 PM
Part 2 of this series focuses on converting code from ADO to ADO.NET. ADO.NET operations require less code, and replacing the COM interop features will make your application more efficient.
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Microsoft Game Technologies Group via
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2/17/2006 6:36:18 PM
We are pleased to announce the availability of the February 2006 DirectX SDK. iThis SDK includes the initial release of the Cross-Platfrom Audio Content Tool (XACT), plus new Managed DirectX 2.0 beta libraries, and an updated Direct3D 10 Preview.
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Ken Getz via
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2/14/2006 4:56:12 PM
This month Ken Getz shows you how to set document properties for Word docs programmatically.
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Ben Waldron via
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2/13/2006 9:31:57 PM
How does Visual Studio 2005 Team System and Team Foundation Server facilitate the process of agile development and continuous integration? Here Ben Waldron explains it all.
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Milena Salman via
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2/13/2006 9:01:31 PM
This article discusses techniques you can use to ensure that Windows Forms-based apps provide optimal performance to match the rich UI responsiveness they’re known to provide.
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Chris Mayo via
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1/27/2006 5:56:02 AM
My.Blogs is a collection of sample code that shows how to easily provide programmatic access to blogs in your applications. Chris Mayo shows how easy it is to read and publish blog entries within Visual Basic 2005 using My.Blogs.
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Duncan Mackenzie via
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1/24/2006 6:58:48 PM
One of the biggest issues that programmers run into is the sheer breadth of .NET, which can make finding the best class for a particular task quite daunting. Duncan Mackenzie shows how the My namespace in Visual Basic 2005 will make your life easier.
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Ken Getz and Paul D. Sheriff via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/24/2006 6:24:04 PM
Ken Getz and Paul Sheriff show you how to migrate your data-oriented application from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic 2005 in Part 3 of this series.
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1/23/2006 11:11:59 PM
Watch the MIX content team in action as they talk about their plans for this new conference happening at the Venetian hotel in Vegas.
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Jeremy Jones via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/18/2006 7:08:34 PM
The Visual Studio 2005 SDK ships with a free tool for authoring Help content and integrating it with Visual Studio 2005. HelpStudio Lite, built by Innovasys, Ltd., is a lightweight version of HelpStudio, optimized for Visual Studio Industry Partners.
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Paul Vick and Amanda Silver via
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1/13/2006 2:23:56 AM
Paul Vick and Amanda Silver discuss the latest CTP of the next version of Visual Basic to hit the Web. It includes support for DLinq (language integrated query over relational data) and expanded editor support for query statements and integrated XML.
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Bill Sempf via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/12/2006 11:10:27 PM
When upgrading Visual Basic 6 applications, little causes more concern than controls that just won’t convert—in-project controls, custom ActiveX controls, built-in controls, etc. Bill Sempf shows you how to ease this process.
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1/11/2006 6:49:08 PM
Attend the Visual Studio 2005 Virtual Lab and submit an evaluation between now and June 30, 2006 and you could win a Pocket PC!
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Dino Esposito via
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1/10/2006 11:31:38 PM
This month, Dino Esposito delves into the build provider model for ASP.NET 2.0, showing you how to implement similar functionality for Windows Forms through the power of MSBuild.
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Ted Pattison via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/10/2006 11:19:20 PM
Using Web Part connections, you can make it easier for your users to visualize the relationships that exist between items of data, and you can synchronize behavior and manage data in dynamic and interesting ways. Ken Getz explains.
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Scott Swigart via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/10/2006 5:45:10 PM
Build a Visual Studio add-in that lets you copy C# code and paste it into Visual Studio as Visual Basic code using the translater of your choice. Scott Swigart shows you how.
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Jay Roxe via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/6/2006 1:02:01 AM
Jay Roxe discusses using Visual Basic 6.0 and Visual Basic 2005 together. This includes a high-level description of COM Interop and some of the new features in Visual Basic 2005, including RegFree COM and ClickOnce deployment.
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1/4/2006 9:50:08 PM
This guidance offering from Microsoft patterns & practices provides assistance for the successful upgrade of Visual Basic 6.0 applications to Visual Basic 2005.
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Bill Evjen via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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1/4/2006 2:34:02 AM
Bill Evjen shows you how to use the new FileUpload server control in ASP.NET 2.0
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Bill Sempf via
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12/29/2005 12:10:24 AM
Bill Sempf shows you what's new with serial and parallel communication in Visual Basic 2005 and what it takes to migrate your legacy Visual Basic 6.0 hardware code to Visual Basic 2005.
