March 2009 - Posts

Microsoft Beth 2009 - Has it really been two years!?
31 March 09 10:23 AM

Last week marked the two year anniversary of my employment at Microsoft. Wow! I completely forgot about it -- I had to go back to my blog archive and look it up ;-) Time flies when you're having fun, I guess. I've really enjoyed my time here so far and Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 17 Comments    

Filed under: Community, DevCenter

"How Do I" Videos Now Linked to Visual Studio Help
30 March 09 09:26 AM

Today Kathleen posted on her blog that the Visual Studio help topics in the library now contain links to related How Do I videos making it much easier for you to find related video content while reading the library articles. For instance, if you're reading Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, DevCenter

Channel 9 Interview: No More Underscores in Visual Basic 10!
27 March 09 09:11 AM

I just posted a new Channel 9 interview on a nifty little feature which isn't so little when you look at it from the compiler. In this interview, Tyler Whitney , a developer on the Visual Basic compiler team demonstrates how line termination has changed Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Community, Videos, Channel9, VS2010

Visual Basic QuickStarts and How-to Topics for the Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight
25 March 09 11:05 AM

I just popped a headline onto the Visual Basic Developer Center (which also appears on the VS start page for all of us that have selected the VB development settings :-)) about the release of Visual Basic QuickStarts and How-to Topics for the Composite Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, Silverlight, DevCenter

Channel 9 Interview: WPF Improvements in VS2010 for Business Apps
24 March 09 09:01 AM

I just posted an interview on Channel 9 on WPF Improvements in Visual Studio 2010 for Building Business Apps . At the MVP Summit a few weeks ago, Italian MVP Alessandro del Sole was so excited about the new WPF features in Visual Studio 2010 that he asked Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 2 Comments    

Filed under: WPF, Community, Videos, Channel9, Data, VS2010

Channel 9 Interview: Using the Touchless SDK with Visual Basic
20 March 09 09:31 AM

I just posted a new interview on Channel 9 on using the Touchless SDK. The Touchless SDK enables developers to create multi-touch based applications using a webcam for input. "Touch without touching." It's actually pretty cool! In this interview Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 0 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2008, Community, Videos, Channel9

The Low Bandwidth Version of the MSDN Library
16 March 09 10:44 AM

This weekend Mary Lee posted on the VB Team blog some tips for navigating the MSDN Library . One thing she mentioned that was interesting to me (that I didn't even know about) is that there is a low bandwidth version of the library online that you can Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 7 Comments    

Filed under: Community, DevCenter

OBA Part 4 - Building an Excel Client against LOB Data
08 March 09 03:45 PM

In my last few app building posts we've been building a simple Office Business Application (OBA) for the new Northwind Traders. If you missed them: OBA Part 1 - Exposing Line-of-Business Data OBA Part 2 - Building and Outlook Client against LOB Data OBA Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, DevCenter, Article, Office, ADO.NET Data Services, VSTO, OBA