May 2007 - Posts

Many-to-Many Data Binding
30 May 07 11:25 AM
In my Forms over Data videos series I show you how to create a one-to-many data entry form in video #3. Recently, I've had a few people ask how to create a form that displays a many-to-many relationship so I thought I'd post on how to do that today. You Read More...
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What are You Doing Tonight in SF?
30 May 07 08:59 AM
Come down to the Microsoft San Francisco office on One Market for the SF BAADD .NET meeting starting tonight at 6:30pm. I'll be speaking on The Future of Visual Basic, the same talk I did at DevTeach, but with many more demos because this time I'll have Read More...
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Live From Redmond - Building SOA with WCF
30 May 07 08:57 AM
This webcast with John Stallo is starting now! This time John will go deeper into WCF from the Visual Basic point of view. Read More...
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Working with a Local Data File in VS
29 May 07 05:23 PM
Visual Studio 2005 made some big improvements in the way applications work with data, from BindingSources to the Data Sources Window all the way to a free version of SQL-Server called SQL-Server Express . I've had a few customers get stuck on using SQL-Server Read More...
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Siverlight Javascript Compiler Written in VB.NET
25 May 07 03:40 PM
Paul posted an interesting tid-bit of news yesterday if you missed it, yes it's true, the JavaScript compiler they wrote for Silverlight 1.1 is written in Visual Basic! Score for the home team! :-) Read More...
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Creating a Parameterized Query
25 May 07 01:23 PM
I've been asked by a couple readers on how to pass parameters into a SQL statement to your database using the TableAdapters. I actually created a video on how to do this in the context of a search query ( play video | download video | entire series ). Read More...
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What Happened to the Dev Center!?
24 May 07 02:26 PM
Hey has anyone noticed that MSDN has got a new look? Check out the VB Developer Center and let me know what you think! We've rearranged the content and added a videos section that pulls from Channel 9. (Don't worry, the VB team is working on many more Read More...
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"How Do I" Videos - Here's What's Next!
24 May 07 11:52 AM
Based on all the great (and numerous) amounts of positive feedback on the first series of videos , I'm ramping up to start the next wave. I took into account each and every request I got and came up with the following areas of focus - all related to what Read More...
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Beth's Hair Club for Men
21 May 07 09:19 AM
A bunch of speakers went to a great Italian place the last day of DevTeach and Rob took a funny picture of me, Nick Landry and Scott Belware . Both born in Montreal (though not living there anymore) Nick and Scott have bald heads so I figured my Visual Read More...
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The Future of Visual Basic Talk
17 May 07 02:24 PM
I just finished my last session here at DevTeach called "The Future of Visual Basic" and it was another packed room. I have to say I really enjoyed giving this talk because the audience was awesome. I just love the Visual Basic community. When you get Read More...
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DataSources and Data Binding
15 May 07 12:30 PM
Today at DevTeach I packed the house with my ever popular "DataSources and Data Binding" talk. Last year was also a full room and as D'Arcy points out here , the other speakers this year should have hired a circus act to compete :-). That's the nature Read More...
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The Future of Visual Basic
14 May 07 10:36 AM
I'm here at DevTeach in beautiful Montreal ! And man, what great weather they are having so far. I'm in a t-shirt overlooking the Cathedrale Marie-Reine-Du-Monde and Dorchester Square. I just arrived last night and the pre-conference sessions are already Read More...
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Go Into the (silver)Light, Carol Ann!....
10 May 07 04:05 PM
Are you confused about what Silverlight is and why everybody is talking about it like it will solve world hunger? Do you think the DLR is a new car by Acura? Then come see me give a FUNdamentals introduction to Silverlight tonight at the EastBay.NET UG Read More...
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App Building with the VB Team
10 May 07 03:51 PM
Where have I been all week! Sheesh! Well I've been heads down doing some "App Building" with the VB team this week testing all the new features of Visual Studio and Visual Basic. I have to say it's looking really good! I decided to create a typical n-tier Read More...
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Playing with Silverlight on the Mac
05 May 07 07:28 PM
So I'm here at my mom's house and we're writing our first Silverlight 1.1 application with Visual Basic. I have a Lenovo laptop running Vista and Virtual PC 2007 and she has a MacBook Pro. I was heading over today for dinner so I thought it would be the Read More...
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Forms over Data Video Series -- What Next?
05 May 07 10:46 AM
Yesterday I posted the first 8 videos of the Visual Basic Forms over Data "How-to" video series on MSDN. These videos are for those who are just starting out with databases and Windows Forms data binding. I plan on continuing the series with more intermediate Read More...
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Reading from a Serial Port and Saving to a Database
05 May 07 09:14 AM
Recently I was sent a question about how to read from a serial port and save the information to a database so instead of following up privately I thought I'd post my answer here. There's a good article in the MSDN Library that has some hints on how to Read More...
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Visual Basic How-To Video Series is Online
04 May 07 11:48 AM
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 Read More...
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Happy Birthday, Pop!
03 May 07 06:14 PM
Today is my father's birthday and I couldn't be with him today because I'm up in Redmond. He told me this morning that he was going to go golfing with his friend Ron. My pop's been into golf ever since he retired last year. I think my mom is happy he Read More...
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Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 Released!
02 May 07 01:25 PM
You don't have to rewrite your Visual Basic 6 applications to take advantage of the .NET framework, you can use .NET right in your VB 6 apps using the Interop Forms Toolkit . The Interop Forms Toolkit simplifies the process of displaying .NET forms and Read More...
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Visual Basic running on a Mac! Seriously.
01 May 07 02:49 PM
Have you ever dreamed of writing Visual Basic code that ran cross-platform AND cross-browser? Well wake up from your dream because last night at MIX Microsoft announced Silverlight 1.1 which includes a version of the .NET framework and the Visual Basic Read More...
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Live from Redmond Webcast Tomorrow!
01 May 07 02:38 PM
Come join us as Young Joo, a Program Manager on the VB Team, presents on LINQ to SQL and shows you how to use the new OR designer to build applications that take advantage of this new technology. This webcast will start at 9AM PST. Hope to see you there Read More...
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