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Microsoft Learning via
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12/18/2005 12:47:31 AM
Microsoft Learning has a gift for you: free e-learning. Choose from several "Upgrading from Visual Basic 6.0" or ASP.NET modules with hands-on virtual labs, then get more Visual Studio 2005 modules for 30% off. Hurry this offer only valid to Jan 4,2006!
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Dino Esposito via
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12/15/2005 7:44:14 PM
This month, Dino looks at the design and implementation of custom data field types for the GridView and shows how to code them using a few examples.
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Brad McCabe via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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12/15/2005 7:04:50 PM
Before Visual Studio 2005, adding even simple tunes and system sounds to your application could be difficult. But new classes and namespaces in the .NET Framework 2.0 change all that.
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Kit George via
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12/15/2005 6:40:25 PM
If you're using the .NET Framework base class library, the CLR team has some important performance tips for you this month.
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Scott Swiggart via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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12/14/2005 1:00:54 AM
Still using Visual Basic 6.0? Didn't find anything interesting in Visual Basic.NET? Check out what's in Visual Basic 2005 for developers like you.
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Rudolph Araujo, Shanit Gupta via
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12/12/2005 9:16:04 PM
Find out how the .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 equip software development teams with several new features, tools, and aids to assist them in incorporating security features with minimal stress.
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Paul Vick and Erik Meijer via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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12/2/2005 6:45:41 AM
Paul Vick and Erik Meijer discuss how late binding in Visual Basic allows more dynamic programming than is possible in some other .NET languages. They also show future ideas for how late binding may make programming against data like XML radically easier.
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Carl Franklin via
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12/2/2005 6:37:05 AM
Hear .NET Rocks! at the VBUG Winter Conference in England. Carl moderated a Code-Off where four developers created a user interface for a system of Web services, each using a different technology.
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Jackie Goldstein via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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11/14/2005 5:58:30 PM
Learn about the new features in the typed DataSet class and the new TableAdapter class that are generated by Visual Studio 2005, as well as the tools for designing these classes.
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Dino Esposito via
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11/14/2005 5:46:25 PM
In this column, Dino discusses the programming interface of the DetailsView and FormView controls available to make these controls more versatile.
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Ken Getz via
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11/14/2005 5:35:07 PM
Ken Getz creates an app that retrieves the IP address of a remote machine and e-mails it, providing a utility to help debug problems with a family member's computer, and in the process illustrating some neat Visual Basic and ASP.NET tricks.
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11/7/2005 6:12:53 PM
If you register Visual Basic Express, you’ll get access to 250 stock photography pictures from Corbis images, a collection of professional royalty-free icons from IconBuffet, 3rd-party components, and an electronic version of Microsoft Visual Basic 2005.
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Tyler Whitney via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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11/1/2005 11:15:32 PM
See the technical details on how the My feature accesses the .NET Framework functionality and items within a project. This article is not a primer on how to use the My feature, but shows how it works.
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Ken Getz via
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11/1/2005 11:12:10 PM
Get on overview of the new features in Visual Basic 2005 including, My Visual Basic, IntelliSense, Edit and Continue, AutoCorrect, Just My Code, Windows Forms enhancements, and more.
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Juval Lowy via
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10/25/2005 10:54:16 PM
Review frequently asked questions about best practices for generic types.
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Juval Lowy via
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10/25/2005 10:53:17 PM
Review frequently asked questions regarding generic types and their various uses.
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Juval Lowy via
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10/25/2005 10:52:23 PM
Review frequent asked questions about generics and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
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Juval Lowy via
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10/25/2005 10:50:56 PM
Review frequently asked questions regarding generic types and their various uses.
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10/21/2005 12:45:11 AM
Register for free, all-day technical sessions, demos, and hands-on labs for developers and database administrators. Attendees get free copies of SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
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Microsoft Corporation via
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10/18/2005 8:21:55 PM
Get the Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Evaluation Kit and start developing applications for Windows Mobile 5.0 before the official release of Visual Studio 2005. This kit includes developer tools and technical resources, including Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2.
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Microsoft Corporation via
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10/18/2005 8:17:57 PM
Whether you are a Palm OS developer or new to mobile development, we've got lots of resources to get you started, including whitepapers, tools, downloads, and more.
