Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office System, and the Web. Read about it here . Download it here .

I've had a lot of questions about the technologies behind the Accruent application that I've demonstrated during the keynote of the Developer Track at the recent Office 2007 / Vista Launch Events. The mapping features of this application were built with...

Since this is the third time I've been asked this question, I feel compelled to share the answer with everyone. Some of you may have to update your application to work with User Account Control in Windows Vista. For instance, if you have an application...

Want to learn more about Windows Vista and Office 2007 development? We're hosting some of these dev events in various cities, and you could win a Zune just by registering for one of 'em. And since we're talking about free events, I'll also mention the...

Whew, what an awesome event we had today. I'd like to thank everyone that attended our sessions as we talked about Windows Vista and Office 2007 from the developer's perspective. As promised, here are some links to additional resources related to developing...

Woo-hoo! Virtual PC 2007 has now been released, and we have virtualization support for Windows Vista as both a guest and a host operating system! I've been using it since Beta 1, and have had no issues with it at all, but now we can all enjoy this very...

Thanks to everyone that attended today's webcast session on the architecture of the .NET Framework and the structure of a Visual Basic application. Here are some resources for this webcast: View the on-demand video of this webcast (available...

Wow! Already time for the next session? Didn't we just do Part 3 yesterday? Yep. The goal is to have a new session every week for this series, but we do a lot of webcasts, and sometimes the demand for time slots cause conflicts. And since I couldn't get...

Thanks to everyone that attended today's webcast session on class libraries with Visual Basic .NET. Today was Part 3 of the 22-part webcast series, Visual Basic .NET Soup to Nuts . Here are some resources for this webcast: View the on-demand video of...

Last week , we took a tour of Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for building applications with Visual Basic, and some of the cool features it has to make it easier to build our apps. In today's session , we're taking a look at class libraries in the ...

I've been blogging a little more recently, and decided to try out Windows Live Writer for the task. I had been using Word 2007 , which actually works very well for blogging, especially since I use it for everything else. But when I wanted to start dabbling...

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I've been playing around with my new flickr account this weekend, and decided to try out posting some photos . I posted them to my MSN space too, since I'm checking out and comparing the two. I may post some more pics in the future, as I play around WPF...

...if you live in Little Rock or Nashville. On March 6th, I'll be presenting the "Best of Windows Vista Launch" at the Little Rock .NET User Group , and on March 8th, I'll be presenting Windows CardSpace at the Nashville Visual Studio .NET User Group...

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Here are the definitions (from Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary ): "1 : a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snake 2 : a person often of an intellectual bent who is disliked...

Oops. With all of the excitement of doing 2 webcasts in one day yesterday, I forgot to blog the wrap-up on one of them. Sorry. So without further delay... Thanks to everyone who attended this webcast, and here are some more resources on the XML Tools...

S ome of my attendees have noticed me using one of the new SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4GB flash drives during my presentations, and have asked about it. I'm taking advantage of a new feature in Windows Vista: Windows ReadyBoost . This is a cool feature that...

"What features am I missing by using Visual Basic Express instead of Visual Basic Professional?" I was asked this question on my webcast today, and since it may be useful for quite a few of you, I decided to blog the answer. Click here for a breakdown...

Thanks to everyone that attended today's session in this webcast series, VB.NET Soup to Nuts . Here are some resources for this webcast: View the on-demand video of this webcast (available 24 - 48 hours after the conclusion of the webcast) Download the...

Last week , we looked at some of the types of applications we can build with Visual Basic. But some of us thought this was odd. After all, we did show building a console application, windows application, and a web application from the command line...

What tool do you use for editing XML files? Did you know Visual Studio 2005 has built-in features for editing XML data, schemas, and stylesheets? If not, maybe you should join me for this webcast . We're going to cover how Visual Studio makes it...

Amazed by your buddy's proficiency with keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio? Want to join in the fun, and be more productive too? Now you can download Visual Studio Keyboard Shortcut Reference Posters for the most frequently used VS functions, available...

Based on the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 , Daylight Saving Time (DST) has been extended by approximately four weeks. As a result, DST will start three weeks earlier this year, on March 11, 2007, and end one week later on November 4, 2007. Will this...

Want to sharpen your ASP.NET 2.0 skills? For FREE?!? Then check out the Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Web Development Learning Series . It has a lot of unique learning modules (over 80), virtual labs, live and on-demand webcasts, and more! And, once you...