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December 2007 - Page 2 of 2 - Visual Basic Blog

Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 4: Functions (Bill Horst)

December 12, 2007 Dec 12, 2007 12/12/07
VBTeam
This post assumes you’ve read the previous posts in this series:           Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 1: The Basics           Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 2: FROM and SELECT           Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 3: DISTINCT, WHERE, ORDER BY and Operators This post will discuss scalar and aggregate functions...

Channel 9 Interview: Refactoring in Visual Basic with Refactor!

December 12, 2007 Dec 12, 2007 12/12/07
Beth Massi
I released a Channel 9 screencast with Lisa Feigenbaum, PM on the VB Team where she shows us how to use Refactor!, the free add-in for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 that provides over 30 refactorings for Visual Basic. Lisa walks us through all the new refactorings that were added for the latest version of Visual Basic 2008. You can download ...

Euchre Revisited: Fixing bugs and service releases (Matt Gertz)

December 11, 2007 Dec 11, 2007 12/11/07
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
It’s really embarrassing when a bug gets out the door in a product.  In particular, it’s hard for me to just sit and take it (however well deserved the criticism is) when a Microsoft product gets nailed in the press for a bad error.  It’s much worse when a friend or relative is the one dealing out the grief.  However, ...

New VB Community Article: Creating Visual Studio Add-ins (Beth Massi)

December 10, 2007 Dec 10, 2007 12/10/07
Beth Massi
Rod Paddock's latest Community Article is up on the Visual Basic Developer Center on Creating Visual Studio Add-Ins which first appeared in CoDe Magazine. Rod goes a little bit deeper than I did when building an add-in and shows how to work with the project system and automatically open files and insert code. Thanks for submitting, Rod! Enjoy...

Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 3: DISTINCT, WHERE, ORDER BY and Operators (Bill Horst)

December 4, 2007 Dec 4, 2007 12/4/07
VBTeam
This post assumes you’ve read the previous posts in this series: Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 1: The Basics Converting SQL to LINQ, Part 2: FROM and SELECT Continuing with specific query clauses, I will cover topics related to DISTINCT, WHERE and ORDER BY. DISTINCT SQL SELECT statements can include the DISTINCT specifier, which causes ...

Silverlight Ux Musings: Providing Panning Functionality for a Canvas of Objects – Part 1 [Corrina Barber]

December 3, 2007 Dec 3, 2007 12/3/07
VBTeam
Recently, I was experimenting with Silverlight and decided to create a website that would allow me to browse some of my personal images, and the website was designed to look something like the image below.(image) My intention for the site was that it would be able to display many images, certainly more than the 12 that you see grouped together...