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Dino Esposito via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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10/17/2005 7:55:41 PM
This series of articles will look at creating ASP.NET controls. In this first article, Dino looks at deriving from the existing controls, and modifying their behavior.
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10/13/2005 10:19:55 PM
Join us for a Launch Tour 2005 event beginning Nov. 7th and receive SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005.
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Dino Esposito via
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10/11/2005 4:53:15 PM
In this installment of Cutting Edge, Dino Esposito takes readers on a tour of the new themes feature in ASP.NET 2.0. Themes let you skin pages and achieve visual consistency with minimal effort.
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Ted Pattison via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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10/11/2005 4:49:11 PM
Developers new to .NET may find an I/O programming paradigm shift in .NET as everything is based on the concept of a stream. Ted Pattison introduces stream-based programming in .NET and the .NET Framework classes associated with it.
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Dino Esposito; Andrea Saltarello via
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10/11/2005 4:19:34 PM
Dino Esposito and Andrea Saltarello cover the ASP.NET 2.0 Membership API. To demonstrate its functionality, they take an existing ASP.NET 1.x authentication mechanism and port it to ASP.NET 2.0, exposing the legacy authentication through the new API.
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Scott Swigart via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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10/10/2005 5:42:05 PM
It’s common to have applications that need to load and store configuration information. By writing some simple VB.NET code, you can easily add this kind of configuration capability to your existing VB6 or VB.NET applications.
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Scott Swigart via
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10/10/2005 5:36:40 PM
In part two of this series see how you can easily add encryption and data compression (ZIP) capabilities to existing VB6 applications using the .NET Framework.
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dweller via
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10/4/2005 8:05:06 PM
This release includes the new XInput SDK component, plus graphics samples, tools, documentation, and pre-release components of the Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio (XACT) and the 2.0 Common Language Runtime in Managed DirectX.
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10/1/2005 12:18:14 AM
If you are a Palm OS application developer and are new to Windows Mobile, this page includes several resources that will help you get started, including whitepapers, tool, downloads, and more.
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Brian Johnson via
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9/29/2005 10:44:36 PM
Visual Studio 2005 makes it easier for developers to write secure applications. Microsoft Security Content Strategist Brian Johnson shows off some of the new security tools built right in to the IDE.
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Jay Hickerson via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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9/20/2005 11:36:21 PM
Visual Studio 2005 expands typed data access with TableAdapter, a new object that greatly simplifies interacting with data objects on the client machine and sending updates to a database.
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Chris Mayo via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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9/20/2005 5:12:47 PM
The My.Blogs sample provides an example of how to extend My to provide a way of accessing common functionality throughout your code or you can extend it to build a full featured blog utility to work with blogs on your desktop, a browser or even Outlook.
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9/19/2005 8:19:11 PM
Couldn’t attend PDC or didn’t get a Visual Basic Resource CD before supplies ran out? Now you can view all of the essential content from this CD online at MSDN. Check out the essential content on Visual Basic 2005 and the great content on the future of Visual Basic.
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Dino Esposito via
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9/19/2005 8:12:14 PM
Personalization is becoming an essential ingredient in many types of Web apps, but building a personalization layer into your presentation tier can be a challenge. Fortunately, Dino Esposito is here to explain how ASP.NET 2.0 makes it much easier.
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Duncan Mackenzie via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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9/19/2005 7:43:51 PM
Duncan Mackenzie builds a memory game in Visual Basic .NET to explore some GDI+ concepts and random number generation.
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Michael Kaplan; Cathy Wissink via
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9/19/2005 7:15:00 PM
The .NET Framework 2.0 adds a number of globalization features that address the important issues of extensibility, standards support, and migration. Michael Kaplan and Cathy Wissink explain what these features mean to your your globalization efforts.
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William R. Vaughn via
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9/19/2005 7:03:04 PM
Bill Vaughn discusses the process of converting Visual Basic 6.0 ADO code into code that can be used in a .NET application to perform roughly the same operations.
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Matthew Deiters via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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9/16/2005 7:47:39 PM
Get a practical look at aspect-oriented programming with a demonstration on how to dynamically extend behavior in Web-service client applications.
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Erik Meijer, Amanda Silver, and Paul Vick via
MSDN: Visual Basic
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9/16/2005 7:41:41 PM
Get an overview of new Visual Basic language features and new language extensions that support data-intensive programming.
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