September 2009 - Posts

Silicon Valley Code Camp Oct. 3-4 : Schedule is up!
28 September 09 12:37 PM

As I mentioned before , I’ll be speaking this weekend at Silicon Valley Code Camp ( http://siliconvalley-codecamp.com/ ). This is a FREE event at at Foothill College and it’s not just Microsoft technologies. A lot of great speakers will be there too. Read More...

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Filed under: Speaking, LINQ, Community, DevCenter, XML, VS2010

Merging Text & Photos into a Word Document using Open XML SDK
24 September 09 02:55 PM

Yesterday I posted about how we could create a letter generator (mail merge) that took data from a database to create a Word 2007 document using the System.IO.Packaging class. I showed how to take data from Northwind using a single LINQ query to create Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, XML, Office, VSTO

Mail Merging Into a Single Word Document Using XML Literals
23 September 09 04:18 PM

With the release of Microsoft Office 2007 we can work with a much simpler, standard, XML format called Open XML which opens the door for many types of applications that cannot work via COM. What if you needed to build a scalable web service that processes Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, LINQ, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, XML, Office

Inserting Master-Detail Data into a SQL-Server Compact Edition Database
15 September 09 07:11 PM

Yesterday John posted on the Visual Studio Data blog how to Refresh the Primary Key Identity Column during an Insert Operation using SQL Server. In that post he shows how the DataSet designer sets up a batch Insert statement to retrieve identity keys Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2008, SQL Server, DevCenter, Article, Data

What is Microsoft’s Visual Basic 6 Support Strategy?
14 September 09 05:47 PM

I just posted an interview on Channel 9 with Paul Yuknewicz , Lead Program Manager on the Visual Studio team. Paul discusses Visual Basic 6 runtime and IDE support options as well as proven techniques, tools and best practices for interoperability and Read More...

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

Speaking at the Central CA .NET Users Group Tommorrow Night!
09 September 09 02:08 PM

Tomorrow I'll be speaking at the Central California .NET Users Group located in Fresno, CA. I'll be tag teaming with Tim Huckaby , CEO of Interknowlogy showing off some new features of Visual Studio 2010. I'll talk about the managed language co-evolution Read More...

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Filed under: Speaking, Community, DevCenter, VS2010

Rate and Ask Questions on How Do I Videos on the VB Dev Center
03 September 09 05:50 PM

“How Do I” Videos have been an incredibly popular free training for Visual Studio developers for a couple years now. Today MSDN launched a pilot on the Visual Basic Developer Center’s “How Do I” Videos that allows you to rate them and add comments. Sweet! Read More...

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Filed under: Visual Basic, Community, Videos, DevCenter

“Moving in” to Windows 7: My Favorite Features & Some Tips on Setup
01 September 09 05:22 PM

Last week I installed Windows 7 Enterprise on my main laptop – a Lenovo T60p ThinkPad. I was up in Redmond and MSIT made it available via a super-easy network boot that installs Office Enterprise, all the IT-required software like anti-virus, and all Read More...

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Filed under: VS2008, SQL Server, DevCenter, Article, Windows 7