March 2008 - Posts

Webcast Starting! -- Migrating from VB6 to .NET
28 March 08 08:25 AM

Come join me and Rob Windsor in 30 minutes for a webcast on how to move your VB6 investments to .NET! Live From Red Bethmond: Migrating Your Visual Basic 6 Investments to .NET Hope to see you all there. If you can't make it live, the download will be Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Community, Interop Toolkit, Webcast

LINQ to XML Webcast Added to the VBeth Webcast Series
21 March 08 12:00 PM

That's right, I'm doing this one again on April 4th since I got such a great turnout! (Let's hope the recording works this time... grrrrrr) Live From Red Bethmond: VB9 - Working with XML in Visual Basic 4/4/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, LINQ, Community, DevCenter, Webcast, XML

Webcast Tomorrow! - Working with XML in Visual Basic
20 March 08 07:00 PM

I'll be delivering a webcast tomorrow morning on LINQ to XML in VB. I'll show lots of cool demos I promice! Live From Red Bethmond: VB9 - Working with XML in Visual Basic 3/21/2008 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) | Duration:60 Minutes XML permeates Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Speaking, LINQ, Community, DevCenter, Webcast, XML

Happy Anniversary -- 1 Year at Microsoft -- I made it!
19 March 08 02:11 PM

Today is my one year anniversary here at Microsoft. I can't believe how time flies - it must be because I've had so much fun creating content and engaging with online community this past year. The VB Dev Center has come a long way in that time and I'm Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 13 Comments    

Filed under: Personal, Community

New Video Tutorials from the Community
18 March 08 04:15 PM

Bill Burrows, Visual Basic MVP has just released a new set of video tutorials on using Excel for business intelligence using the Excel 2007 Data Mining Add-in . Bill has done a lot of tutorials in the past. If you haven't seen them, I also recommend the Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, LINQ, VS2008, Community, DevCenter, Office

Watch 48 New Visual Basic "How Do I" Videos!
18 March 08 09:02 AM

We added 48 How Do I videos ( Forms over data , Windows development , Office development and Security ) to the Visual Basic developer Center in addition to adding new download formats for 12 others. This includes audio files, and additional videos files Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2008, Community, Videos, DevCenter, Office

Webcast Added to the VBeth Webcast Series
10 March 08 08:34 AM

Thanks to all who attended Friday's webcast. Unfortunately VOIP in the new version of Live Meeting isn't what it's cracked up to be. And even though I set up a conference call, a lot of people couldn't dial into the toll-free number from other countries. Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 7 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Speaking, LINQ, Community, DevCenter, Webcast

Webcast Tomorrow! - Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic
06 March 08 05:45 PM

I'll be delivering a webcast tomorrow morning on an intro to LINQ in VB. If you're lost or just want to get started with it, join me and come see what it's all about. Live From Red Bethmond: VB9 - Introduction to LINQ in Visual Basic 3/7/2008 9:00 AM Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 11 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Speaking, LINQ, VS2008, Community, DevCenter, Webcast

Channel 9 Interview - Tips and Tricks with the Interop Forms Toolkit
04 March 08 04:14 PM

I just posted a Channel 9 interview with Todd Apley, Senior Test Lead on the VB Team, where he shows us a variety of tips and tricks with using the Interop Forms Toolkit on Visual Studio 2008. He also shows us how to deploy a hybrid application built Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Community, VB6, Interop Toolkit, Channel9