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Did you know? There are many ways to insert a snippet into your code (Lisa Feigenbaum)
07 December 08 08:00 AM
Code snippets were introduced in the Visual Basic 2005 release. They provide an easy way to learn how to do a particular coding task, or to re-use a piece of code in various parts of your application. Code snippets can be inserted in a variety of ways. Read More...
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VB Catch ... When: Why so special?
09 October 08 08:00 AM
The VB Catch syntax has a unique feature: When. It allows users to filter expressions based on something other than their type. Any arbitrary code can enter a When block to decide whether or not to handle an Exception. Sub Sub1() Try DoSomeAction() Catch Read More...
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Did you know? 300+ Visual Studio Tips & Tricks (Lisa Feigenbaum)
22 September 08 08:10 AM
Did you know that Sara Ford just recently passed the 300 mark for her Visual Studio Tips & Tricks? Sara used to be a tester on the Visual Studio Core IDE team, and knows the IDE inside and out! I remember the first time I met Sara was 4 years ago Read More...
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PInvoke Interop Assistant on CodePlex (Jared Parsons)
20 June 08 09:27 AM
I'm happy to announce that the PInvoke Interop Assistant tool is now available on CodePlex. This includes the binaries, source code and the dev authored unit tests. It is hosted on the more general CLR Interop Tools page. http://www.codeplex.com/clrinterop Read More...
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Did you know? You can now manage your snippet highlighting (Lisa Feigenbaum)
15 March 08 01:50 PM
Do you use code snippets (introduced in VB 2005)? If you do, then you've probably noticed the green highlighting that stays around for the lifetime of the file. We've heard *a lot* of feedback that once you are done customizing the snippet, it is distracting Read More...
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Making PInvoke Easy
14 March 08 09:56 AM
Jared here again. I very excited to announce we recently released a tool I've been working on to MSDN that will greatly help with using PInvoke in managed code. The tool is called the "PInvoke Interop Assistant" and is included as part of a MSDN article Read More...
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Did you know? VB IntelliSense now filters as you type! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
11 January 08 09:30 AM
Our goal in designing VB2008 IntelliSense was to make users of the feature the most productive that they could be. One problem we found in watching people use the feature, is that sometimes intelliSense displays so many items that it is hard to know whether Read More...
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Did you know? What you can do with Debugger Datatips... (Lisa Feigenbaum)
10 January 08 09:30 AM
There's a lot of cool functionality built into VS debugger datatips that often goes unnoticed... For example, did you know that not only can you *see* values in the expanded datatips, but you can also edit them ? Watch the following walk-through... While Read More...
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Did you know? Ctrl+Tab to navigate windows in VS (Lisa Feigenbaum)
09 January 08 09:30 AM
Just like Alt+Tab for Windows you can use Ctrl+Tab for Visual Studio. Ctrl+Tab will show you the active tool windows *and* the active files, so it is a good navigation tool for both. VS2008 has even added a cool miniature-sized visualization to this view, Read More...
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Did you know? IntelliSense is now transparent in VS2008! (Lisa Feigenbaum)
08 January 08 11:00 PM
With the help of one little hotkey, you can now make the VS2008 IntelliSense list transparent! Just press CTRL . This is especially convenient when you need to see the code underneath the list. Watch it in action :) Read More...
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Did you know? IntelliSense Everywhere (Lisa Feigenbaum)
08 January 08 04:52 PM
I've decided to start a "Did you know?" series with tips & tricks. First off is my favorite IDE feature in VB2008: IntelliSense Everywhere! Did you know about all the new places where you can now find intelliSense in VB2008? If you're like me, once Read More...
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