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As Lutz Roeder describes it, a “.NET version of an old East German Boulderdash game”.  Using the source that he put together to build from, this version is initially a port to Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 and contains new graphics done by yours truly.  In addition to a simple port, I've taken advantage of using Partial Classes to organize the code, utilize the new resource manager for images, icons and level loading and enhanced the code utilizing several other VB 20 ... [ read more ]
Some of you may be interested in exploring the new offering, which Microsoft bills as "a suite of free, personalized online resources and technical support offerings." Press release. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jan06/01-23SmallBizPlusPR.mspx The site. http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/small-business-plus/sign-up.aspx
Someone at a presentation I presented at recently asked, "Instead of inheriting from a base control (TextBox), couldn't you just create a partial class and add the additional functionality?" It's an interesting idea; however, there are several problems associated with the idea... some technical, others not so technical.  The two biggest reasons are: 1. In my experience, you aren't really able to hijack the System namespace.  By this I mean you aren't able to write the following co ... [ read more ]
Are you passionate about helping to address the challenges that face professional developers?   Do you have a technical background and innate marketing savvy?   Then we need to talk.   I'm building a team that will be responsible for marketing VS Standard, VS Professional, and VSTO.   This will also include all of the language marketing.   I'm looking to fill a couple of open positions.   The first challenge for which I'm hiring is the strategy and prog ... [ read more ]


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