Visual Studio Tutorials & Articles
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Implementing ODBC in ASP .NET
by Jason G. WilliscroftWith Microsoft's ODBC data server controls, .NET finally supports ODBC... but not very well. HotQuant, LLC, has published an in-depth technical article demonstrating an effective workaround.
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Watching Folder Activity in VB.NET
by Jayesh JainIn this article we're going to learn how to implement the FileSystemWatcher class using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
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XP, Component Services and .NET
by John GodelLearn about the changes introduced by COM+, new features included in Windows XP for COM+, and how to use COM+ services from your .NET programs.
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A reusable Windows socket server class
by Len HolgateWriting a high performance server that runs on Windows NT and uses sockets to communicate with the outside world isn't that hard once you dig through the API references. What's more most of the code is common between all of the servers that you're likely to want to write. It should be possible to wrap all of the common code up in some easy to reuse classes.
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Implementing Error Logging
by Carvin WilsonHow to implement error logging in ASP 3.0
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Package & Deployment Wizard
by James CrowleyLearn how to create setup programs for your VB apps, with this free tool included with VB
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Introducing Windows Forms
by MicrosoftLearn about the new forms package, allowing developers to take full advantage of the rich user interface features available in Windows
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The Future of .NET Languages
by Damon ArmstrongWondered why Microsoft always seems to release different language features for each language? Discover how .NET 4.0 will reduce the disparity between C# and VB.NET with some great new features for both languages, plus a new dynamic language runtime and new functional and parallel programming languages.
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The Advantages of Peer Networking
by James CrowleyForums have become a tremendous asset for all sorts of users, and especially for professionals that are looking to overcome issues that are unclear or new to them.
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WPF Custom Controls
by George ShepherdWPF completely overturns the classic approach to developing Windows applications and adds user interface flexibility and pizzazz unavailable to Windows developers up to now. George looks at one aspect of this - implementing controls.
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Opening the package in OpenXML
by Tim AndersonIn the second part in this series on OpenXML, Tim Anderson explains how the new Packaging API helps you work with Office Open XML documents.
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Improving Application Quality Using Test-Driven Development (TDD)
by Craig MurphyWhat is the one activity or phase that improves the quality of your application? The answer is an easy one: Testing, and plenty of it. Traditionally, testing is a phase somewhere towards the expected end of the project - when the cost of any code or requirement changes is known to be much higher. Craig looks at how TDD can address this by adopting a more agile approach.
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Read and write Open XML files (MS Office 2007)
by Zeljko SvedicLearn how to read and write Open XML files in the new Microsoft Office 2007, with a particular examination of the Excel file format.
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Aspect Oriented Programming using .NET
by Abhinaba BasuTill now we were talking about non-mainstream languages to use Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP). Learn what exactly AOP is, and how you can go about getting this functionality in C#.
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Multithreading in VB.NET
by John SpanoMultithreading, a very powerful technique, is essential for modern software development. Software users expect to work with a very responsive program that they don’t have to wait on, which is a very reasonable demand with the processor speeds that are currently available. Enter multithreading. This article shows you how.
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Generate Thumbnail Images from PDF Documents in .NET
by Jonathan HodgsonThis article presents VB.NET code to create thumbnail images from a directory of Adobe Acrobat PDF documents using the .NET Framework.
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Query Tool to Excel using C# and .NET
by Mike GoldDemonstrates how to use .NET interop to perform an SQL query and then send the results into an Excel spreadsheet.
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Building a Full-Featured Custom DataGrid Control
by Dimitrios MarkatosIn this article, we will demonstrate how you can build your very own Datagrid control component, one that you will be able to customize, and more importantly reuse. Based on this ability, you will then end up with one powerful control that will have many implementations, from which you could learn about creating almost any other types of custom controls.
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VSA Scripting in .NET
by Mark BellesUsing Visual Studio for Applications to add scripting capabilities to your .NET apps.
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Writing GPS Applications in .NET: Part 1
by Jon PersonAn introduction to writing GPS applications in .NET good enough for use in a commerical environment such as in-car navigation.