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Monday, December 08, 2008 11:54 PM

A Quick Look at XML Literals

XML literals are new to Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic. Simply put they enable the incorporation of XML directly into application code. Essentially this allows a quick way to create XML objects. At their core XML literals represent a LINQ to XML
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Monday, December 01, 2008 9:18 PM

Selecting a Block of text

Regardless of the new framework features – copy and paste is still one of my favorites. One of my favorite tricks is selecting a block of text. By default normal text selection is line by line. For example it’s not possible to select just the items to
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:07 AM

Setting the startup form for a Windows Application

Question: I am new to building Windows forms’ applications and am writing my first application. It’s a basic application that has three different forms. As you can imagine I am building, deigning and architecting the project as I go along. One of these
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Friday, November 21, 2008 12:47 PM

A quick look at the lambda expression

The lambda expression is new to Visual Basic and Visual Studio 2008 and part of the new Linq support. A lambda expression is an anonymous function that can contain expressions and statements. Basically it’s a function without a name that calculates and
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:11 PM

Adding an InfoPath Editor Control to a Windows Form

One of the new features of InfoPath 2007 is the ability to integrate the InfoPath editor into Windows Forms. Within Visual Studio this is done using the Microsoft.InfoPath.FormControl.dll assembly. In this example using Visual Studio 2008, we will create
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:18 AM

InfoPath: Accessing template file data

The XMLForm class of the InfoPath managed code objects model provides properties, methods and events to access the XML data in the underlying XML document and form information that includes the form definition file (.xsf). For example, using the following
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:27 PM

Creating an icon in the system tray

A standard part of many Windows forms applications is the system tray icon. Most commonly it is used to provide an application or event status. Tray icons are added to an application using the NotifyIcon control. It includes properties that simplify displaying
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:05 PM

How To: Live Search 101

I have recently started playing with some of the Live Services available at http://dev.live.com . There are some pretty interesting Web Services they have been putting together. I started playing with the Live Search Service you can find at http://search.dev.com
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Sunday, August 19, 2007 11:58 AM

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0

Line and Shape controls, PrintForm component, and Printer Compatibility Library Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0 includes a new set of Line and Shape controls and updated versions of the two previously released Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs,
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:13 AM

Developing Mobile Applications with the Compact Framework 2.0

v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Download the PDF here Overvie w Cellular phones and PDA’s have changed the way we work. For many people the built
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Friday, July 13, 2007 1:56 AM

Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0

v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Download the PDF Mobile Web Development with ASP.NET 2.0 Overview Over the years Web application development
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Sunday, February 18, 2007 12:20 AM

Introduction to Building Mobile Business Objects

Download Samples Download PDF Overview The drive to connect people, process and devices is a never ending cycle of development. Enterprises are demanding applications that deliver seamless communication with their partners and customers without sacrificing
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Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:36 AM

Building Mobile Business Objects

Building Mobile Business Objects Download Samples Download PDF Overview The drive to connect people, process and devices is a never ending cycle of development. Enterprises are demanding applications that deliver seamless communication with their partners
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Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:48 PM

Introduction to Building XML Web Services with ASMX

Download PDF Version Download Samples The Web Service standards define how to build application functionality that is made available to remote machines using generally available Internet protocols. The Web part defines how application functionality is
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Sunday, February 11, 2007 12:43 PM

An Introduction to Building XML Web Services with ASMX

An Introduction to Building XML Web Services with ASMX By Thom Robbins ( trobbins@microsoft.com ) Download PDF Version Download Samples Overview The Web Service standards define how to build application functionality that is made available to remote machines
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