April 2007 - Posts

"Live From Redmond: VB9 - Orcas Overview" Download Available!
30 April 07 12:05 PM
I got tired of waiting for the registration page to start working so I thought I'd post a direct link. Those who missed the live webcast last week can get it here now! This is fixed in the events system but may take a day or so to work itself into the Read More...
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Awesome Visual Basic LINQ to XML Video
26 April 07 10:18 AM
If you missed it, there's a really awesome video on Channel 9 from David Schach the lead developer on the LINQ to XML team. In this video he walks us through VB 9.0 and its support for XML literals by creating an rss feed of his pictures. Not only is Read More...
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Tips on Related Data Binding and ComboBoxes
25 April 07 10:30 AM
I've been noticing a lot of questions on the forums related to Winforms data binding and the ComboBox and I thought I'd post something up here to help people out. In fact data binding, or what we call “Windows Forms over Data” is a huge, sometimes misunderstood, Read More...
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Live From Redmond - LINQ Overview Starting in an Hour and a Half!
25 April 07 07:24 AM
Join Kit George, Visual Basic Program Manager, and explore the new LinQ features in Visual Basic. Kit will show how to take advantage of LinQ to build applications that query and aggregate data from multiple sources, including in-memory objects, databases, Read More...
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Webcast Tomorrow! Live From Redmond: VB9 - Orcas Overview
23 April 07 06:02 PM
Tomorrow at 9AM PST John Stallo, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic team, will give a webcast on Orcas , the next version of Visual Studio. In this overview John will cover the breadth of features that you can expect to see in the upcoming release Read More...
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Visual Basic ASP.NET Data Tutorials
21 April 07 09:58 AM
Scott Guthrie has a post about some great content that's up on the www.asp.net site on Working with Data in ASP.NET . By default the Visual Basic tutorials are shown but you can also get C# versions as well. Read More...
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Simple Related Object List Binding
21 April 07 08:15 AM
I thought I'd post a quick how-to here based on some questions that came up in the forums like this one . The question is how do we relate two lists of data together so that when we select a "parent" object we can get automatic filtering on the related Read More...
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VB LINQ Samples Updated
19 April 07 06:24 PM
Visual Basic LINQ samples have been updated and were just released today! Lots of stuff to download and play with today.... :-) Read More...
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Visual Studio Orcas Beta 1 Released!
19 April 07 06:17 PM
If you haven't heard, Orcas Beta 1 has been released! Amanda's got a great post on the Visual Basic Team Blog on additional language and compiler features that made it into Beta 1. YAY! Read More...
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Two Annoying Vista Problems Solved!
19 April 07 02:54 PM
Okay I admit it. I like Vista. I didn't want to like it, really. I'm a VB developer, not a gamer, not a heavy office user, I know the difference between an .exe and a .dll, I keep my own dang files organized -- I don't need the OS to index anything while Read More...
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VB and Tablet PC: Inking on Irregular Surfaces
18 April 07 08:46 PM
So I was playing around with my tablet PC application this evening because someone in a Visual Basic list had posted a question about how to create an irregular drawing surface for a medical application they were working on. They wanted users to be able Read More...
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"Live From Redmond: Orcas Overview" Webcast Rescheduled!
18 April 07 05:29 PM
Live Meeting had quite a few technical dificulties this morning so we've recheduled the Live From Redmond: VB9 - Orcas Overview webcast for Tuesday April 24th at 9am. Sincerest apologies from the Visual Basic team. The Visual Basic Developer Center has Read More...
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Do Not Miss This! "Live From Redmond" Webcast Tomorrow
17 April 07 01:45 PM
Tomorrow John Stallo, a Program Manager on the Visual Basic team, will give a webcast on Orcas , the next version of Visual Studio. In this overview John will cover the breadth of features that you can expect to see in the upcoming release of Visual Basic. Read More...
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Microsoft ClickOnce Case Study
17 April 07 01:24 PM
This week will be my fourth week at Microsoft and everyday I find a cool tool, website, or business application on the corporate intranet. It's exciting to navigate the company ocean and find really cool business applications. Others at Microsoft probably Read More...
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I'll be Speaking at DevTeach
16 April 07 05:47 PM
I'll be speaking at DevTeach this year in Montreal May 14th-18th. DevTeach and SQLTeach has over 60 speakers and over 100 sessions with pre and post conference sessions as well. This conference is packed with a lot of great information on .NET and SQL-Server. Read More...
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Orcas Overview
14 April 07 12:53 PM
On Thursday night I gave a brief overview of the next version of Visual Studio code named "Orcas" using the March CTP to the East Bay.NET FUNdamentals session. I went through building a simple n-tier application from scratch using the new and improved Read More...
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Visual Basic ASP.NET "How-To"- style Videos
11 April 07 01:26 PM
One of the things I've been working on is a set of "How-To" or "How-Do-I" style videos for Visual Basic developers (more on the details of this series later ;-)). In doing my video format research I've been looking at videos on the web, in particular Read More...
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Live From Redmond Webcast Series
09 April 07 11:27 AM
The Visual Basic team has put together a "Live from Redmond" webcast series aimed at the next version of Visual Basic and Visual Studio code named "Orcas". The live series starts April 18th 24th and will continue to the end of May June. Come join us for Read More...
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Getting to Know You
05 April 07 07:51 PM
This week I've been going though the web looking for some great VB community sites and influencers. I started out by looking through all the Visual Basic MVP profiles -- and although I know a lot of them already, there are a total of 183 profiles up there! Read More...
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What are your favorite VB sites?
04 April 07 09:34 PM
I've been trolling the web for really great Visual Basic community and content sites. I just stumbled upon visualbasic.about.com which contains a ton of content on Visual Basic especially for beginners. I haven't looked through the site completely but Read More...
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SQL Server Express Video Series
03 April 07 11:25 AM
If you're new to SQL Express , Reporting Services , or databases in general, you'll want to check out the SQL Server Express video series up on www.asp.net . I just finished watching them myself. These videos walk you through all the free tools you get Read More...
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