May 2009 - Posts

How We Do It: Building the Visual Studio Product Line
22 May 09 07:46 AM

Ever wonder how we build Visual Studio and the .NET Framework? I mean literally. You know, the build process that spits out a product at the other end?  Well I sure did and it's not just hitting F5 people ;-). In this interview I sit down with Matt Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Community, Videos, DevCenter, Channel9, VS2010

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 – Everyone can download and play today!
20 May 09 10:50 AM

Here it is folks, Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 has been released to the public today. Check out the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 site to download the Beta, submit product feedback on the Beta 1 Forums , report bugs on Connect , and find Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 11 Comments    

Filed under: WPF, DevCenter, Data, VS2010, VSTO

I’ll be Speaking at DevTeach Vancouver – Be There!
18 May 09 02:37 PM

I’m headed up to Vancouver June 8-12 for DevTeach . I love DevTeach because of it’s close, friendly atmosphere that you don’t get with the larger conferences. The caliber of speakers is excellent and they easily accessible and always floating around the Read More...

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Filed under: Speaking, Community, DevCenter

TechEd Sessions Online – My Favorites
15 May 09 05:26 PM

Now that TechEd is over, you can head on over to TechEd Online and watch some interesting sessions and tech talks. Not all of them are available to non-attendees but here are my favorites that have public access: Future Directions for Visual Basic POCO Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Community, DevCenter

Using TableAdapters to Insert Related Data into an MS Access Database
14 May 09 05:48 PM

I’ve posted before about how to use TableAdapters to update parent-child (master-detail) relationships against SQL server. It’s pretty straightforward and Visual Studio generates all the code for you to properly insert, update and delete your data. However Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 39 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2008, Winforms, DevCenter, Article, Data

Special Guest at EastBay.NET User’s Group Tomorrow Night
12 May 09 12:34 PM

This month we have a good friend of mine and Microsoft Visual Basic MVP, Rob Windsor , coming all the way from Toronto! Thanks Rob, for coming out to the Bay Area and speaking to our group on your birthday! We’re excited to have you and many thanks to Read More...

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Filed under: Speaking, Community, DevCenter

TechEd is Online
11 May 09 12:15 PM

If you’re like me and couldn’t make it down to L.A. this year for TechEd, you can still check out some of the sessions and Keynotes at TechEd Online . If you want to really geek out, you can also watch the twitter feed , blog feed and more . Don’t forget Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 1 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, Community, DevCenter, VSTO

Using the WPF ObservableCollection with EF Entities
08 May 09 03:29 PM

The ObservableCollection is a special WPF collection that provides proper notifications to the UI when items are added, removed, or the list is refreshed because it implements INotifyCollectionChanged . It’s common to use this collection (or inherit from Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 11 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, LINQ, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Data, Entity Framework

CodeCast Episode 20 with Yours Truly!
07 May 09 08:50 AM

In the latest episode of CodeCast , Ken interviews me about my role on the Visual Studio Community Team. Ken caught me a couple weeks ago when I was in Redmond and we had a chat in the lobby of building 41. Ken and I are good friends and go way back so Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2008, Community, DevCenter, VS2010, VSTO, Podcast

Notifying the UI when Entity References Change in Lookup Comboboxes
04 May 09 07:51 PM

Last week I wrote about how to data bind WPF lookup comboboxes to entities returned from the Entity Framework. I described that the key to this type of binding is setting the SelectedItem to the object reference itself on the navigation property instead Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 6 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Data, Entity Framework

Visual Basic Forums Integrated into the Developer Center!
01 May 09 08:41 AM

Nice! Now when you go any of the Visual Basic Forums on MSDN you’ll see the masthead and navigation bar from the Visual Basic Developer Center .  And vice-versa, when you go to the Developer Center you’ll now see a Forums tab that brings you right Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, Community, DevCenter