April 26, 2005: DirectX 9.0 Direct3D Graphics with Visual Basic .NET

VB.NET Chat Announcements — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:37:00 GMT

DirectX 9.0 Direct3D Graphics with Visual Basic .NET
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time (Additional Time Zones)
Hosts: Tom Miller and Adam Gallant. More to come...

Do you have questions about how to best use Visual Basic .NET to program DirectX 9.0 graphics? Are you unsure when to use a particular Direct3D feature? Join members of the Visual Basic and Windows Graphics & Gaming Technologies teams and discuss how to leverage the power of DirectX 9.0 from Visual Basic .NET.

You can view this announcement on Microsoft's main chat page, or add a reminder to your Outlook Calendar.

April 19, 2005: Visual Basic 2005 Data Enhancements

VB.NET Chat Announcements — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:24:00 GMT

Visual Basic 2005 Data Enhancements
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific Time (Additional Time Zones)
Hosts: Steve Lasker, Karol Zadora-Przylecki, Eric Gruber, Ryan Cavanaugh, Jay Hickerson, and Lishi Liu

Join members of the Visual Basic team to talk about Visual Basic 2005's new data-related features. Ask questions and provide feedback about the Beta version of the Data Sources window (a central location for working with the data in your project), drag-and-drop data binding, binding to objects, working with local data, and new data components such as the TableAdapter and DataConnector.

You can view this announcement on Microsoft's main chat page, or add a reminder to your Outlook Calendar.