February 2008 - Posts

VB XML Cookbook, Recipe 1: XML Transformations using XML Literals (Doug Rothaus)
21 February 08 12:22 PM

I was working on a blog entry about replacing XSLT transforms with Visual Basic XML Literals. As the entry progressed, I noticed that it was really, really long. So, Avner Aharoni and I talked things over and we decided to break it up into multiple entries Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Orcas, VB2008, Doug Rothaus, XML, VB XML Cookbook

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New Community Article - Windows Workflow 101 (Beth Massi)
19 February 08 09:00 AM

Yesterday on the Visual Basic Developer Center we released a new article by VB MVP , Maurice DeBeijer on getting started with Windows Workflow called Windows Workflow 101 . This is the first in a series of Workflow articles by Maurice. If you're struggling Read More...

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New Data Repeater Control in Latest Power Packs Release! (Beth Massi)
18 February 08 11:50 AM

Check it out, the team just released a new version of the Visual Basic Power Packs which now includes a Data Repeater control. Power Packs are free Add-Ins, Controls, Components, and Tools for you to use that make developing .NET applications even easier. Read More...

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Filed under: Beth Massi, Power Packs

Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 9: Full Outer Join (Bill Horst)
12 February 08 08:47 AM

This post assumes you’ve read the previous posts in this series. It makes the same assumptions as Part 8, and I will pick up where I left off, covering Full Outer Join. Once again, I recognize this isn’t an ideal situation, so if you’d like to see better Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, VB2008, Bill Horst, Converting SQL to LINQ