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Sep 28, 2008
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Where is the VB Team going to be over the next few months? (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Beth Massi
Beth Massi

We have quite a few trips coming up over the next couple months, and we want to connect with you while we’re on the road. Here is our plan. Let us know where we can find you. ;-)  October 6-7, 2008 Software Development Conference 2008: http://www.sdc.nl/ Beth Massi October 8-10, 2008TechEd Hong Kong: http://www.microsoft.com/hk/...

Sep 23, 2008
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To compare two filenames (Lucian Wischik)

VBTeam
VBTeam

I once visited an ancient tower in China. A sign said "tread carefully for you bear the weight of history on your shoulders". Our guide explained that the tower was over 800 years old! Oh yes, he said, it was built 800 years ago, had burnt to the ground three times in its history, had been moved to completely different locations twice, but it ...

Sep 22, 2008
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Did you know? 300+ Visual Studio Tips & Tricks (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Lisa Feigenbaum
Lisa Feigenbaum

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 when she was writing some automation and called to find out the expected ...

Sep 20, 2008
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Building a Zune Playlist (Matt Gertz)

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

Well, that was… intense. You may have noticed the lack of articles coming from my direction.  I have been so buried in work, and so far behind, that when I look forwards all I see is backwards.  I work, I drive home, I work some more, and it all seems to keep piling up.  I would like to say that this is going to change soon, but ...

Sep 19, 2008
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Malay Mail coverage of TechEd SouthEast Asia (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Lisa Feigenbaum
Lisa Feigenbaum

Here's a brief addition to my Visual Basic Around the World post... This one's for the folks in SouthEast Asia. The TechEd MVP and Speaker dinner made it into the local Malaysian paper. You can see a copy of the article below. The theme was "Bling-tastic!". I'm at the bottom left with other international speakers: David Tesar, Steve Riley, and...

Sep 14, 2008
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Have a background in C#, and starting to write some Visual Basic? (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Lisa Feigenbaum
Lisa Feigenbaum

Maybe you just started a job at a company whose development is in VB. Maybe you're working with XML, or Office, and heard that VB would be the best language for this project. Or maybe you're just switching over, to understand what millions of developers around the world love about VB! :) Whatever your reason may be, this post is for you.You'll find...

Sep 11, 2008
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Are you using Expression Encoder 2 with Visual Basic? (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Lisa Feigenbaum
Lisa Feigenbaum

Now you can! Expression Encoder just released an update last month allowing VB developers to use the Expression Encoder 2 SDK. Here's the announcement:http://blogs.msdn.com/expressionencoder/archive/2008/07/26/8773569.aspxExpression Encoder is a tool for video encoding, and is a member of the Expression product suite. It allows you to import ...

Sep 9, 2008
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Are you using Windows Presentation Foundation with Visual Basic? (Lisa Feigenbaum)

Lisa Feigenbaum
Lisa Feigenbaum

After watching this video, you just might be convinced to try it out! VB MVP Billy Hollis demonstrates that Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is about a lot more than just pretty UI. He shows how the technology can be used in an extremely useful way, to create killer line-of-business applications. Watch a few minutes, and you'll ...

Sep 8, 2008
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Channel9 Interview: Meet the VS "Development Experience" Team (Beth Massi)

Beth Massi
Beth Massi

Today I posted another Channel9 interview. This time I met with the team that brings us the "experience" of coding in Visual Studio, also sometimes referred to as the VS IDE Team. I ask them how their design process works, what the top requested features are for the code editors, how they work with the language teams as well as what their favorite ...

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