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Thursday, November 09, 2006
ADO.NET for Orcas Samples
by Alex Barnett via MSDN: Visual Basic on 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.
Followup on String.IsNullOrEmpty
by PSteele via Patrick Steele on 11/9/2006 9:01:01 PM
My post about the utility method IsNullOrEmpty elicited an important comment .  It seems there is a JIT optimization bug with this method that will bite you if you compile in release mode and run outside of the IDE.  Seems like it might be best to avoid this one and wait for the fix.  Thanks to Arjan Zuidhof for the comment!
Keep Client Applications Responsive with the BackgroundWorker
by windsor via Rob Windsor on 11/9/2006 9:58:00 AM
Many applications need to perform some kind of long-running task like downloading a file, performing a complex calculation, or retrieving data from a database. Executing these tasks can make your application become unresponsive and end up making your users anxious. Take too long performing the task and the user will be looking for the Task Manager to kill your application. The solution to this problem is to execute the long-running task on a second (or background) thread. This allows the user ... [ read more ]


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